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.
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 [...]
