I’ve started working on a book about the history of my father’s side of the family. It’s an idea that I’ve been toying with for a few years now, and our trip back to China in 2008-09 convinced me to do it. I’ve started a Tumblr blog to post updates about my progress with the book, and I’m hoping having to post to that blog on a regular basis will help keep me on track with the book. I don’t know if the book will have mass appeal or not, though I’m writing it for a broader audience than just my family. In any case, even if my family and I are the only people to read it, I would still want to do this. I’ve put up an introductory post on the Tumblr blog giving more details about the book and why I want to write it. I’m going to add a widget on the side of this blog to pipe in the updates from that blog. Stay tuned for more.