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Impressions of Laura VanArendonk Baugh’s Traditional Japanese Novella Kitsune-Tsuki
Another American author featured as a speaker at the recent virtual World Fantasy Con 2020 is Laura VanArendonk Baugh, and when I saw she had a few books set in Japan, I was intrigued since I love the East Asian fox myth and have written some far less traditional books featuring them myself. The first […]
The Life and Works of Korean Author Kim Dongni
This year on my main blog, the Ice Pine Palace (see links in the left column here for my affiliate blogs), my Literati Corner selection will be a novella and short stories by a very famous Korean author. Kim Dongni (김동리金東里) was born in 1913 in the historical city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, […]
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The Life and Works of Korean Author Kim Dongni
This year on my main blog, the Ice Pine Palace (see links in the right column here for my affiliate blogs), my Literati Corner selection will be a novella and short stories by a very famous Korean author. Kim Dongni (김동리金東里) was born in 1913 in the historical city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, […]
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 […]
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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Haggling Over Carpeting – Rhetorical Chronicle, Part 1
For our new series, I’ll be looking at Hinata Mori’s Rhetorical Chronicle: A Lying Negotiator and His Fox Mistress (森日向の《レトリカクロニクル：嘘っき話術士と狐の師匠》) It only has four chapters and an epilogue and prologue totaling 350 pages. It won the 2015 Silver Award from … Continue reading
Lady Xiansa’s Newbie Guide to Traditional East Asian Literature
I had time to throw together a PDF for readers to print off and work on after all, but keep in mind that I’m thinking about using my Literati Corner for the next few years to tackle some of the … Continue reading
Taking Up Residence in the Tiger’s Lair – Zhao the Orphan, Part 2
This time in the Literati Corner, I’ll finish my review of Ji Junxiang’s Zhao the Orphan (纪君祥(元)的中国古代悲劇故事-赵氐孤儿) and cover the last four chapters. Cheng Ying tries to decide how he should proceed with his plot to save Zhao the Orphan … Continue reading
Free E-Book Giveaway of The Haunting at Ice Pine Peak and Other News
I will be offering my new horror novel, The Haunting at Ice Pine Peak, for free on e-book this week between November 11th and November 15th, 2015, and it is available here: If you take advantage of the free giveaway, … Continue reading
Slaughtering the Cat at Midnight – Red Wedding Dress, Part 3
Today I’m going to finish up our look at Ru Wan’s Red Wedding Dress (如宛的《紅嫁衣》). This time, I’ll start with the novel within the novel, which finishes up rather early in the text. The engagement party between Xiaoqian and Sheng … Continue reading
Dan Dan Comes to Visit – Red Wedding Dress, Part 2
This time we continue our look at the horror novel by Ru Wan, Red Wedding Dress, (如宛的《紅嫁衣》). Before I dig into the section this installment covers, I want to make a few observations about the book in general. I really … Continue reading
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