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Kirkus Review and New Book Trailer for Kumori and the Lucky Cat
My novella Kumori and the Lucky Cat, which is volume 1 in the Lucky Cat Series, was recently reviewed by Kirkus Review. Their review can be read here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/wendelin-gray/kumori-and-the-lucky-cat/ Just a few words about the review’s commentary on my execution of the story. I’m not a romance writer, though I do usually have a romantic […]
French Anime “Funan” Explores Family Separation Under the Khmer Rouge
I recently went to see Dennis Do’s exquisite anime “Funan”, which is a snapshot of one extended family’s struggle as the world goes crazy around them. It’s a tough subject matter, but the brutal moments are very tastefully done off-screen. The film doesn’t spend a lot of time on the context of the family prior […]
Recent Posts: The Enlightened Rabbit Scholastic Society
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: May 2019
The Death of the Magician – Death’s End, Remembrance of Earth, Book 3, Part 1
The third book in the Remembrance of Earth Chinese science fiction series by Cixin Liu, which was translated into English as Death’s End or Dead End (刘慈欣的”地球往事:死神永生”), is a thick volume with very minimal breaks between the scenes. The English … Continue reading
Conflagration and New Construction – Land, Vol.4, Part 1
This year’s literati corner book is the next story arc covered in three slim volumes from Kyeongni Park’s Land series (박경리의《토지》). The novel covers three generations of the Choi family experiencing the modernization of Korea. It was originally serialized in … Continue reading
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