Okay, get the squealing, etc, out of your system before I dive into it. The headline is not a lie. It’s not a “this is happening tomorrow” thing, but it is a “this is happening” thing.

I’m comfortable with working on the series without feeling like I would be doing harm to the Chinese-American community. (And to my Asian-American friends, I’m sorry. Truly, I am. Considering the subject matter of book two in the series, I could not in good conscience release that book in the societal environme...