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Yu-Han Chao

About Me


Visit My Website: www.yuhanchao.com

Video excerpt from my novel in the Amazon contest:
"A Bowl of the Real Thing"

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You are always like that; I am always like this. Always, in Chinese, lao se, old is. This is about growing old, when we grow old."
( We Grow Old , Yu-Han Chao)

"You know what yuan zu socializing is, right? Like in Japan, the high school girls date older, usually married men in exchange for money, that kind of socializing. Yuan zu, to help the girls’ pockets. You know how expensive clothes and cute knick knacks are in Japan. Don’t be too fast to judge them, though, don’t call the Japanese middle-aged men perverts and the schoolgirls who sell their company, used underwear, and sometimes bodies, prostitutes. It happens in Taiwan, too..." ( Passport Baby , Yu-Han Chao)

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My Blog

Rice Hand Warmer

My Christmas present: my very first sewing machine. It can do 59 computerized stitches, some in elaborate embroidered patterns.  My first project, as suggested by Mimi: a rice hand warmer.Instruc...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:22:00 GMT

What’s in a Name?

Have you contemplated using a pen name? Changing your name? Using your middle name? Have you thought about how the name affects the reception of your work and your popularity as an author? I never rea...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:57:00 GMT

3: AM Review

Poetics: Two Books of Poetry by Yu-Han Chao and David E. Oprava by Steve Finbow from 3:AMDelightful criticism by Steve Finbow, whose novel Balzac of the Badlands is out October 2009.p.s. "sherbert tof...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:56:00 GMT

Hunger is the Best Sauce

I just noticed the writing on this cup in our bathroom (clearly from Taiwan or China) for the first time.  It has these three elephants, and the words BEST SAUCE, and underneath it is "Hunger is ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:36:00 GMT

Amazon is a Strange Place

Mr. Grady Harp had written a most kind and enthusiastic review of my excerpt during Amazon's novel contest, and I sent him a review copy of We Grow Old. He immediately wrote another wonderful review, ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:39:00 GMT

My Book is Out!! (But wheres my copy?)

My book is available on Amazon now.There are already 4 used copies for sale. How are there already 4 used copies for sale when I don't even have my author copies yet? We didn't push back publication d...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:16:00 GMT

A Nice Pair of Pants to Die On

Last night before I went to bed I noticed a medium to large sized spider in a corner on the ceiling. It better not bite me while I'm sleeping, I thought to myself. But this morning when I woke up I sa...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Ghost Month

Today is July* 24th of the Lunar Calendar.Good Luck: Secure a Door, Traveling, Collecting Money, Cleaning the House.Bad Luck: Secure a Bed, Getting Married.*July is ghost month. Watch your step.
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:39:00 GMT

Red Peter

Red Peter July IssueEdited by Steve Finbowhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/4234595/Red-Peter-July("Body Shots"by me are in there.)
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Cat Spring Roll Podcast

I'm working on podcasts for the Rose & Thorn eZine's blog, Roses & Thorns, and uploaded a podcast for one of my stories to test the quality of phone-in recording. My voice sounds sticky and muggy (the...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:15:00 GMT