Author: Tristram Lowe

• Why is Book Two So Long?

  I was recently asked this at an event where my books were for sale. The asker was buying Headless and looked at No Promises Large Enough, and was moved to ask the obvious question. I’ll be honest, I didn’t give a very good answer in the moment. I said something like, “I got a little…

  Tristram Lowe

  October 20, 2023

  Novel, reviews, Writing

  Japanese crime fiction, long books, supernatural thriller, urban fantasy, urban fantasy book series, yakuza

• I’m still here

  Although only barely some days. If you don’t know, I have been attending PSU, getting my degree finally. I had the opportunity to go back to school so I decided it was now or never. But that coupled with a toddler and a baby at home and it’s really been taking a lot out of…

  Tristram Lowe

  April 2, 2023

  books, Journal, Writing

  author dad, fantasy author, kids, perfectionist, psu, school, sleepless, urban fantasy book series

• Website Revamp

  I had been hosting most of my site on a different platform and linking to my Journal page here on WordPress. That was decidedly silly, and an epic waste of money. So, now the whole thing is on WordPress. If any of you have been to my website recently, you’ll have noticed that, well, it’s…

  Tristram Lowe

  November 8, 2022

  News, update

  fantasy author, website, Wordpress, writing

• Words vs. Time

  I wrote 745 words today on book 3 of The Ghost and the Mask. It’s not a lot, but it’s more than my daily goal, which is only 500 these days. It used to be 1000, and I hope to get back up to that, but the time just isn’t in the day right now.…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 12, 2022

  Progress Update, Writing

  asian fantasy fiction, Japan fantasy fiction, supernatural thriller, timed writing, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, word count, writing

• Google Maps Gold

  I was doing some research on where a certain criminal character might live in Kofu, Japan, for book three of The Ghost and the Mask series. Although I have spent time there, I don’t live in Japan, so I randomly picked a neighborhood in Google maps and dropped the little yellow man into street view.…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 2, 2022

  books, Novel, Research, Writing

  Google maps, Japan, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, writing, writing research, yakuza

• The Wind on the Blade is here

  My book of short stories about the victims of the killer in my debut novel, Headless, is finally here. Here’s the blurb: The katana flashes in the night, its blade reflecting the fluorescent glow of the train station lights. A head rolls onto the tracks. The tales within tell the stories of five of the…

  Tristram Lowe

  August 29, 2022

  books, Free Stuff, Novel, Short Stories, Writing

  book, dad passed away, dealing with loss, Japan, loss of father, samurai, supernatural thriller, urban fantasy, urban fantasy book series, urban fantasy books, writing

• Proofing The Wind on the Blade

  I got my proof copy of The Wind on the Blade the other day, and I’ve started reading through it. I found a few things I want to change… And I’m only half way through. Not to worry though. They are all little things, thankfully. Typos, comma placement, word choice, a few unnecessary sentences. Shouldn’t…

  Tristram Lowe

  March 5, 2022

  Novel, Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, demon hunter, Japan, samurai, supernatural thriller, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, urban fantasy series, yokai

• Divergent Sea Bass

  I’m surprised (and yet not) to see that September was the last time I wrote anything. Life is swimming past. We had a little snafu with formatting The Wind on the Blade recently, as I realized that there were two different versions, and the one that was imported into the book hadn’t been updated. I…

  Tristram Lowe

  February 17, 2022

  Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, Japan fantasy fiction, the ghost and the mask, The wind on the blade, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, writing

• Necks and Tails

  I had a realization about the final story in The Wind on the Blade, and it was that the guts and the bones are there, but some of them were in the wrong place. And the intent was wrong, or maybe didn’t even exist. I had an intent, as the author, but my protagonist did…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 26, 2021

  Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, bones and guts, heads and tails, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, writing

• Broken Plates

  I have added another 3605 words to the final story in The Wind on the Blade. Is it finished? Maybe. I don’t know. I’m tired and I’m not up for reading it back right now. I’ll do it in the morning. Or sometime thereafter. There is so much on my plate right now. My plate…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 21, 2021

  Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, demon hunter, fantasy author, short story collection, urban fantasy, writing