Articles & Essays

In addition to fiction, Lehua writes non-fiction and creative non-fiction articles on many different subjects.  Some of them are available on this website. They are generally organized by searchable categories.

  • Blog Tours, Guest Posts, & Interviews: articles by other authors and Lehua’s interviews of authors. These are usually part of a blog tour for a book.
  • Book Reviews: Thoughts on books, often featuring books written by Hawaiian authors. Most books are about Hawaiian history or island culture or feature characters, setting, or plots from Hawaii.
  • Character Haiku: Character Haikus are short poems written from the perspective of a character that reveals more about motivation and plot.
  • Island Style: generally non-fiction articles that feature an island perspective or cover topics such as Hawaiian history, local culture, traditions, and growing up in Hawaii.
  • Learning ‘Ōlelo: definitions and examples of commonly used Pidgin and Hawaiian words. More listed under Pidgin Dictionary.
  • Mainland Living: generally non-fiction articles about living in rural Utah and everyday life.
  • The Business of Writing: non-fiction articles that deal with publishing, writing craft, and marketing.
  • The Niuhi Shark Saga: excerpts and non-fiction articles that relate to topics in the series.