A Season in Korea
kindle | nook | smashwords
In early 2001, I escaped Oregon for what I thought would be a year in South Korea. One year ended up being collapsed into three short but colorful months I captured in my letters back home.
SAMPLE AVAILABLE ON SMASHWORDS
Leave a Reply
Recent Posts I Dug
hmmm….I might have to read this! I graduated from high school in the ROK and went to Sogang University for a semester of study abroad. Also spent 10 years there- did I mention I’m half-Korean?
I think your letters sound very interesting-
It’s funny, but I ended up having this edited and publishing them purely as an indication that they could expect more from me down the road. And wouldn’t you know? A Season in Korea: LfSK has far outsold the others. :p It’s no masterpiece, but I hope it’s of any use to folks considering whether to go there to live/teach for a time!
Which ten years did you spend there? Have you written about this (or the semester abroad) anywhere publicly accessible? I’d love to read about your experiences.
not at all- I’m new to creative writing- within the last year and a half after years of technical and strategic writing. I do plan to write some about the humorous aspects of living abroad in Europe and Korea….(for instance, one person’s drinking water in a small steel bowl is another person’s finger bowl- learned empirically)…..so nothing for you to read yet, but I will be sure to forward when I do- I spent 2 to 3 years at intervals from the time I was born until I graduated from H.S. in Seoul in 1993 then studied at Sogang University for a semester in 1995. Will be in touch about your book- I’m currently drowning in tasks- so much so that I’m taking my own blogging down to weekly to try to regain my breath.