The Kanji Test by Tristram Lowe The teacher handed Yoshio a two-page vocabulary test on the new kanji words they were learning. They were still fairly basic kanji as he was only 6 years old, and in grade two. He scanned the questions as the teacher moved on. He saw “door,” “summer,” “older brother,” “forest.” Cake. …
I haven't posted anything in two weeks. This bothers me, because I need to be consistent. I was derailed by doubt and frustration about how I'm going about my book and my blog and almost everything else in my life. I was distracted with arguments about Oxford commas and double spacing after sentences. Cats were vomiting, and peeing …
In honor of Lucid Dreaming Day this past Sunday, I feel I should mention the inspiration for this novel that I’m bludgeoning into submission. The idea actually came from someone else’s dream. I always feel that when I tell people my dreams, they don’t really care or they think I’m weird. But I like hearing …
I’m working on what I hope is at least the next to last draft of my first full-length novel. If I’m really lucky, this will be the last draft. What should you expect from this blog then? Probably not a lot about the craft of writing. There are so very many blogs dedicated to that …
