May 29, 2003

the book (that’s the working title)

I’ve become consumed by my latest project. I was sitting in Subway, munching on a veggie sandwich, starring at the pictures and maps of New York. Then some sort of thought about a class I had listened to recently popped into my head and rather suddenly I wondered aloud, “what would it be like if Columbus never ‘discovered’ America? What if the Chinese got here first?” I did some research when I got back to work and found out that it was pretty likely that this, in fact, did happen. They just didn’t stay and get into the whole manifest destiny kick. My project involves writing a somewhat historical fiction book about a modern man of Tibetan decsent living in the “new world”. Five books are strewn about my desk. Some about Native Americans and some about Chinese history. I have no idea what the outcome will be, but I may post some bits here.

posted @ 1:09 PM

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