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Shay Kauwe

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Shay Kaleoʻoluhoʻiloliokawaipāhe Kauwe is a kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) author from the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. She grew up on the Homestead in Waimānalo but moved to Russia because she fell in love with a boy. Her and the boy now live in Honolulu with their poi dog, Iris.

Shay holds an M.Ed in Education and taught English, ESL, and Literacy for nearly a decade.

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Aloha! Are your Homestead characters based off of real people, and if so, who?

Shay Kauwe Unfortunately, my characters aren't based off of real people!

To make my characters, I thought a lot about the kinds of folks you might find on the Hom…moreUnfortunately, my characters aren't based off of real people!

To make my characters, I thought a lot about the kinds of folks you might find on the Homestead, and the different ways people might react to a history of colonization. The character sketches began there.

Names though, do often belong to my family and friends though I make sure to always put their name on a character that is nothing like how they are in real life. My family gets a kick out of seeing their name in a book because they're not ones that you'd typically find in fantasy.(less)

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The Future is Fiction: Advice for the Next Wave of Hawaiian Writers

Here are some stats about publishing…· Rejection is far more common than acceptance with agents receiving between 5k-20k manuscripts every year· The odds of getting an agent is about 1 in 1000, as a general rule of thumb· It takes an average of 2+ years to go from signing a deal to getting your book on shelves

Considering these hard facts, it’s not surprising that Pacific Islanders m

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Shay Kauwe answered Harley Quinn's question: Aloha! Are your Homestead characters based off of real people, and if so, who? Unfortunately, my characters aren't based off of real people! To make my characters, I thought a lot about the kinds of folks you might find on the Homestead, and the different ways people might react to a history of colonization. The character sketch See Full Answer
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