Hello, friends!

Two bits of news for US readers especially (don’t worry international readers, I gotchu—see the stuff under the photo):

Alcove Press is running a giveaway on Goodreads for 5 physical galleys of my upcoming women’s fiction/contemporary fantasy The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu! Yes, you could win a chance to get a sneak peek at a book that doesn’t come out til November. Unfortunately, this is only open to US readers. The giveaway runs from 4/24-5/11. Here’s the link:

Friends, some good news. Here’s the cover of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU! Apparently, it’s already up on the retail sites.

Look at the power coming from that palm!

What can I say about this book in the chaos of now? Leeann is a 40-something Asian Canadian woman who suddenly, inexplicably starts to glow and who eventually saves her town. When I was describing this to my friend Kristin, she said, “So she’s kind of a superhero.” Yes, but she’s also an ordinary woman with a midwifery practice, a kid who’s off to university, a difficult mom, and a fledgling relationship with a younger man, and in these very dark times, I want to remember that ordinary people can do extraordinary things for their communities.

A super quick email today: I’d really, really love it if you’d pre-order The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu, my romantic magical midlife midwife book about a single mother who saves the day despite being really, really tired. I’m sure all your faves have told you that pre-orders help authors so much. We’re all vying for space and attention these days, and even a little advance interest helps make sure that physical bookstores will stock our books.

And now of course, American readers, it’s time for the Barnes & Noble sale, which gives 25% off all pre-order books (print, hardcover, ebook, audio) and runs from 2/5-2/7 with code PREORDER25.

That link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-glowing-life-of-leeann-wu-mindy-hung/1146546421

The offer is for Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members only, nonmembers will have to enroll (but it's free).

Hello, friends! I hope this finds you as well as can be expected. It’s already been a bruiser of a year, and we’ve just gotten started.

I’m thinking about anniversaries lately. I’ve had a few in my personal life recently, but it’s also my 10th anniversary as a published romance author, and it’ll be the year of my 10th release when The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu comes out. (My first novel, Acute Reactions, came out in March 2015. I’ll talk about it in my next newsletter.)

And today is the first birthday of my latest published book, Wild Life.

I started writing Wild Life before COVID hit. I was working on it when I first started realizing anxiety was creeping into almost all parts of my life, colouring my everyday decisions about where to walk, how to talk, and how to dress, becoming the real reason I stopped socializing. And when the pandemic broke it was almost a terrible relief to have so many of my fears appear real—I had an objective correlative.