Getting Out There

It is Sunday and I have resolved to try to regularly (semi-regularly?) contribute to this Blog weekly.  I got some positive feedback from one of my test readers for the draft of my new book Ashes and Memories.  If anyone might want to read a PDF version of it, just email me at pscorbett@yahoo.com and…

Recently I was plasantly surprised to learn that my book “Uniformly Undeserved” had receive the Chill With a Book Award. That is a welcome bit of validation. I am pusing on to other work including a trilogy of books on an American family’s encounters with China in the 20th century.

April 4, 2023 – Well, it has been a bit nerve-wracking since I last blogged. I’ve worked on the website and hope that it is presentable and acceptable. https://dapshowpublications.wixsite.com/dapshow-publications. I’ve nearly finished preparing my trilogy of books about an American family in China during the 20th century for publication. I am not trying to organize a…

While I was beginning t work on book #4 “Pursuing Shadows” an attempt at writing a “funny” book Ideas exploded in my head for another book “Fortune’s Retrieval” about the repatriation of Americans from China during World War II. I then thought it could be a sequel to “Harvest of Hunger” (an earlier proposed book…

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in the Oxnard Public Library Local Writer’s Showcase. It was an interesting event where I was able to meet and connect with a few other local authors. Been spending some frustrating hours cleaning up some minor errors in my manuscripts. Editing is a never-ending process. A couple…

Last week I celebrated my 73rd birthday.  Some Chinese people are a little wary of their 73rd and 84th years.  That is because Confucius died when he was 73 and Mencius died when he was 84.  I am hoping to make it well past both vulnerable years. Some initial responses to Pursuing Shadows from my…