Jim Newport: “I decided to write a vampire script.”
In a recent interview, Jim Newport, the author of ‘The Vampire of Siam’ trilogy talked about his books, his future writing plans, the publishing industry, and films. Read the entire interview here.
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Dating Thai Men: A Personal Experience – Ms. Modern meets Mr. Ancient
Part of being in a new culture is to experience everything that the place can possibly teach me. One of my curiosities was Thai Men. When in Thailand, you hear frequent comments just how bad Thai men’s behavior is. Besides seeing congregate to drink whiskey together at 3pm in the afternoon, I wondered how bad …
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Thailand-based farang writers
It is common knowledge that most of the foreign writers stationed din Thailand are male. Here is a photo collage of some of them: top row, left to right: Aaron Le Boutillier, Larry Welch, and David Young; bottom row, left to right: Collin Cotterill, Andrew Hicks and Voicu Mihnea Simandan. To find out what place …
New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology
Press Release New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology is aiming to help gifted, aspiring authors to become known worldwide and to discover tomorrow’s literary talents. New Asian Writing (NAW) is inviting short stories by writers from any country in the world to be selected by an experienced panel of writers and published in a yearly …
The gig is my buddha or a fortuitous reversal
Again I will start my story with a disclaimer. I have lived in Bangkok 3 months, and I have read many posts here in the diaries. I am new, wet behind the ears, an amateur learning sometimes the hard way. I expect to get insults and some of you insisting I run home immediately as …
On being a Western woman in Thailand
It is not always easy being a Western woman in Thailand, I know: I’ve been here for over 10 years. On this Bangkok Diaries website alone, the amount of slander and hate-talk directed at Western women is a good representation of the larger anti-Western women dynamics in the country. In addition, I have seen innumerable …
Living in Thailand – Life and Death on the Farm
This story was related to me recently by a waitress who normally works in Bangkok, but goes back to her village periodically to see her children and work on her farm. “I buy baby chicken in market five baht. She go, ‘cheep cheep cheep’ allatime. She follow me roun’. She think I am her mudder. …
The Art of Walking in Thailand
As I exited the plane in Heathrow for a business trip I was immediately struck by something. I couldn’t put my finger on it at first but then it suddenly hit me. These people seemed in a hurry. Several even seemed like that had a purpose. I guess I had been in Thailand so long …
Thai Vogue
I got a kick out of this. Thought others might enjoy.
Dispelling the Can’t Get Laid at Home Myth
Recently in a thread called “Am I Invisible” a commenter named Jack made the following addition to the thread: I am a young, decent looking guy, with an narcisistic personality bordering on jerk and I get more action in the West. I can get a woman every night of the week if I want (I …