If you're just tuning in now, here are the previous excerpts from Beyond the Cover, for your enjoyment: Beyond the Cover IntroductionPast (1/6) - optionalNuts for Coco (2/6)Present (3/6) - optionalEscape (4/6)Future (5/6) - optional I thought my parents understood that I wasn’t ready. I was about to be wed with a complete stranger. It was not... Continue Reading →
Escape (4/6 Excerpt from Beyond the Cover)
In case you missed the following links: Beyond the Cover IntroductionPast (1/6) - optionalNuts for Coco (2/6)Present (3/6) - optional No SleepoversNo Play datesNo PlaysNo TVNo GamesNo musical instrument other than the violin or piano No, No, No. Rule after rule after rule. I’m fed up with it. It’s my senior year in high school and I... Continue Reading →
Nuts for Coco (2/6 Excerpt from Beyond the Cover)
Beyond the Cover IntroductionPast (1/6) (Optional) Every day is the same. Me and Brother wake up and walk 45 minutes to the coconut trees just outside the village where I live. That is where the better and bigger coconuts are. Papa follows 5 minutes later. Brother says, “When you are 8, we can go together without... Continue Reading →
Introducing Beyond the Cover
Over the next few weekends, I’m going to be publishing excerpts from one of my past works called Beyond the Cover. This was first created in 2011 for my Modern Chinese Writers course as my final project; inspired by books, articles, and short stories we read in class. A few of which are: the book... Continue Reading →