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🇰🇷🇺🇸🐶🍜📚⚕️Author of Cataclysm, Patient Zero, Opium & Absinthe, Quackery. Incapable of staying in one literary lane. Owned by @pipersushihpoo.

Happy Korean American Day! It’s been a long jo

Happy Korean American Day!

It’s been a long journey to fully loving and accepting my heritage in a world that didn’t always adore K-pop and Korean food. In elementary school, I had friends who didn’t know Korea was even a country. It was painful to live in a culture that didn’t accept those who looked different or who were from an immigrant family.

I am proud to share my parent’s heritage with my kids. Pictures include my daughter and me in Seoul last year and photos at the one year birthday doljanchi celebrations for each one. Plus one old picture of me in a hanbok when I was around nine! Happy Korean American Day to all my fellow Korean Americans!

Music by one of my favorite Korean American musicians, @audreynuna.

#koreanamerican #korean #koreanamericanday

Silver needle white tea today while writing. I for

Silver needle white tea today while writing. I forgot I had this adorable tea cozy! My trip to London recently reminded me how much I love tea. I used to only drink tea and I had a while ritual before switching to coffee at some point.
Back to some old habits!

#amwriting #tea #teatime #teacozy #authorlife

This was lovely to see! Thank you @readinginpublic

This was lovely to see! Thank you @readinginpublicbooks for highlighting Opium and Absinthe as a bestselling book of 2024! I’m in some great company! ❤️📚💜

#readinginpublicbooks #bestof2024 #bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookshelf #bookrecommendations #books #historicalfiction #historicalnovel #novel #authorlife #bookreview #bookblogger

Had a spectacular high tea at the Rosewood where t

Had a spectacular high tea at the Rosewood where the whole meal was inspired by the artwork of John Boothe. My favorite were the tea sandwiches and the scones. Yum. And my favorite tea was a milk oolong I never knew existed (the tea leaves are steamed in milk giving the tea an unexpected rich flavor.) We wandered and shopped around Covent Garden. The weekend has flown by!

#London #london🇬🇧 #hightea #coventgarden #scones #teatime #travelgram

Two days into the new year and we jumped a plane t

Two days into the new year and we jumped a plane to another country. First day in London! We arrived at dawn, jet lagged but ready to go. Went to the Tower of London, saw some ginormous jewels, met a chatterbox raven, had some classics for lunch, and randomly discovered the Hungerford Footbridge Skateboard Graveyard. It was cold but these Midwest gals handled it just fine. 😊

#london #toweroflondon #uk #travel #uktravel #londonfood #travelgram #travelphotography #skateboardgraveyardofhungerfordbridge

I made my Top Nine of 2024 (it was so hard to choo

I made my Top Nine of 2024 (it was so hard to choose!) and then also did the app version they pick based on your views/likes. The latter is weighted heavily towards Star Wars content (no surprise! 😊✨) plus a happy birthday post and the massive tornado that hit Nebraska. I still can’t believe we walked the red carpet at the Acolyte premiere in LA!

But the highlights I personally picked also surrounded friends, family events, and writing. My son graduated; I met a bunch of incredible authors at AWP; visited my parents many times; nourished and fed my friendships throughout the year. And of course we saw the aurora borealis that we saw from Nebraska! If I could have added in cooking photos, gardening shots, tons of travel photos, and one thousand pictures of my dogs, plus the many wonderful author visits, keynotes, and lectures this year, it would have been way too many photos!

I have a busy year coming up and my hope is to somehow find balance between taking care of my family, taking care of me, and my work. I love my work—both doctoring and writing. But the tasks are never ending and I have to keep the tidal wave of worry and stress at bay while myriad deadlines loom.

Which is why I also included a photo of me spending a little alone time pondering this Jun Kaneko painting. Find peace in the busy moments. This is what I tell myself. This is what I’ll do.

I hope to see you all next year and hope you all have a good one despite living in this complicated and stressful world.

Peace and love,
Lydia

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Had a really wonderful time teaching at the Univer

Had a really wonderful time teaching at the University of Nebraska MFA program @uno_mfa yesterday at Lied Lodge in Nebraska City. Two workshops, one reading, time spent making new writerly friends, and catching up with old ones made for a lovely day! ❤️📚 A great way to end out 2024!

The puppies wanted to chew on their Christmas snac

The puppies wanted to chew on their Christmas snacks and not take holiday photos! Understood. They went back to relaxing right after. On to making Christmas dinner!

Happy Holidays to all! 🎄❤️🤶🏼❄️

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