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November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
… and November 19th is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day. But awareness is just the first step. Pancreatic cancer awareness also means that behind every loved one is a caregiver who needs support. When my friend asked me to accompany her to the.. →

As I reconnect with my platform at large, I am reminded that I wrote the memoir Biography of a Friendship as a promise to my dying friend. I wanted to give her a future she’d never know, show that there was more to her life than her illness. Most of all, I wanted to help two friends like us… →

Fresh from the Vancouver International Publishing Conference on June 8, 2025, I am happy to share my insights after attending sessions with panelists from Doubleday Canada, Penguin Random House, Douglas & McIntire, Scribd, and other experts in the field. 

Publishing generates a $30 billion.. →

I haven’t posted an update for some time due to a devastating family loss. I am now ready to continue sharing my journey as an author.

First, thank you, readers. I appreciate your support and your messages about Biography of a Friendship. As an unknown author, getting visibility is difficult.. →

Publishing a book is much different than writing–it is said that writing is an art and publishing is a business. And then, juggling the promotion of Biography of a Friendship with a family priority was awkward, yet it had to be done. Still, promotion is the bane of a writer…

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This is it… My first book, Biography of a Friendship, is about to take flight after safely landing at Tule’s nonfiction imprint, and next to its amazingly imaginative fiction authors. It took ten years to complete, including much time spent in the doldrums for me, and in a drawer for my manuscript. 

When.. →

The publication of my memoir Biography of a Friendship is in the works. I am grateful to the Tule Publishing Group. As a traditional yet independent publisher, they took a chance on me and my work.

The manuscript is undergoing proofreading. I will then say goodbye until it comes back as a book… →

You have heard it: Things happen to those who keep trying. I have known this to be true for one reason: it didn’t happen to those who gave up.

And yet, one can’t help thinking there is luck in it.

After much research and hesitation, I was about to sign a self-publishing contract.. →