Kate Hao is a poet and fiction writer, a shy Leo, an ex-pianist, a soup enthusiast, an aspiring morning person. Her work has appeared in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Cosmonauts Avenue, and others. She grew up in the suburbs of northern Virginia and currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
I had to change the parameters of what I thought success was. Success might be a plate of eggs with toast or a talk on the curb. Sometimes the most simple thing is the thing that makes the difference. I
Start at the beginning—you would think it was something I should have learned from the first novel. But I wonder about these obstacles that we put in front of ourselves that keep us from getting further along or finishing.