Chinese female pirate story I wrote is OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED!
Originally published at NatalieKim.com
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by Natalie Kim
Big thanks to Secret Identities (Follow them on Twitter: @SIUniverse) for letting me write a story for their recently published anthology.
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A few years ago, I was in a play called Songs of The Dragons Flying To Heaven (by the most amazing playwright, Young Jean Lee) and while on tour (Portland, Oregon & Rotterdam), I came across this story by Maggie Koerth of CNN.
A prostitute from Canton from the 19th century married a pirate. Later
on, after her husband died, she took her husband's position as head
pirate and lead her fleet to rule the oceans of Asia. The British could
not defeat her and they finally offered her amnesty if she stopped her
pirating ways. She lived till the ripe old age of 69 and died a wealthy
lady who owned a gambling hall.
This short report resonated with me so strongly and it spoke to my soul.
I quickly forwarded it to Young Jean and she agreed that it was an amazing story.
I folded the paper I had printed it out and put it on a my messy bookshelf and forgot about it.
Fast Forward to 2010
I met cartoonist Robin Ha while I was doing a reading of Dean Haspiel's comic at at a Brooklyn arts festival. We said mumbled hello to each other but that was about it.
A few
months later, I found myself sitting at Robin's desk at her studio
while she wasn't there. The kind guys and gals of then cartoonist
studio Deep 6 let me do whatever it is I do (a combination of writing,
drawing and fretting over minutiae).
I saw Robin's artwork at her desk and was blown away.
