{"id":3421,"date":"2016-04-13T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2016-04-13T13:06:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:06:27","slug":"blue-orca-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/blue-orca-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Orca Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Orca is written from Mimi point of view. As part of my research for the novel, I had spent hundreds of hours watching documentaries and reading up about China. Similarly to what I had done for Red Hourglass, which was written over the span of four years and two trips to New York, I try to make fiction as close to reality as possible.<\/p>\n

I had been to Beijing twice, and Shanghai once. My favourite lake in the world is in Hangzhou West Lake. I would happily retire by West Lake writing chinese poetry. I dread Hong Kong as I feel very uncomfortable in small spaces.<\/p>\n

I used to only be able to write dialogue between two people and that itself is a challenge. Now, I had upped my game to have dialogue conversations between three people or more. I would attribute dialogue writing as my greatest flaw. Instead of four years, I had given myself one year to publish Blue Orca. Insane, I know. But possible.<\/p>\n

I stumbled upon this documentary today. Emma’s voice is ringing in my head. It is about Chinese female orphans adopted overseas. In my dream life, I would foster and adopt children in future. It’s writing about this topic that moves me greatly to want to eventually turn my attention to orphanages – by giving women a voice and chance in life that they would not have otherwise experience. I hope my books will eventually draw more attention to these social issues and end the suffering of children.<\/p>\n