This is 8 Questions: sprinkles of an author’s journey from writing through publication. “Because there’s no me without you either.” Sisterhood is a central part of my life (hi, katie) and my fiction. I was blown away by Jemimah Wei’s debut novel, The Original Daughter, which explores
HAPPY 100TH NICOLEDONUT! What began as a pandemic project is now in its sixth year—thank you for reading, clicking, subscribing, replying, and sharing. Since I started this newsletter, I’ve finished two first drafts of novels, had two surgeries, gotten married, and changed jobs. There were times I wrote
Last December, I was eating pho with my sister and we were musing about the year to come. Specifically, what trips we were excited for. Maybe I was coming out of some post-wedding blues, or maybe I was bracing myself to work most of the holidays, but I felt a
This is 8 Questions: sprinkles of an author’s journey from writing through publication. From the rise of social media and fanfiction to the #MeToo movement to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Carter Sherman’s book, The Second Coming, examines the societal forces that have shaped Gen Z’s
As anticipated, 2025 was a relatively light writing year, with most of my time dedicated to planning my wedding. Similar to 2024 and 2023, here are my annual reflections in the vein of Austin Kleon: 1. Our wedding!!! All the friends and family who supported us, and all the vendors