Hi! I’m Ming and this is Books for Second Breakfast! Welcome to my corner of the internet and thanks for stopping by.

~ About Me ~

I’m a Chinese adoptee, writer, reader, and college student. Other than my love for writing and all things bookish I also enjoy going for walks, doing origami (though I’m too impatient to actually get better at it), and annoying my sister. On rainy days you can find me trying to figure out what book to read next as the tea I made grows cold. At the moment I’m taking a break from college and working as a waitress and retail employee. For being an introvert I have the two jobs that require the most interaction with people.

~ Writer’s Statement ~

I’ve always known that writing and reading can connect people by building empathy and understanding.  When I was younger I thought it would be pretty cool to publish a book because I loved reading.  To have my own book out there that other people loved to read would perhaps be the greatest feeling.  I still have drafts of my first book idea…it will never see the light of day.

In 2015 I had my first real book idea and after that, they didn’t stop coming.  Soon after, I discovered the world of blogs, book reviews, and eventually bookstagram. I fell in love with the world books open to us and the worlds that I was able to create through writing. However, it wasn’t until I took English 101 during my senior year of high school that I began to discover my real voice.

Growing up I read books mainly written by white authors and almost all the characters I created were white. That class introduced me to a diverse range of authors and the revelation that people might be interested in reading books with a Chinese adoptee as the main character. It might be odd that I didn’t think of this when I first started writing. I think it shows the effects of not seeing and reading about people who looked like me in mainstream media and books. OwnVoices literature is really important and I am very much in favour of reading diversely. Reading books with characters different from ourselves cultivates the knowledge that other people have stories of their own that are worth listening to and should be heard.

A lot of my writing focuses on what it means to be Asian and a Chinese adoptee in America. I explore the intricacies of family relationships, generational trauma, cultural differences, and the impact of loss at an early age. As a child of two cultures, Chinese by birth and American by adoption, I’ve always felt a sense of unbelonging in both. Through my writing, I try to find the balance between them and work out my place in the world.

If anything I hope that my writing will make you feel seen and not alone.