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June 8, 2021
Danger Zone – a Military Sci-Fi StoryBundle Curated by Kevin J. Anderson
Suit up, grab your blaster and your environment suit, and respond to a galactic call to arms���or at least a call to reading. Fire up your e-reader for this fast-paced StoryBundle of Military SF adventures, 19 titles (13 listed titles, two of which are boxed sets of 5 and 3 books each!) curated by New […]
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May 19, 2021
Protected: FROSTBITE
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May 16, 2021
Urban Fantasy is Undead
I read a lot of Urban Fantasy. I read broadly but UF is probably my favorite. As a reader, I was totally unaware of publishing trends. But in the last few years I’ve had to learn a lot more about publishing and then I started to hear that “urban fantasy is dead” from publishing insiders. […]
May 14, 2021
A love letter to Yuzu and Japanese KitKats
I’m a big fan of citrus. Living in California, it is one of the few things that I can successfully grow with minimal effort. I have a satsuma mandarin tree, a bearss lime, a meyer lemon, a ponderosa lemon, and a kumquat tree in my front yard. I got so excited reading about the “finger […]
February 18, 2021
When the Monkey King Meets Avatar the Last Airbender
A friend recommended The Epic Crush of Genie Lo to me and though I don’t read a lot of middle grade fiction, I’m delighted that I had purchased this debut novel by F.C. Yee. My cover actually looks like this one since I bought the hardback. I love the classic three-point superhero pose in this […]
February 7, 2021
When K-drama Meets Thai Drama – Gang Kiew Wan Gai
So today I learned from interview with author Piper Drake about the Korean manwha Full House. Apparently Full House was so popular in the 90’s that it spawned manga/anime and a series of remakes. Goodreads can be a scary place for authors but in this case it was very informative since I was thinking about […]
February 2, 2021
Asian Monster – How Delicious Would Namazu Be?
My co-author and I often research monsters of Asian origin. We like to call it “Monday Monster” in our FB Group for Fans of Asian Urban Fantasy. I also like to eat so I stalk chefs on Instagram for our Friday Food segment. Often it’s something fun like Korean street food or something like Mapo […]
November 2, 2020
The Phoenix Hoard of San Francisco
Our newsletter subscribers get early access to the draft chapters of The Phoenix Hoard of San Francisco. If you are looking for Asian inspired Urban Fantasy, look no further fam: Hunting Grounds Dragon Territory The Herbalist Happy Reading!
May 8, 2020
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bite
Readers of my newsletter know that Ken and I have nearly finished our Asian themed Urban Fantasy Ebony Gate in the Phoenix Hoard series. As part of the world building, I wrote this story, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bite and it is set in Singapore. Here’s a little snippet for you. Enjoy! ===================================================================== The bartender came […]
May 2, 2020
Is it time to upgrade your pandemic pants?*
*Year round shorts guy can skip to the bottom for when I discuss my sourdough starter! Some of you are essential workers. You probably wear your normal work clothes. Some of us who are in that gray area (real estate, finance, law), can have essential business transactions but have been sitting at home in our […]
