Good feedback

Yesterday I had one of the best pieces of advice given to me about my book. (This was after my friend had read a few of the raunchier excerpts.)

"The content seemed more 'Sex and the City' while the tone was very 'Mother May I'".

Verrrry interesting and exactly what I needed to hear. Now off to make the tone and content match (as well as figuring out the main character's voice... and all that jazz).

A short reminiscence

I found out recently that one of my friends from college is moving to Taiwan. It's making me reminisce like crazy. I'm missing my favorite bar (The Brass Monkey), my favorite club (Roxy 99), my old roommate (Magda), my little students (who I'm sure aren't so little anymore - 6 years later), the awesome Teppenyaki restaurant down the street from my apartment (where the food was healthy AND cheap - take that America!) and the list goes on and on...

The best way for me to relive those days is by writing my novel about a girl named Carla, who lived in Taiwan. Hmmm, sound familiar? A slow but fun process. I'm currently at about 50,000 words and counting. :)