Ning Yuan book launch event held in Beijing

A launch ceremony to promote three books by Ning Yuan (pen name), a former hostess who now works as a writer, was held in Beijing on Sunday.

Organized by the Beijing Times Chinese Press, the activity focused on the theme "wasting time on good things", which is also the name of one of Ning's books. Ning Yuan, poet Wu Ang and translator Yu Xiaodan attended the activity to talk about "good things in their life".

Before the age of 30, Ning followed the path of the majority and found a stable job at Sichuan Satellite TV, but was not very sure what she was pursuing. Later, she gave up the job to work on clothing design, which she was interested in, and found her life got better.

"My books are all comprised of desultory essays. When I was making clothes, my writing was about clothing. And when I became a mother, my writing was about my children," says Ning.

The three talked about things they have interests in, and found all of them like writing novels. As a professional writer, Wu suggested one should "nurture" a story until it grows up.

"I create many documents in my computer, and each contains one inspiration and some simple descriptions. I know I will make them into stories in the future, but I am not in a hurry. I check them repeatedly to add new ideas to them, and gradually help them mature."