Life of a Random

Today I am joining the May blog chain that Teens Can Write Too! hosts once in every ten years monthly. ;) The awesome prompt is below.  Prompt: "What kinds of published books would you like to see more of?" I almost forgot to post today. I swear. Phew. I mean the only reason I remembered is that I had signed up for comment updates on the TCWT post. So. Yeah. Sorry for almost forgetting :D Books with Asian or Half-Asian main characters. I haven't read all that many books with Asian or Half-Asian main characters and even when I asked other people for suggestions, I only added six or so books to my TBR list. I love reading about them because I'm half-Chinese, half-American and it's fun finding similarities in culture or family life. Books with complicated clues that lead to discovering something (that's not a murder).  Let me explain. This probably sounds like I'm describing a really good (common type of) mystery novel or something,...

Welcome to the monthly Teens Can Write Too! blog chain...number eleventh. The prompt is: If you could co-write a book with one author-living or not-who would it be and what would the book be about?  Now I had intended to be all super organized and write most of this before today, complete with cleverness and all that jazz but it was not to be. Also, all the other bloggers so far have considered things like "Would I get along with the author?" and "Would our writing styles mesh?" And I've been all like "Hm. Yes, all very good questions. Why didn't I think of them?"  Obviously it's because I'm extremely awesome.  And prone to not thinking up the important questions.  Okay. So I have been thinking about this question/prompt the whole week. I promise. Vivian Vande Velde was a potential co-author. She has a wicked sense of (sarcastic) humor and she has written lots of books in fantasy or virtual gaming settings, but her main...