AznLover.com - the interracial AMWF Community - Rantings of the Vietnamita
AZNLover Home Forum Personals
Chinese English Filipino Japanese Korean Spanish Taiwanese Thai Vietnamese

Go Back   AznLover.com - the interracial AMWF Community » Blogs


Old

Don't judge a book by it's cover. It's good advice except...

Posted 08-03-2009 at 09:39 AM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)

There's an old adage that says "don't judge a book by it's cover." It's good advice, unfortunately the truth is in the publishing world, and on the market, EVERYBODY judges a book by it's cover at the beginning. I just spent the last week working on a cover design, and hopefully it'll stand out for my book. A lot of people don't know what goes into a good cover design, and unfortunately, what you see coming out from the presses, especially the self published book crowd is a lot of poorly...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 389 Comments 1 vietnamita is offline
Old

That's it. The book's done. It's time to send it off to the presses.

Posted 07-11-2009 at 02:00 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)

For the last month I've been working on the final formatting challenges of my soon to be published book, Jackfruit. Man, what grueling ride! Writing a book definitely isn't for everyone, especially this 427 page opus. I think one of the things I've learned in the process is to never underestimate how long something worthwhile in your life can take you to complete. If you're interested in a try before you buy, kick the tires, see what it's like, I've released the ebook version of my book, one of...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 172 Comments 0 vietnamita is offline
Old

The Adventurers: A Penchant for Risk.

Posted 06-09-2009 at 01:06 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)

So, I recently finished up a meeting with a very small, select group of people whom I can only call, Adventurers. One is a man who is walking around the world. Another one's sailed from the Arctic to the Antarctic circles. Another one likes to climb the highest mountains. Folks in this forum who are familiar with me know that I've bicycled across continents through rarely traveled, and desolate places.

Anyway, I went to the meeting wondering about just how large the group was, and...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 145 Comments 0 vietnamita is offline
Old

The Book - JackFruit: An Adventure on Two Wheels Through Latin America

Posted 01-17-2009 at 08:36 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)

I finally caved into it. I finally did it. In a mad, mad world, I put my work of nonfiction up, the thrilling recount of my 2001-2002 expedition through South and Central America up, for free for you readers to download and enjoy. So, why am I doing this? Why, after 7 years of hard work, sweat, tears, surviving the expedition in the first place, then attempting to put it into written word that would entertain, enthrall, and enlighten, would I EVER decide to give this away for FREE?!! Have I lost...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 217 Comments 0 vietnamita is offline
Old

Confessions of an Independent Author, Part 2

Posted 08-26-2008 at 09:25 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)

The first step of the quest to become a published author, is to find a literary agent! But where to begin in THAT quest?

vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 206 Comments 1 vietnamita is offline
Old

Confessions of an Independent Author

Posted 08-11-2008 at 10:31 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)


My new mini-series.
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 106 Comments 0 vietnamita is offline
Old

Wow. I posted a lot to the blog...

Posted 07-19-2008 at 06:05 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)

Holy.

I just finished the 4th round edits to the manuscript, and I just realized, that the Central America section alone that I posted to the blog, is 175 pages worth of printed material.

I think I'm gonna be good for a while...

The manuscript is 324 pages. Sections are North America (the beginning, the origins of my soul searching journey), Peru (where I got sucked into the great mystery), Bolivia (where I learned more about the mystery, and got sucked...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 161 Comments 1 vietnamita is offline
Old

Jackfruit - Central America - The "I" Did Not Know

Posted 07-11-2008 at 09:38 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)
Updated 07-12-2008 at 07:21 PM by vietnamita

The "I" Did Not Know
by
David E.X.N. Nghiem
All Photos and Text Copyright 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006

All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retreival system, without permission in writing from the author.

-----
I biked up the steep hill overlooking a large ranch. There was a sign...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 216 Comments 2 vietnamita is offline
Old

Jackfruit - Central America - Dog Attacks

Posted 07-09-2008 at 11:30 AM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)
Updated 07-12-2008 at 07:18 PM by vietnamita

Dog Attacks
by
David E.X.N. Nghiem
All Photos and Text Copyright 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006

All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retreival system, without permission in writing from the author.

-----

Click the image to open in full size....
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 116 Comments 4 vietnamita is offline
Old

Jackfruit - Central America - Taiwanese Headhunters Turned Evangelical Christians

Posted 07-06-2008 at 03:18 PM by vietnamita (Rantings of the Vietnamita)
Updated 07-07-2008 at 03:20 PM by vietnamita

Taiwanese Headhunters Turned Evangelical Christians
by
David E.X.N. Nghiem
All Photos and Text Copyright 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006

All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retreival system, without permission in writing from the author.

-----

“Uno!” yelled Kerry, as he slapped down...
vietnamita's Avatar
AZNLover.com Supporting Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 528 Comments 4 vietnamita is offline

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:08 PM.
 

AZNLover.com Sites of Interest


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53