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Y. Y. Chan
May 29, 20203 min read
From Blank Page to Published (Part 5): Formatting
After doing all the writing, editing, finalising the illustrations and writing up the front and back matter, it was time to put...
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Y. Y. Chan
May 16, 20202 min read
Officially Published!
This post is a couple of days late. But yes, I'm officially published! (In case you missed the memo...) You can check out my book here:...
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Y. Y. Chan
May 9, 20208 min read
From Blank Page to Published (Part 4): Writing the 'Other Stuff'
While the books were being edited and illustrated, I started to work on writing the other stuff such as blurbs, author bio,...
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Y. Y. Chan
May 8, 20204 min read
More Updates! (Picture Book Launch Date: 13 May!)
So a lot of things happened over the last couple of weeks and I haven't had a chance to update as I have a lot of other things going on....
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Y. Y. Chan
May 1, 20204 min read
From Blank Page to Published (Part 3): Getting it Illustrated
After I had sent the two versions to the editors, I needed to work on getting the picture book illustrated. I divided the text into...
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Y. Y. Chan
Apr 28, 20205 min read
From Blank Page to Published (Part 2): Editing
Here is Part 2 of my self-publishing journey. I've been busy with a lot of little things over the last week(s) but also felt like I had...
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Y. Y. Chan
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Exciting News and Updates!
Ok... It's been over a week since I last wrote a blogpost and I was hoping to continue my series about the 'Blank Page to Published'...
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Y. Y. Chan
Apr 8, 20207 min read
From Blank Page to Published (Part 1): The First Draft
I am going to write a series of blogposts on the whole process of writing my first book - from Blank Page to Published (and all the...
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Y. Y. Chan
Apr 5, 202012 min read
Children's Books on Death, Loss & Grief
When I decided to write 'Can You Hear Me?' I searched around for a range of children's books that covered similar themes. I already had a...
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Y. Y. Chan
Mar 31, 20204 min read
How the story was born
I started writing my first children’s book in February 2020, when the COVID-19 started to spread around Hong Kong, confining us to our homes
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