I’ve had an incredible, adventurous, and exhausting time this past month exploringSouth Korea and Hong Kong. (Shout-out to every single cityscape in Seoul:the views were gorgeous.) To be honest, I haven’t done as much writingas I planned to accomplish during this trip. But there was potential writing inspiration in every photo I took, awareness of other customs I want to include in future works, and a general boost to my summer writing now that I’ve returned home.

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