NOTE: Please keep checking back here for updates Hear the story behind the story/Reading/Signing COMING UP: **Saturday, May 6 (3 PM) at Clever Bear Toy and Books, Monrovia, CA ** Saturday, June 1 (3 PM) at The Dinosaur Farm, 1501 Mission St, South Pasadena, CA 91030 ________________________ PAST EVENTS: ** Sunday, April 21, 2:35-3 PM…
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There is A LOT of preparation for a new baby. But no matter how much you think you’re ready, it all feels so rushed leading up to the glorious event. So it is with this book baby (my first and hopefully, not my last!) I feel like I’ve been preparing for ten years. And yet…
The House Before Falling Into the Sea: Why It Matters
Kids are smart. Their stories in books give them agency…
Here WE go! Labor Before Birth
Last week, July 7, 2023, I got the email from my editor that my “cover is up!” This new author was like, “Yay, I can finally tell my friends.” Yesterday night, I realized “Nope, it’s MORE than that!” I tried to Google my title and my name and to my surprise… it is UP, I…
Needed Vacations and Help From AI
Vacations are important for the soul! May is not only Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, but also Mental Health Awareness Month. So let’s be mindful about observing it in the many ways we can (breathing with mindfulness, taking breaks or seeing a therapist.) For me, whether it’s doing “nothing” at home or taking a plane…
Saved By the “Buzzard”
Describe something you learned in high school. …that it was buzzer and not buzzard at games 😳🤣
Birthing a Picture Book & an Author: Part 2 of 2
If you haven’t read part one, the entry before this, you might want to (but certainly don’t have to) take a step back to get the foundation of what I will share now. If you did read it, you know that I have always loved creating stories (more particularly, through songs, poetry, short stories, newspaper/magazine…
To a Hopeful 2023 (with social media, too, sigh)
Happy 2023! A new year is a full of new tomorrows… to mess up or to keep choosing a better path, even when we fail. So when I make and break resolutions, I don’t give up, at least in the long game. If you’re a writer or a dreamer of whatever you’re called to do,…
‘Twas A Night Around New Years…
When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even Ann’s mouse. Greetings sent out by email with care, In hopes that loved ones received them out there. The children with cousins and laptops in beds, With visions of dumplings and k-beef in heads. “Stonemama” in sweats and papa in ripped tees, Had…
Letter to Governor DeSantis and Others Who Lean Toward His (Il)logic
A letter I sent to his office soon after his public display of bullying kids who wore their masks (definition of “bullying”: intimidate the more vulnerable) We are not out of the woods… Please apologize in public, on camera to the kids (and their families) you yelled at on camera. You use that footage to…
Ann Suk Wang, Kidlit Author 