by Yolande House | Aug 6, 2015 | Writing
Eat, Pray, Love was one of those books I hated for years before reading it. The set-up of visiting three “I”-countries was a little too convenient to be authentic, and the whole thing came off to me as a lot more pre-planned than the book or its author...
by Yolande House | Jun 9, 2015 | Writing
In sharing my work for critique with other writers, I am learning that the process of writing memoir can be hard for writers of other genres to understand. I find I often get the same feedback over and over, and it’s not always possible to incorporate all...
by Yolande House | Jun 2, 2015 | Writing
I’ve decided to dust off this old thing and start blogging about my writing process again. The timing reflects the fact that I’ve begun to write more seriously again. After a big life change a few years ago, I almost completely stopped writing, other than...
by Yolande House | Mar 4, 2015 | Living Abroad
Many people from home have commented countless times on how happy and at peace I look here in Korea. It’s true. Living abroad is tough and not for everyone; I struggled my first year at a workhorse academy, but overall the new experiences have been worth it. I feel...
by Yolande House | Nov 27, 2011 | Living Abroad
One reason I haven’t been so good about updating and keeping in touch is that I’m in a serious down period right now in my adjustment to living abroad. Yesterday I realized one of the underlying things that is making me unhappy right now — how difficult it is to do...
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