Hello Everyone! First, thank you to all my new subscribers. There’s been a number of you recently, and I’m so happy to have you with me on my writing journey. September is upon us. As much as I don’t want summer to end, it’s back to school time. For me, it’s also back to work. In a previous newsletter, I told you I was taking things easy this summer. And although I did slow down a bit on my writing, my muse is playing a trick on me. While I’m trying to focus on Book 3 of the
I thoroughly enjoyed your Shanghai Story Trilogy. This trilogy is the first of your work that I have read. My interest is Asian history and Asian historical fiction which led me to your writing. I learned much from this trilogy and felt you must have Asian relatives to offer such detail! Your writing style really made this story come alive for me. I have watched many Asian related films over the years (Chinese, Korean, Japanese etc) and I realized while reading your books, the scenes passed in my mind like scenes in these films. I could actually “see” your characters, watch them move around, and hear their voices. I was not expecting such a good read. So now, I am following more of your work. I totally appreciate you attention to historically accurate details. Thank you for such a good experience! Bring on more Asian inspired work!
Hi Patsy, thank you so much!! I'm so happy to know you enjoyed Shanghai Story. I do have Asian relatives, both Chinese and Japanese, and have lived in Shanghai for six years as an expat. I'm also fluent in Chinese and that was very helpful when I was researching as I was able to review some of the primary sources in written Chinese too. I hope you'll enjoy my other works!
I thoroughly enjoyed your Shanghai Story Trilogy. This trilogy is the first of your work that I have read. My interest is Asian history and Asian historical fiction which led me to your writing. I learned much from this trilogy and felt you must have Asian relatives to offer such detail! Your writing style really made this story come alive for me. I have watched many Asian related films over the years (Chinese, Korean, Japanese etc) and I realized while reading your books, the scenes passed in my mind like scenes in these films. I could actually “see” your characters, watch them move around, and hear their voices. I was not expecting such a good read. So now, I am following more of your work. I totally appreciate you attention to historically accurate details. Thank you for such a good experience! Bring on more Asian inspired work!
Patsy Eccles in Tallahassee, Florida
Hi Patsy, thank you so much!! I'm so happy to know you enjoyed Shanghai Story. I do have Asian relatives, both Chinese and Japanese, and have lived in Shanghai for six years as an expat. I'm also fluent in Chinese and that was very helpful when I was researching as I was able to review some of the primary sources in written Chinese too. I hope you'll enjoy my other works!
Keep up the good work Alexa, looking forward to the next (2) book(S) !!
John
Thank you so much, John!!