Raymond K. Wong - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm just a regular guy who writes books. I have one out now, and am working on my second novel. Love to meet new people.
I grew up in Hong Kong but I've been an American for a while now. I love all kinds of things. I love movies, music (from Classical to Jazz to Rock to Dance, you name it), sports, good food (ethnic food is the best), and much much more.
Check out my books:
The Pacific Between (ISBN: 1-933016-32-9)
Behler Publications (2006)
The sudden deaths of his parents and a discovery prompts an American to travel across the Pacific to find a Chinese woman from his past. Uncovering deep-rooted deceptions creates more twists and turns than an old Chinese alleyway in this tale about love, death, and betrayal.
2006 IPPY Book Award.

"A satisfying and memorable read." -- January Magazine "An astounding debut novel." -- Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer "Deeply personal and emotional." -- St. John's Recorder "A notable new novel." -- ForeWord Magazine "Nostalgic." -- Publisher's Weekly "A great read." -- Pittsburgh Magazine "Recommended." -- CinWeekly
Stories of Strength
Edited by Jenna Glatzer
Born in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this anthology shares stories about what it takes to beat the odds. More than 100 writers contributed these essays, fiction and poetry to raise money for disaster relief charities in the region. Featuring writing from Orson Scott Card, Wil Wheaton, and Robin Lee Hatcher. At times tear-jerking, at times humorous, this book is guaranteed to inspire and remind readers that the human spirit knows no boundaries.
Crack of Death
It all started as a stint operation to expose scam publisher PublishAmerica. This dreadful book - accepted by author mill PublishAmerica - is so bad, it's good! All proceeds go to www.AbsoluteWrite.com, supporting writers and exposing scammers everywhere! www.crackofdeath.com
Visit my website at: raymondwong.com
Pictures! Pictures!
Getting a mention on WQED's OnQ Magazine:
My music video:
My GE Aircraft Engine commercial and a "making off" documentary:

My Interests

Movies, sports, travel, food, music, arts, books, the Internet, computers, making movies, writing, hanging out with friends...

I'd like to meet:

Cool people. Cute people. Fun people. You!

Music:

Light Classical, jazz, classic rock, hard rock, techno, trance, house, new age crap.

Movies:

Action, drama, comedies.. you name it. I love movies.

Favorites: Cinema Paradiso, Fifth Element, Amelie, Capote, Dr. Zhivago, Jurassic Park, Closer, Children of Men, Friday Night Lights...

Television:

Don't watch much. Favorite shows include Six Feet Under, Scrubs, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Discovery channel

Books:

Mine, of course: The Pacific Between (check it out!)

Generally, I read mostly fiction and some non-fiction. I'm reading Michael Chabon and Chuck Palahniuk now.

Heroes:

I'm my own hero. LOL!

Mars the Giant Warrior

My Blog

Baby, what's your sign?

Got it from Dave Bean and I must repost so I don't have 7 years of bad luck. LOL.Below are true descriptions of zodiac signs, with traits from a book written 35 years ago by an astrologist predictions...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:57:00 PST

Layers...

My friend Lori asked another good question: It seems that a lot of text have layers to them that are only noticeable or understood when studied or scrutinized, not when the text is simply read for...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:09:00 PST

Love and Hate

What do I love about being a writer? And what do I hate about it?I love being inspired, either by an idea or a word or a beautiful sentence or a concept or a character or a theme or an imagery or a s...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:15:00 PST

Language

Being bilingual, I find languages fascinating. I love foreign films: if not for the intriguing stories, it's to listen to how people speak in their native tongues. I've spent my whole life trying to m...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:52:00 PST

Silly quote

I just came up with this silly quote this week. I think it's cute, and kind of topical. In case you have no idea what it's referring to, and thus miss my supreme cleverness -- well, our President see...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:11:00 PST

Be my friend!

I opened this account like a year ago and didn't know what to do with it, so it was like in the warehouse for months and months, and now I'm ready to take this out of storage. I'm in active friend-col...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:48:00 PST

Questions Writers Ask...

Questions Writers Ask...Writers ask a lot of questions. Some of them deep, some silly. And sometimes they ask the same questions over and over again that it's probably nice to have an FAQ somewhere to...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:19:00 PST

Check out my blogs

Yeah, don't forget to check out my blogs:I, the AuthorRay's Rave Reviews
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:17:00 PST

Poison

Resentment is poison. The longer you are doing something (or in a relationship, etc.) that you resent, the more poison you take in for your soul. The sooner you can get out of that situation the bette...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Fri, 05 May 2006 08:38:00 PST

Hey there

I'm new here. Looks like a cool place.Let me introduce myself. I'm a writer -- a novelist, really. Yeah, I wrote a darn book. :) I'm also a technophile and I love all things cool, including people. So...
Posted by Raymond K. Wong on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:03:00 PST