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Innovative Bookstore Experiences in Japan
Japan is trying to lure more people into bookstores using some novel approaches, and I recently came across two really interesting articles detailing their innovative ideas: https://www.bookbub.com/blog/2019/01/28/sleep-behind-the-shelves-of-book-and-bed-tokyo?email_link_source=article_secondary&source=blogdigest First, Book and Bed Tokyo encourages readers to shop and take a nap. With branches in six locations, including Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Asakusa, Kyoto, Shinsaibashi, and Fukuoka, travelers can […]
Sohyeon After Midnight Sketch – First in a Series
While I do intend on continuing the webcomic bonus stories from my novel, The Haunting at Ice Pine Peak, when my schedule ever clears, I am also planning a series of sketches both to illustrate some characters and scenes from my novel Sohyeon After Midnight and my Lucky Cat Series. Right now I’m in the […]
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Sohyeon After Midnight Book Reading Videos and Character Roll-Call
I had some time this weekend to prepare a few videos for everyone to enjoy. The first video is my character roll-call, which I made for my readers who have been struggling to pronounce my characters’ names in a couple of my novels. Character Roll-Call: Then I prepared a three-part series of me reading selections […]
Sohyeon After Midnight Sketch – First in a Series
I am practicing my sketching by illustrating some characters and maybe scenes out of my bilingual novel, Sohyeon After Midnight, and this is my first installment.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
“Child’s Play” and Other Notes – Ichiyō Higuchi, Part 4
In this final installment of the series on Ichiyō Higuchi, the first story we will look at is “The Thirteenth Night,” (十三夜) which was published in 1895 and has two sections. This story begins with dutiful daughter Oseki contemplating how … Continue reading
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“Encounters on a Dark Night” and Other Notes – Ichiyō Higuchi, Part 3
The next story I want to look at is “Encounters on a Dark Night” (暗夜), which was published in 1894 as a gothic-themed take on Higuchi’s “waif literature” that “explores her own rancor toward the business partners who swindled her … Continue reading
