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Was There a Monster in Your Closet?
Photo by lalesh aldarwish from Pexels When I was a kid, I had a good-sized closet, one that I could walk into and had shelves on both sides. There was room for a dresser on one side and a toy box on the other that sat under my few hanging clothes. And, of course, this…
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Okay… Here’s an Update
What am I doing? In my journal here, I’ve started posting Japan-related things that tie-in to my novels, thinking that might interest my readers. But it was nearly crickets on my UFO catcher post last week! Maybe I took a wrong turn. So this week I’m just going to give a quick update on what’s…
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UFO Catchers
Photo by jpellgen (@1179_jp) on Flickr, Creative Commons, some rights reserved When you think of UFO catchers do you think about James Spader in that movie Alien Hunter from 2003? (which I never saw). Or perhaps the new Roswell, New Mexico TV show (which my nephew stars in, by the way!). Do you imagine people…
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Fish for Breakfast
Image by murakumo28 on Pixabay When I lived with a family in Yokohama back in 2009, we had fish for breakfast every day. While this is an odd concept for most Americans, and, I expect, most Westerners in general, it’s pretty normal in Japan. Being an island nation, fish is definitely a staple protein. The…
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The Snake Woman
Artwork by Matthew Meyer, yokai.com In light of my recent article at Science Fantasy Hub, I thought I would write a bit more about one of the Japanese monsters I use in my book Headless. In Headless, there are three specific monsters that are featured. One of them is from Japanese mythology and the other…
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THERE’S A MONSTER IN WILEY’S CLOSET
He’s sure of it. It’s banging around and keeping him awake. Most nights he would hide under the covers, but tonight, he does the unthinkable. He courageously opens the closet door to face whatever is inside. But what he finds isn’t at all what he expected! The Wrong Monster is a story of how things…
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Thanks For Helping!
The promotion to help raise money for my niece to be a student ambassador with People to People is over. I had hoped for better, but I’m grateful for the four sales we got. As you can see by the above graph, I don’t make a lot of money on my books yet, which is…
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You Can Help My Niece be a Student Ambassador — Today through Valentine’s Day
Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash My niece is raising money to be sent to Europe this summer as a student ambassador with People to People. Since I don’t yet have a fat bank account, I am doing the best thing I could think of to help. All proceeds from my Amazon and Audible book sales…
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Make Your Own Japanese Monsters
Since this is my first post of the year, Happy New Year! Have some sake with the lovely uh…lady above to celebrate. Don’t worry, the haradashi is actually a friendly monster! I’m very excited about the year ahead. If all goes as planned, you’ll be seeing a few new books from me. But for a…
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