Episode 226 Writing #ownvoices while respecting others, with Lauren Ho

Lauren Ho is the author of the debut novel <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593187814">Last Tang Standing</a>, which is getting HUGE buzz. It&#8217;s been called Bridget Jones meets Crazy Rich Asians, and it does deliver on that promise. Lauren is our very first guest to join us from Singapore, and it&#8217;s very late at night there but she managed to hold her own. We talk lawyers-turned-writers, selling a book from outside the US and UK, Goodreads reviews and the challenges and advantages of writing characters (not necessarily POV characters, but still voices that have a place in your story) from perspectives that aren&#8217;t your own. <br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Lauren: <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780385546270">Sex and Vanity</a> by Kevin Kwan<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781094099170">A Good Family</a> by A.H. Kim<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593098196">The White Coat Diaries</a> by Madi Sinha<br/><br/>KJ: <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780399590917">Rodham</a> by Curtis Sittenfeld<br/><br/>Jess:<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780358216773">Becoming Duchess Goldblatt</a> (Anonymous)<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781728206141">Boyfriend Material</a> by Alexis Hall<br/><br/>Find Lauren at:<br/><br/>Her Website:&#160;<a href="https://hellolaurenho.com/">www.hellolaurenho.com</a><br/><br/>On Twitter:&#160;<a href="https://twitter.com/hellolaurenho/">www.twitter.com/hellolaurenho</a><br/><br/>On Facebook:&#160;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hellolaurenho">www.facebook.com/hellolaurenho</a><br/><br/>Via Instagram:&#160;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/hellolaurenho">www.instagram.com/hellolaurenho</a><br/><br/>Behind-the-scenes and only in the email this week: <br/><br/>KJ was a guest on the wonderful <a href="http://www.howdoyouwrite.net/episodes/192">How Do You Write podcast</a> with Rachael Herron, and truly had a blast and loved every minute of it and thinks you should listen to all the e