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A scene from Monsoon Season

June 29, 2016 By Ying 7 Comments

Hello, friends. This is hardly breaking news, but I'm still bashing away at Monsoon Season, aka the Novel that Might Never End. It's supposed to be in three parts with a frame narrative. Part 1 is 50,000 words long. I'm now midway through Part 2 and it's sitting at 43,600 words. I really must do something about this - and I will, soon, but not until I've finished Part 2. Having spent some time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: Communists, deleted scene, Malaya, Monsoon Season, scene, Second World War, Things I Write, WWII

Nona Baker

June 3, 2015 By Ying Leave a Comment

Hello, friends. I'm currently time-travelling in the colony formerly known as Malaya. I'm interested, specifically, in the Japanese occupation of Malaya during the Second World War and how different groups of Malayans responded to the threat. Here in the west, many people don't learn about WWII's Pacific theatre of war at school. Certainly, my own education focused on France, Britain and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: Communism, Communists, Malaya, Malaysia, memoir, Nona Baker, reading, research, Second World War, The History Girls, Things I Read, WWII

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