Breakfast

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival turned out to be a fantastic time. I had tickets to three events on Sunday, actually ended up attending four, not to mention I was able to have breakfast with Miguel Syjuco and Nam Le on the balcony of the Pawn. I was able to listen to two of the youngest literary superstar's in the world pick each other's brains and chat friendly about writing and life. Miguel was an extremely humble and friendly young man who is still in disbelief of all the publicity he is receiving for his writing. He talked to me for about ten minutes and offered me some advice on writing, advice that I will never forget. Nam was also nice and very intelligent when he spoke, but he seemed a little more used to the attention that was being bestowed upon him, as his book is out already and has been garnering praise from every corner of the world.

I also had the chance to meet Janice Y. K. Lee and Rana Dasgupta, two more very young and successful authors. Both talked about the pitfalls of writing and how they managed to persevere through it all and churn out successful works of fiction. I managed to resort into fanboy mode and get two autographed copies of their books as well. I felt like a kid again.

Let the writing commence.