I’m really excited about Eleanor by Johnny Worthen, available Spring 2014. Johnny says, “Eleanor is a modest girl, unremarkable but extraordinary, young but old, malleable but fixed. She is scared and confused. She is a liar and a thief. Eleanor is not what she appears to be.” Eleanor is a young adult paranormal novel published by Jolly Fish Press. Isn’t the cover beautiful?
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States (AAPI Month). Through out May, I'm going to be posting about books written by Pacific Islanders that celebrate island culture front and center. Up first: MIDDLE GRADE There's a wide range...
PEAU Women's Writing CrewJanuary 7, 2021Prompt: A New Year's resolution, a pacifier, fireworksabout 300 words Liz's Closet by Lehua Parker It was exactly the kind of thing Liz hated doing. Hot. Dusty. And guaranteed to make a much bigger mess before it was...
In mid-June, I gave a three day workshop at University of Hawaii, Manoa, via Zoom about how to take traditional stories—Western fairy tales, Hawaiian mo’oleleo, Asian folktales, whatever—and turn them into something new. We spent some time talking about simple vs....
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