Author Ivy Ngeow
#1 today! Topped the chicken book. I am working on my author ranking. As you know I only started building my personal brand this year. Thank you so much for your support. I never thought I would be writing cookbooks but SO many ideas came to me this year, I have to bat them off …
One of my most vivid memories as a child was watching Jaws in 1977 with my dad. I doubt it’s suitable for a 7 year old as I remember being terrified of swimming in the sea for about two years even though I grew up in Malaysia and it’s mandatory to swim. In the sea. And no, there are no sharks in Malaysia. I now realise the power of imagination and the impact of movies on creativity.
Authors, do you have an Ideal Reader and readers, are you in fact one? I interviewed an avid reader and here’s what I found! Read my blog post here. Most blogs interview authors but that’s boring. As an author, I have been interviewed many times and I also have interviewed other authors. This time, …
30 CHINESE DINNERS is available at: Amazon USA Amazon UK Google Play Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Nook Just topped Rick Stein on 27 July 2020 on Amazon Top 100 Bestsellers in Chinese Cooking.
FWIW, I have the orange flag, y’all! Hit the Top 100 Amazon Bestsellers in Chinese cooking today. Thanks for your support!
Ivy Ngeow on why she wrote this book and who it is aimed for. She also reads the section about her family background. Being born and brought up in Johor Bahru, Malaysia was what influenced her way of doing things which is making quick healthy meals perfect for families and the time-poor. Follow Ivy here: …
Excited to see OVERBOARD in Barnes and Noble
Pretty excited that OVERBOARD is in Waterstones. That is all. 24 years ago, it was the first bookshop I walked into in London. Never thought that one day a book I wrote will be in here. My first book in Waterstones.
Your questions answered! Thank you for sending them. This 9 min video explores themes in OVERBOARD and how to create suspense using multiple viewpoints.
1. Write what you don’t know. Writing what you know is one of the worst pieces of writing advice. It must have come from the “old days” i.e. pre-internet where there was not enough information available to anyone so it would be dangerous and idiotic to stray past your own library. But today, how do …