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China Elevator Stories
What I’ve Been up to Lately
I have finished a memoir and am currently working on another book.
23/01/2026
Ruth Silbermayr
Author
Dear readers,
I hope you had a great start into 2026. It is less than a month until the Year of the Horse is going to start, my older son’s benmingnian (本命年, meaning one’s zodiac birth year in the Chinese calendar).
I haven’t been blogging as much because, for 1., I haven’t had much worthy of talking about happen in my life. The stalking and constant harassment by certain men is still going on, but I didn’t want to give them the attention they are craving and have stopped writing about them more or less. 2. I was busy looking after my children, since I have received sole custody. This makes me quite busy, as I am cooking, cleaning, having to do grocery shopping, and all other kinds of things you gotta do when you’re a single parent, and believe me, I have certainly not been getting enough sleep.
I have also finished a book—a memoir featuring my story, lots of travel stories, and history, a beloved area of interest of mine. It isn’t going to be published yet, but I hope to find a suitable publisher soon.
I am currently writing a second book, which I haven’t finished yet, but is close to being finished as well.
I hope you’ll have a great year 2026, and that everything’s been fine in your life. Feel free to share how your start of the year has been like in the comments.
How was your beginning of the new year?