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January 30, 2013 By cheryl

The Next Big Thing: A Preview

A lovely thing came out of writing my first book — I discovered a community of authors.

Through weeks-long residencies at artist colonies Yaddo and Djerassi, I lived with and learned from writers (and other artists) who listened to my stories and shared many of their own. All of this inevitably led to lasting friendships in which we’ve cheered one another on from coast to coast.

So when the talented and enormously entertaining Peter Mountford (my Yaddo mate as I holed up to write A Tiger in the Kitchen in 2010) invited me to join in on “The Next Big Thing Blog Hop,” I was most happy to oblige.

As Peter — author of A Young Man’s Guide To Late Capitalism — explained, this blog hop is a chance for authors to tell you what they’re working on. Authors answer 10 questions about their next book, tag the person who tagged them and at least five other authors. (You can read Peter’s piece about his second novel, The Dismal Science, here.)

Many thanks for the invite to the party, Peter. And here you all go — a sneak preview of what I’ve been cooking up in my little writing room …

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Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: A Tiger In The Kitchen, Akashic Books, Baltimore Noir, Barbara Brauner, Booker Prize, Books, Boston Noir, Bronx Noir, Dennis Lehane, Djerassi, Fiction, Gordon Dahlquist, James Mattson, Jeet Thayil, Joe Yonan, Joyce Carol Oates, Kenneth Slawenski, Laura Lippman, Lawrence Osborne, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Memoir, Narcopolis, Neal Thompson, New Jersey Noir, Nova Ren Suma, Peter Mountford, Pulitzer, S.J. Rozan, Singapore Literature Prize, Singapore Noir, The Forgiven, The Next Big Thing, Writing, Yaddo

April 27, 2012 By cheryl

Singapore Day: Blood, Eggs and Noodles

If I’ve been a little silent, it’s because I’ve run off and joined the police.

Alright, you got me. The last time I inspected a knife that seriously was when I was trying to hack my way through a brisket and wondering if it needed sharpening.

What you’re seeing above is one of my favorite mystery writers S.J. Rozan and me getting a close look at a faux crime scene set up by the Singapore police force at Singapore Day in Brooklyn a few weekends ago.

The day-long festival, which first came to New York City in 2007, is a day-long celebration of all things Singapore — the government there flies in actors, singers and even recruiters with jobs in hand.

All of this is fine and good — but what we really came for that day? Food — glorious hawker dishes from only the best little stalls you’ll find in Singapore …

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Filed Under: Asian, Brooklyn, Hawkers, Singapore, Singaporean, So Good It Must Be Bad For You Tagged With: Brooklyn, Hill Street Fried Kway Teow, Mystery, New York, S.J. Rozan, Singapore Day, Singapore Police Force, Writer

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