Woo! It’s here! After a lot of hand wringing with Amazon, “HATSUKOI.” is finally here. Actually, it’s up on every retailer except for Kobo (surpriiiiiise.) Thanks to everyone who has supported me thus far, and please look forward to more REN’AI RENSAI goodness coming in the next few months! AmazonAmazon UKBarnes & NobleAll RomanceSmashwords
With only two days left until the official release date of “HATSUKOI.”, book 2 of the REN’AI RENSAI series, it’s time to release the official preview! First, the blurb! If society has taught Aiko anything, it’s that one day she will marry a man. Not until she meets Reina, a lesbian with a knack for…
First, yay! I kicked Nano in the teeth. (Was there ever any doubt? ;)) Sometime yesterday I crossed the 50k line, thankfully. Now I can focus on the edits for “HATSUKOI.” while getting writing down at a trickling pace like I was before! I’ve managed to get Hatsukoi all formatted for kindle and it is…
Over at Kindle Boards, a new project is underway for a website that “matches” you to books based on criteria you set, beyond just genre and rating. (Seriously, go read through the forum thread and see how it’s going!) Currently one coder is working on it, and is sending a plea for help from authors…
First, pleased to say that as of tonight I will cross 40k in Nano, and should I keep this up, I’ll be done by the end of this week, a whole week early! That’s good I’ll be done early. Because “HATSUKOI.” will be out NEXT FRIDAY(!!!) and I’m currently in the final edits/formatting stage. Which…
If I may be so bold as to steal your time for a couple minutes, I have a proposition for you… How would you like to help some poor author come up with a title for a story? Cause I could really use some help! Next month I plan on putting out a short story…
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy TanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars As I’m reading all of Amy Tan’s works again, I realized, upon reading all their summaries, that “The Hundred Secret Senses” was the only book I couldn’t remember anything about. (I read all the books around the same time before, so it wasn’t…
Last week I discussed Japanese naming conventions for first names. This week, it’s family land ville!Most of you are probably familiar with the Eastern convention of putting the family name first, then the given name last. (Japanese people, at least, usually do not have middle names.) This puts prominence on the family name, which is…
Just a quick check-in for how Nano’s going! Well, I’m still chugging on with 2k a day, which puts me a little over 23k. I’ll be at the halfway point tomorrow. Earlier this week I finished my first REN’AI RENSAI short that is sure to come out soon, and by the mid-week I should have…
Taking a break from my first-drafting to talk a little about one of my favorite Japanese movies I’ve discovered this year, “LOVE MY LIFE.” Rippin’ the summary straight from wiki: “Ichiko Izumiya is an eighteen-year-old woman who goes to language school in university and works part-time at a music store. She lives with her father,…