Articles & Interviews
Essays
Swords and Other Cooking Utensils: On Food in a Cross-cultural Marriage
The English Penchant in MARY: A Journal of New Writing
Diary of an Expat Writer
Testing one, two, three . . . Can anybody hear me?
How to fly solo without burning my wings
Turning into Jordan Rivet, writer of post-apocalyptic adventures
Will she or won’t she on Christmas Day
There’s no place like home, especially when your friends are reading your books
Has it really been six months? How time flies when you’re writing full-time
Shifting base to literary London, where it all began
Interviews
gbtimes: An American writer’s coming of age in Hong Kong
State of the Art on RTHK (radio)
Podcast interview on Snipits of Time – Creative Habits
Creative Spirit on Artist Think
Questions about my family history in Asia from Susan Blumberg-Kason
My Expat Experience on Expat Focus
Podcast interview with Stuart Beaton
Interview with a fellow Hong Kong blogger
Student Debt Articles
How I Paid Off Nearly $80,000 in Student Debt on The Billfold
A review, interview, and video about PAY OFF on Viral Authors
Modern Love Long Distance Articles
Just One More Year: When your long distance relationship lasts longer than expected
Long Distance No Longer: When you’re finally together
How to Help Your Family Get to Know Your Long Distance Lover
Rose-colored Webcams: Four Tips for Being Yourself in a Long Distance Relationship
How to Talk About Money in a New Long Distance Relationship
How to Talk About Money in a Serious Long Distance Relationship
For Love and Money: Questions Long Distance Couples Should Answer Before Getting Married
Guest Posts
Raw Dragonfruit: Expatriate Women Writers in Asia on The Reading Life
Your Publishing Journey — An Obstacle Course on Live.Write.Thrive.
Marina Bay, Singapore on Pens on a World Map
The Expat Writer’s Connection on Adventures in Expat Land
Energy, Inspiration, Influence on Susan Blumberg-Kason
Reading China on Reading the World
Features
Literary Death Match, Hong Kong, Ep. 3 Recap
Gilbert native’s book reflects on Olympic fan experience article on NBC Local News andThe East Valley Tribune
Summer Reading List at Displaced Nation
In November of 2013, I self-published a novella in front of a live audience at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong. The Art of Escalator Jumping was the runner-up in the Saphira Prize for unpublished writing.
A Hong Kong novella
Reviews of The Art of Escalator Jumping
“With use of vivid, dynamic imagery, Shannon Young has written a touching novel that explores the very core of fundamental human relationships. Her clever, innovative metaphors and similes excite the imagination, jump out of the narrative and breathe life into a refreshing story that evolves around the grand outdoor escalator in the heart of old Hong Kong.” – Elsie Sze, author of The Heart of the Buddha: A Novel
“The characters are rich and complex, yet sympathetic (well, almost all of them are sympathetic). And I loved the pace of this book: quick and concise, yet rich in local flavor and full of suspense. At the end I more or less guessed what would happen, but that didn’t matter because I still teared up. If you know Hong Kong, you’ll love this book. And if you’re new to Hong Kong or don’t know much about it, you’ll get a great feel for the city and what makes it special, including the Escalators and the people who traverse it every day.” – Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of Good Chinese Wife
For reviews of my other works, see the book-specific pages!
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