What’s the best thing a writer can do to get published? Write. Write. And write some more.
(more…)Author: Joanna Szeto
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When Chicken and Duck Talk: The Path to Self-Publishing
I have been busy working on my Chinese picture book When Chicken and Duck Talk. Self-publishing a picture book is a complicated task.
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Picture Book Review: BIG
Big is the 2024 Caldecott award winner. It tells the story of a girl with big dreams. However as she grows bigger and bigger, she encounters more and more problems due to her size.
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20 Day Book Challenge on Booksky
New year, new resolutions. I’m not good with resolutions. Most of the time I make them, and by February they are already lost in the wind. So when I popped into Bluesky today, I happened upon a challenge.
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Coming Up with Picture Book Ideas with Storystorm
Every year I make a new resolution to write a bunch of manuscripts and get published. Usually I fall short, but last year something changed. I joined Storystorm in January.
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Chinese Picture Book Review: Calvin Celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival
I just received my copy of Calvin Celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival in the mail. I love that it is a bilingual spoken Cantonese and English book.
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Auction to Help Wildfire Victims in Los Angeles
Are you a writer hoping to change the world? Do you see all the destruction from the Los Angeles wildfires and wonder what you can do to help?
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What Should You Learn First – Cantonese or Mandarin?
When you first decide to learn Chinese, you are faced with a dilemma. Which Chinese language should you learn – Cantonese or Mandarin? The answer depends on what you want.
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Making SMART Goals for Success
The best way to accomplish something is to first set a goal. Then take a step in the right direction and you are already heading towards success. But making goals is easy, while accomplishing the goal is hard.
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Making Games to Learn Chinese
Learning Chinese is hard. Teaching Chinese is probably even harder. Nobody has the time to practice writing each Chinese character a thousand times and the boring task only makes students hate learning Chinese even more.
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