Model Breakers Mar'21: Final Manuscript, Cover Sneak Peek, and More Love
Launch Outreach, Five Page Book Highlights, Asian American Podcast
Dear readers,
I’m excited to share that Model Breakers has been copy-edited and approved for publication in April.
I also received a few cover designs this week, but they were so bad that I just wanted to cry. Fortunately, Eva Huang came to the rescue! In a few hours, she created this lovely cover and made me feel excited about design again.
Isn’t this gorgeous?
I love how the cover teases out the energy and potential of the book. Just as Eva said, my hope is to help everyone embrace their authenticity and fully blossom in life.
What early readers are saying about Model Breakers
“A brave book about the Asian American experience and Charlene’s personal journey to understand, and to break out of the straightjacket of the Model Minority myth. There are many insights here about family, careers and how it feels when your success is defined by others, and demanded by all. These insights are painfully earned and rarely shared. A timely, liberating story full of uncomfortable truths.” — Khanh Nguyen, vice president at Google
“Model Breakers confronts the tough questions of identity and stereotypes with insightful research, deliberate exercises, and compelling personal experiences. The future belongs to model breakers, and Wang has written an important playbook to help us embrace our full potential in life.” — Laura Huang, professor at Harvard Business School and international best selling author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage
“Model Breakers takes inspiration from the struggles of Asian immigrants in the US to build a practical guide for growth and success. Wang's focus on the deep struggles of the marginalized communities has not only developed a guide for immigrants but for many that feel out of place in their environments.” — Racha Ghamlouch, co-founder of Digital Digest
What’s Next?
Launch Outreach: I’m looking to invite journalists, podcasters, and publications to my publishing journey. If you (or anyone you know) may be interested in Model Breakers, please share the five-page book highlights and kindly make an intro to charlene@hey.com.
New Podcast: I’m starting a podcast series to spotlight Asian Americans who have explored their joy and authenticity in life (e.g. Grace Chiang, Christina Qi, Julia Xu). If you have any dream guests in mind, please send me some recommendations and I will make it happen!
That’s it for the week. Take care, everyone!
Warmly,
Charlene