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Immensely grateful to be a daughter of Singapore

Audrey Chin

Apr 12, 20141 min read

Immensely grateful to be a daughter of Singapore

It may be unfashionable but I’m shouting it out anyway – It’s good being a daughter of Singapore. It’s something to be immensely...

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Writers I read: A Singaporean Identity – Constance Singam, the epitome of true grit

Audrey Chin

Nov 16, 20134 min read

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Writers I read: A Singaporean Identity – Constance Singam, the epitome of true grit

For me, Constance Singam the Singapore feminist and civil society activist, is the epitome of true grit Brought up in a patriarchal South...

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Writers I read: H.S. Kim and Waxing Moon

Audrey Chin

Oct 5, 20135 min read

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Writers I read: H.S. Kim and Waxing Moon

Photo Credit: Amazon H.S. Kim is the author of Waxing Moon http://www.amazon.com/Waxing-Moon-H-S-Kim/dp/1937178382/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1/185...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 13, 20136 min read

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Writers I read: Writing in English, essentially Vietnamese

Nguyen Trong Hien is the author of Village Teacher, a novel which offers a refreshing look at a Vietnam rarely featured in English...

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Writers I Read: Trade the high-flying life for this …

Audrey Chin

Sep 3, 20131 min read

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Writers I Read: Trade the high-flying life for this …

We’re just back from remote Lugu Lake, Yunnan China where my friend Choo Wai Hong traded in her high-flying high-stress corporate...

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Audrey Chin

Jun 16, 20131 min read

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Books I Read: Sarah says – Yes! I’m a Christian Feminist (reblog)

Christianity and Feminism should not and are not at odds. Here’s a great affirmation about Christianity and Feminism from Sarah Bessey at...

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Critiquing Can Make You a Better Writer… and Person

Audrey Chin

Jun 2, 20131 min read

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Critiquing Can Make You a Better Writer… and Person

If you critique other writers work, your own writing improves. Everyone knows that. But can critiquing make you a better person? In my...

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Books I Read: Great book, mixed feelings – Burmese Lessons and Loves

Audrey Chin

May 19, 20135 min read

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Books I Read: Great book, mixed feelings – Burmese Lessons and Loves

It’s been almost two months since my visit to Myanmar and I’m still caught in the Burmese web. I’m not the first to be captured by the...

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Audrey Chin

May 13, 20133 min read

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Where has your muse taken you?

No dear reader … it wasn’t me, it was my muse. First the spoiler – this coming of age tale of a Chinatown girl’s affair with her...

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Writers I Read: Stephanie Ye and the 'glocal' influences in her writing

Audrey Chin

Apr 12, 20137 min read

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Writers I Read: Stephanie Ye and the 'glocal' influences in her writing

We’ve moved on to Stage 2 of the Singapore Conversation. We’re talking about specific issues regarding Singapore identity and culture...

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Audrey Chin

Mar 10, 20131 min read

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Off to Myanmar – Read these 5 books and come with me

I’ll be in Burma for the next 8 days. Apparently, internet and mobile phone connectivity is quite bad si I guess I’ll be out of range....

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Audrey Chin

Feb 13, 20131 min read

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Guest posting today at Joe Bunting’s thewritepractice.com

There’s a great writing community over there. Why don’t you drop in to see what they’re about and read my latest post – How to Write a...

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Writers I Read: If You’re a Vietnamese Woman in Singapore then You Must Be…

Audrey Chin

Dec 13, 20125 min read

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Writers I Read: If You’re a Vietnamese Woman in Singapore then You Must Be…

Monique Truong – An award winning American writer and you’re discovering something new about how an American woman of Vietnamese descent...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 1, 20123 min read

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More about Money and the Writing Life

Photo Credit: xzactlycorp.com Last week, I promised to provide examples how completing the money questionnaire would help you clarify...

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Audrey Chin

Aug 25, 20122 min read

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Money and Your Writing Life

Should you quit your job to write full time? Photo Credit: Xzactlycorp.com Writer’s Digest has just published agreat article by Jeff...

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Audrey Chin

Aug 11, 20122 min read

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Rejection sucks … Let’s get rejected!

Life gives us enough rejections. No point getting more than our fair share of hurt. Why go looking for grief? Photo Credit: Dreamtimes If...

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