Monthly Archives: June 2015

The Book in Korean?

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Young

Yesterday, I took the subway out to Daehakno a little after lunch. It’s been three years since the last time I went to the area, which was around the time my friend and former co-worker Aidan left Korea. I went … Continue reading →

Posted in Updates | Tagged daehakno, have to brush up on my military jargon, i should've kept studying korean, i wonder how the reception of the book will be here, i wonder if i'll get blacklisted here, korean editor, korean translation, may be writing in jeju next summer, pascucci coffee | 2 Comments

Thanks for Reading and Reviewing

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Young

At the end of every class I teach, students have the option of filling out an evaluation of my class. Not many students fill them out now that the evaluations are done online, and I don’t blame them. When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Updates | Tagged book review, evaluation, feedback, goodreads, i don't mind constructive criticism, i don't really mind regular criticism either, the book still has a perfect rating on amazon... for now, the worst thing about art school was critiques which was basically pretentious self-important people spewing bullshit about nothing | 1 Comment

Radio Interview: DW (Deutsche Welle) WorldLink

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Young

The interview on the German English-language radio station DW WorldLink has been broadcast as part of a larger topic: “the search for equality.” I haven’t had any sales from France after the two French radio broadcasts, but maybe Germany will be different. … Continue reading →

Posted in Promotion | Tagged accidental soldier, dw worldlink, i'm not sure what the link is between a search for equality and forced into military service but i'll take the promotion, military service, radio interview, south korea, the accidental citizen-soldier | 2 Comments

Suha

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Young

One of the most stressful days of boot camp was when we were being tested on guard procedures. The problem was that it required me to speak in Korean. At the time, even saying my trainee number and name was … Continue reading →

Posted in Additional Material | Tagged a really good reason why i should never have been sent to the army, army jargon is confusing and based more heavily on chinese characters, put your hands up, speaking in tongue twisters constantly, standing guard | 3 Comments

Radio Interview: France Inter

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Young

Another interview on French radio. If you’ve listened to the Radio France Internationale interview, there’s no need to listen to this one because the same interview was used for both radio stations. The website for this interview does have some … Continue reading →

Posted in Promotion | Tagged france inter, i can say go fuck yourself in french thanks to a very kind soft-spoken french journalist, i once learned that awful pronunciation in french can cause confusion between the words for felt as in the fabric and sperm, i'm not comparing myself to Charles Bukowski, l'armee sud-coreenne, mrs hyson scared the shit out of a first-grade me, rose is french for pink, thanks fred, the accidental citizen-soldier | 3 Comments

Other News

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Young

I’m working on some longer posts that may never get posted so in the interim, I thought I’d share a couple of links to articles I’ve read recently that I thought were interesting. Each article is about a young Korean … Continue reading →

Posted in Additional Material, Random | Tagged another accidental soldier, conscription, draft dodger, is social justice just something nice we tell ourselves exists to make ourselves feel better about our shitty lives, steve yoo, yang kyoungjong, yoo seung-jun | 4 Comments

May/Free Book Promotion Recap

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Young

This past month taught me the value of promotion. For the first 26 days of May, sales were almost nonexistent. After I hit the 100-book mark toward the end of April, it seemed like that was it. I sold a … Continue reading →

Posted in Updates | Tagged 628 people have the book, free book promotion results, need to get off my ass, running out of ideas for promotion, the book is still off the shelves at kyobo | 2 Comments

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The Book in Korean?

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Radio Interview: DW (Deutsche Welle) WorldLink

Suha

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