Peggy Chan's Blog

I have crafted short read love stories, poems, children’s poems and books, as well as non-fiction books. Do read them, and I would appreciate it if you could leave a review of the book you chose to read.

This blog is a place for me to write about my ideas, about upcoming books, and about my life and writing. I hope that you enjoy reading it, and leave some comments for me!



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January 10, 2025

Dare to Dream

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney We all have dreams, whether we choose to admit it or not. Some pursue their dreams and make them come true. Others leave them as pipe dreams for reasons best known to them.  As Walt Disney said, “All our dreams can come true if we dare to pursue them.” Yes, I had many dreams; most remained pipe dreams, as I’m guilty of daydreaming. My mind goes off on different tangents, and these days, I can even doze off while reading something or doing something!! However, one dream did materialize, and that is being a self-published author!! I would never have thought I could do it!! After all, I had never heard of Amazon or Google, and the computer didn’t exist in my younger days. Neither did the internet. Then, things happened very quickly. Computers and floppy disks arrived! Slowly, through trial and error, I learned to self-publish on Amazon. Writing is my passion and I have a very fertile imagination. I daresay I live through my characters, and I have favorites among them! I always dreamed of being a witch with witchy powers […]
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June 20, 2016

The Beginning of My Journey as Writer, Poet and Author

This is my first post here in this blog where I hope to share with you my journey as a writer, author and poet. This journey began a long time ago when I was in school. I was a voracious reader and I loved to write. My teacher asked me to rewrite the stories that I had read, in simpler language and to share those stories with those of my classmates whose proficiency in the English language was less competent. I not only rewrote the stories, but also got my classmates to enact them during our break time. Those were the days!! As I grew older, I found myself enjoying poetry more and more. I began writing short poems which I did not share then. It was only when I was attending teacher training college that I shared a poem about a rose. This attracted the attention of my English lecturer and his comments encouraged me to continue writing more poems, many of which are based on my personal experiences. I then tried my hand at writing short stories, the first of which was loosely based on the life of my second cousin. It was gratifying to see the stories […]
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