Can I write a book in 5 weeks? That’s rather an ambitious project. But I really feel I can.

On my drive to work this morning, the thought hit me that if I don’t write this stuff soon, I will start losing people who’d want to read it. I’m not predicting the mortality of the people around me, but time is a slippery little sucker. My 10-yr high school reunion just came and went last October. It’s been 7 years since I graduated college, altho it feels like 2. Really, how long can I be pregnant before I give birth? I’ve already procrastinated 7 years.

I feel I’m right on the verge of something. I know what I’m going to write, it’s going to take some collaborative effort from my parents and I’m going to do quite some research, but the story is perfect. The Asian American market can’t criticize me for not knowing what I’m talking about, because it is my story. I have historical figures in the family who will make appearances in the book and that will be verifiable if other people want to research it, and it gives me a marketable edge.

It’s time to bring that dream to fruition. It’s time to hit that rare, fleeting Asian American immigrant literature niche and leave my mark in history. I just responded to an email from my mom, telling her about my ambitious project. She’d be supportive and helpful; she’s published a few pieces in a Chinese newspaper herself. I was born in the Week of Impasse, but mom was born in the Cusp of Magic.