Abigail Hing Wen On Writing Her Debut YA Novel Loveboat Taipei

   

Guest Abigail Hing Wen has done a lot in her career: Harvard grad, lawyer, venture capitalist, and Silicon Valley A.I. expert. Now you can add novelist to her resume.

Her debut novel, Loveboat: Taipei, is a romantic comedy set on a real-life "educational" teen cruise for Asian-Americans, which is really just a hookup fest. On the pod, Abigail talks about how the book came to be, the importance of having critique partners, and the invaluable lessons she learned when she went back to school to get her MFA.