Embrace my, your and their otherness
Being afraid of my own differences.
Since I started writing, whether in my journal or in my novel, I have deliberately tried to hide my own ethnic background. I told myself I could attract a wider audience this way because most English-speaking readers are after all not Chinese. I told myself it was a business decision. That might be true, but ultimately, I have to admit, it is because I am still insecure and worry about not being accepted.
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