The Journey
I call my blog The Journey because in it I share pieces about my journey to find connection, about my journey of becoming a published author, and about the people and events that inspire me — and hopefully you too! Please share your thoughts, reactions, and personal stories in the comment section below each article.
We’re all on a journey… let’s enjoy the ride together.
Lunar New Year and RED SEAL Progress
February marks the beginning of the lunar new year, and this year we welcome the Year of the Horse. Called [...]
The Year of Red Seal
Happy New Year! The holidays are over, and a new year is beginning to take shape. My second novel, [...]
Five Highlights of 2025
My husband and I were having dinner tonight, and I don’t know what triggered it, but I broke down. [...]
My Debut Year of Gratitude and Trust
In this season of giving thanks and expressing gratitude, I am indebted to my readers and supporters who helped [...]
The Gift of Time
Have you ever met a deadline and had a few weeks before the next project began? That’s what happened [...]
First Draft of My Next Novel Is In!
Fall is here, but in Los Angeles, we’re in the midst of a searing heatwave! I’m enjoying early morning [...]
Behind the Scenes of a Family Film Shoot
The film crew of five arrived at my house on a sunny July morning to shoot interviews of my [...]
Reflections on an Artist Residency
May was a busy, fulfilling month. I drove, flew, rode trains, and walked around four states and ten cities [...]
A Day in the Life of an Author
April brings the promise of renewal as the azaleas in our garden bloom and the sunshine warms my soul. [...]
Book Clubs and Other Bookish Events!
I love traveling, and this past week my husband and I took a road trip to Utah in our [...]
Book Tour!
Seventeen events in twenty-one days. Phew! What a whirlwind as I wrap up a three-week book tour that took [...]
After Hardship Comes Happiness – Korean Proverb
Happy New Year to everyone and a special welcome to my new Journey followers. Thank you for subscribing to [...]
Book Launch Highlights and Looking Ahead to 2025
Christmas is just around the corner, but it’s 72 degrees here in Los Angeles with the Santa Ana winds [...]
The Year of White Mulberry
December 1, 2024 Today is the big day—the official launch day for my debut novel WHITE MULBERRY! I can’t believe [...]
Time is Almost Up! Book Tour News
There are only two weeks left to download WHITE MULBERRY for FREE in Amazon First Reads. I'm so grateful for all the [...]
Exciting Book News!
I have some exciting news I want to share with you today. My debut novel, White Mulberry, has been [...]
My Mother’s and Grandmothers’ 60th Birthday Party Memories
In my last post, I shared about my 60th birthday and the meaning of hwangap in Korean culture as [...]
Book Launch Events & Memorable 60th Birthday Party
My husband threw me a fabulous 60th birthday party last weekend, replete with 80’s costumes, music, and WHITE MULBERRY [...]
My Audiobook & More
August is here and I am only four months away from my book launch! My official pub date is [...]
Cover Reveal!
Happy Summer! I hope this newsletter finds you well and you are enjoying the warmer, slower days of summer. [...]
Copy Edits, Reunions & Birthdays!
Happy AANHPI Month celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander heritage! I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day [...]
Celebrating, Moderating, Line Editing, Oh My!
It's April and National Poetry Month! March was filled with Women's History highlights and a special event I moderated [...]
Interviews, Podcasts and Pass Three Edits!
Welcome March! Happy Lunar New Year and I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Below are more updates [...]
Off to Kansas City and Pass Two Edits!
Happy February! Here are a few updates to my publication journey. Thank you for following along! Editing Progress I [...]
The year of WHITE MULBERRY
Happy New Year! I’m thrilled that my debut novel, WHITE MULBERRY, will be published this winter 2024 by Lake [...]
Korea with my daughter and edits galore…
I hope you enjoy my reflections and photos of my mother/daughter trip to Korea, updates on my writing, and [...]
Book Deal Announcement
I am thrilled to announce that I just signed a two-book deal with Lake Union, an imprint of Amazon [...]
Final Letter to Ruth, Agent Update and More
My lovely friend Ruth passed away in January. I wrote a letter to her on my blog last year [...]
Obsession as Power
“All retreats end with a dance party,” said Nami Mun, our writing retreat leader at Ragdale, a spectacular, historic [...]
Ruth
I visited my dear friend Ruth at the hospital recently and was reminded of the gift of friendship. I wrote [...]
Connecting Cultural Adventures and Words
On a beautiful spring afternoon this April, I had the opportunity to moderate a wonderful multi-cultural benefit for my local [...]
Q&A With Juhea Kim: ‘Beasts of a Little Land’ & Awakening Our Humanity
Happy Year of the Tiger! I had the opportunity to talk to author Juhea Kim about her debut novel Beasts [...]
Unexpected Gifts: Why Share Your Writing?
My writing journey has brought many unexpected gifts, including connecting with readers like you and joining a community of writers. [...]
When I Was Seven
My mother and I had a conversation at Mother’s Day dinner about our plane ride when we left Korea to [...]
The Power of Love
February is the month of love, and I’m lucky I was able to spend Valentine’s Day in Utah with my [...]
Here’s to Great Beginnings
I am very excited to be a contributing author to Great Beginnings: An Anthology. My friend Teri Case compiled the first [...]
Co-Parenting Joey: A Canine Story
“Can you watch Joey next week?” my brother asked about his new Maltipoo. “We’re going on vacation but we can’t [...]
Proud to be an American?
With this 4th of July now behind me, I wonder if I’m still proud to be an American. Images of [...]
Rest in Peace Daisy
Saying goodbye to a beloved dog is never easy, especially in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. I hope by [...]
What I’m Writing
Happy New Year! I hope the beginning of this new decade finds you happy and well. I will be starting [...]
Coming Home
In fourth grade, I got to choose a book from the school library for free reading time. I pulled up [...]
I’m excited to share some news!
Authors Panel I am honored to be part of an Authors Panel featuring local authors. I will be talking about [...]
Letting You Go, Again
This is a short essay on the event of my son moving out of state. Let me know if this [...]
Facing Your Fears: A Tribute to My Mom
The hallway is dark, the walls filled with scribbles by former performers, and I’m waiting to go on stage. I [...]
Empowered By a Name
I am nervous and excited to share my first ever digital story about “power.” Last week, my movie, along with [...]
Preserving Our Stories
I am pleased to share some exciting upcoming events. Your Story is the Peninsula’s Story I wrote an article about [...]
Sharing a story: Expressing Motherhood
As 2018 draws to a close, I'm happy to have a big event already on the calendar for 2019. I've [...]
Empty House
After I dropped my daughter off at college in New York last month, I should have come home to California [...]
Letting Go, Part 2
I walk into my daughter’s room, the day after she leaves for her senior trip to Europe, and my eyes [...]
I Am Womankind
I am eager to tell you about an organization I spoke at last week called Womankind in New York City. [...]
What Thanksgiving and Writing Have in Common
I read several essays about Thanksgiving this year and one really resonated with me. NY Times book critic Parul Sehgal [...]
A Letter to My Daughter on her 18th Birthday
My daughter is a senior in high school and her 18th birthday is just around the corner. I want to [...]
Tribute to My Father-in-Law
Last week, my father-in-law, C. (Charles) Cabot Easton passed away at the age of 90. He struggled through a lengthy [...]
How the Little t’s Add Up…
I was recently a guest lecturer in a graduate-level Trauma Theory & Treatment class at Loyola Marymount University. The class [...]
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
I am excited to share my article which was just published in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News about Asian Pacific [...]
Remembering the LA Riots
When the LA riots broke out on April 29, 1992, I was in Boston finishing my second year of law [...]
Hard Lessons in Parenting Young Adults
Spring is in the air, and summer is not too far off. As I think about making summer plans for [...]
My Lost Names
Rosa Haewon Kim Kwon Easton? What kind of a name is that? It’s my full name, parts of which have [...]
True-Life Fiction Writing
Happy New Year! For me, the start of a new year always brings forth a feeling of possibility. I am [...]
Digital Storytelling
Happy Holidays! I wanted to send you a short note during this busy time of year to say thank you [...]
Adoption Awareness
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. It is also National Novel Writing Month. As I revise my book, I am [...]
A Special Speech
Inspiration comes from many places, and recently my muses were a bright group of middle and high school students at [...]
Back to School Blues
Going back to school has always been a time of anticipation and hopefulness in my family. When my kids were [...]
My Aha Moment
Do you know why you are drawn to certain stories? I learned a lot about it in an online writing [...]
The Descendents
In the movie The Descendents starring George Clooney, the offspring of an Hawaiian family fight over whether to sell their [...]
Ups and Downs of Creative Living
As you know, I am passionate about keeping family stories alive. Last month, I had an article published in the [...]
Mother’s Day Memory
"What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?" — Louisa May Alcott A favorite [...]
Why Traveling Is Good For You
On a recent spring break trip to Cancun, Mexico, I rediscovered the thrill of traveling and how seeing a different [...]
3 Lessons I Learned This Year About Writing
“Unless you confess your own emotional stakes in a project, why should a reader have any?” – Mary Karr, from [...]
I’m In the Stacks at the PV Library
One of the many things I love about the Palos Verdes Peninsula is our awesome library district. Several times a [...]
My Case Study by On Location Photography
This article was posted on the On Location Photography Website. Thanks so much to Karin Fuire for making me a [...]
Kidnapped!
I was kidnapped by a leper in Korea when I was three Me circa 1967 My maternal [...]
Finding Balance
While everyone has been making new year’s resolutions, I have been trying not to fall. Having a child go to [...]
The Simple Joy of Giving
In the spirit of the holidays, I want to share with you a story about giving. It’s about my experience [...]
What’s New in My Writing Life…
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your support and positive feedback on my blog, [...]
My Very Own Happiness Project
As I was contemplating the next prompt in my autobiography writing class about happiness, I read Gretchen Rubin’s books called [...]
We Are Enough
I just read a fabulous book called Daring Greatly by Brené Brown. Through a decade of research, Dr. Brown shows that [...]
Meeting a “Movie Star” in Maine
For the last 25 years of my life since I met Mark, I’ve spent some part of almost every summer vacationing [...]
Landing an Agent this Summer, or Not
It has been a while since I’ve written about my writing journey, and I wanted to share with you what [...]
Ode to My Fathers
As another Father’s Day passes, I can’t help but reflect on the two fathers in my life, and how they [...]
Letting Go
The inspiration to write comes from many sources, and right now it is that my son has just turned 18 [...]
A Day in the Life of a Writer– This week
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet a celebrated Asian American author, Celeste Ng, who did a reading from [...]
A Mother’s Gift
In honor of Mother’s Day, I wanted to talk to you about an excerpt from my book, Echoes Across Time, [...]
Passion For Writing
I am part of a writing group and we are writing this week about passion. My writing group [...]
A Fitting Poem for The Journey
The day I published my first blog (which was titled, And the Journey Begins…) my good friend and fellow "book [...]
An Ordinary Grandmother’s Extraordinary Journey
When I first started interviewing my paternal grandmother for my book, I couldn’t believe the stories she told me about [...]
The Open Door
Have you ever walked through an open door into a crowded room and wondered why you are there? That was [...]
And the Journey Begins…
I am a very private person by nature and am not accustomed to sharing too much about myself with people [...]
