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Virtual Conference Flights of Foundry Coming Up May 16th & 17th
Next weekend, I’ll be participating in the virtual Dealers’ Room of online speculative fiction conference Flights of Foundry, which readers can get the scoop on and register for here: https://flights-of-foundry.org Programming for the event is set for May 16th and 17th. I also have prepared my book trailer for volume 4 of my Lucky […]
Creepy and Kawaii Stay At Home Activities, Free From Tee Turtle
I found a nice little surprise in my inbox recently that I’d like to share with my readers. One of my favorite brands, Tee Turtle, has a special page where you can download print and play versions of their creepy and kawaii (cute) card games for those bored at home. https://www.teeturtle.com/alone-together This page has four […]
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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
