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December 22, 2019
23rd of Dec - Shinigami 24 hrs 0.99$ Countdown deal
To quote a dear friend (love you, babe): if you feel the need to be tortured during the holidays look no further. Shinigami will be 0.99$ tomorrow for 24 hrs as an Amazon countdown deal starting with 8 AM PST.
Since tomorrow is also my birthday, I'm not going to be online much so I wanted to let you know today about the promo.
https://www.amazon.com/Shinigami-Taka...
Happy Holidays!
Cheers,
Xia Xia
Since tomorrow is also my birthday, I'm not going to be online much so I wanted to let you know today about the promo.
https://www.amazon.com/Shinigami-Taka...
Happy Holidays!
Cheers,
Xia Xia
November 23, 2019
Three Quick News
Hi all,
Three quick news:
1. Shinigami is now available on KU and will stay there until the end of February 2020 ---Link Here
2. Shinigami received so fartwo three Honorable Mentions from the judges of the 2018-2019 Rainbow Awards.
Judge 1:
"Reading the author’s introduction, I found the premise of this story intriguing. I’m not familiar with Noh theatre or the storylines this story was based on. At the same time, the prose was so clear and sparkling that I was drawn in, in no time. It’s a beautifully structured story — the slowest of slow burns, but gorgeous through and through. Truly a delight."
Judge 2:
"I have never felt the attraction for this type of story but I must admit, the author's writing style is one that engulfed all my senses and left me wanting more. It was a sweet story packed with a lot of feels. I wouldn't mind reading the next book for this one was a HFN."
Judge 3: Too spoilery to share. :(
3. Starting with 28th of November, 20 copies of Shinigami will be available for review on DBML Link Here
You can find more about DBML here:
Link Here
You also need to be a member of the MM Romance group to access DBML.
Link Here
Hugs from Biko-chan and me!
Cheers,
Xia
Three quick news:
1. Shinigami is now available on KU and will stay there until the end of February 2020 ---Link Here
2. Shinigami received so far
Judge 1:
"Reading the author’s introduction, I found the premise of this story intriguing. I’m not familiar with Noh theatre or the storylines this story was based on. At the same time, the prose was so clear and sparkling that I was drawn in, in no time. It’s a beautifully structured story — the slowest of slow burns, but gorgeous through and through. Truly a delight."
Judge 2:
"I have never felt the attraction for this type of story but I must admit, the author's writing style is one that engulfed all my senses and left me wanting more. It was a sweet story packed with a lot of feels. I wouldn't mind reading the next book for this one was a HFN."
Judge 3: Too spoilery to share. :(
3. Starting with 28th of November, 20 copies of Shinigami will be available for review on DBML Link Here
You can find more about DBML here:
Link Here
You also need to be a member of the MM Romance group to access DBML.
Link Here
Hugs from Biko-chan and me!
Cheers,
Xia
September 21, 2019
Shinigami Paperback giveaway
As of 1st of October, the paperback for Shinigami will be available on Amazon.
I have a Rafflecopter giveaway for my otaku/yaoi community which I would love to expand to Goodreads as well.
GIVEAWAY LINK: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/dis...?
There are 5 paperbacks available. Rafflecopter will choose the winners randomly on 1st of October.
The only rule to join the giveaway: you must be in a location where Amazon ships to and the shipping costs shouldn't be more than 5$.
Details here
Reminder 1 that Shinigami is not MM Romance, but a Historical Fantasy love story with LGBTQ+ characters. It is also the 2nd book part of a series called Takamagahara Monogatari.
Reminder 2 that Kogitsune and Shinigami are still free @
Smashwords until 1st of October.
I have a Rafflecopter giveaway for my otaku/yaoi community which I would love to expand to Goodreads as well.
GIVEAWAY LINK: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/dis...?
There are 5 paperbacks available. Rafflecopter will choose the winners randomly on 1st of October.
The only rule to join the giveaway: you must be in a location where Amazon ships to and the shipping costs shouldn't be more than 5$.
Details here
Reminder 1 that Shinigami is not MM Romance, but a Historical Fantasy love story with LGBTQ+ characters. It is also the 2nd book part of a series called Takamagahara Monogatari.
Reminder 2 that Kogitsune and Shinigami are still free @
Smashwords until 1st of October.
August 25, 2019
New book Release: Shinigami
Shinigami, the second story in the Takamagahara Monogatari is now live on Smashwords.
LINK FOR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE
This book is dedicated to my otaku family, my fujoshi sisters, my fudanshi brothers, and my non-binary siblings from the otaku world.
#loveislove #yaoiislife
I will keep the book free until 1st of October, 2019. After 1st of October, the book will be uploaded on Amazon with the price of 2.99$.
I strongly recommend you read Kogitsune first. The little kitsune’s story may take place in the future but it will not spoil Shinigami. If you decide to read Shinigami first, it will contain spoilers for Kogitsune.
LINK FOR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE
I wrote the stories in the Takamagahara Monogatari as “historical fantasy,” with influences from Japanese mythology and folklore, and combined them with my love for BL and Yaoi. That means the Takamagahara Monogatari series depicts love stories between two men. However, none of these love stories are written as “romance,” so beware.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to add a BIG “THANK YOU!” to:
1. My fearless and talented editor: Moony Eliver. Love you, babe!
2. My wonderful beta readers: Gabi and Rosa. Thank you for being the most amazing friends!
2. Cristina Massaccesi who has agreed to translate the Takamagahara Monogatari into Italian.
3. Laura Lascarso, one of my most favorite authors, for all your developmental feedback, especially on Hiro’s motivation and Susanoo’s voice throughout the story.
I am very lucky to have met you all. Working with you on Shinigami has been the highlight of my year.
Arigatō gozaimashita. Thank you very much.
P.S. Shinigami has been available since 12th of August on Smashie, but the version uploaded today is the most updated one (all the typos have been fixed). If you already have it, I recommend you download it again.
LINK FOR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE
This book is dedicated to my otaku family, my fujoshi sisters, my fudanshi brothers, and my non-binary siblings from the otaku world.
#loveislove #yaoiislife
I will keep the book free until 1st of October, 2019. After 1st of October, the book will be uploaded on Amazon with the price of 2.99$.
I strongly recommend you read Kogitsune first. The little kitsune’s story may take place in the future but it will not spoil Shinigami. If you decide to read Shinigami first, it will contain spoilers for Kogitsune.
LINK FOR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE
I wrote the stories in the Takamagahara Monogatari as “historical fantasy,” with influences from Japanese mythology and folklore, and combined them with my love for BL and Yaoi. That means the Takamagahara Monogatari series depicts love stories between two men. However, none of these love stories are written as “romance,” so beware.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to add a BIG “THANK YOU!” to:
1. My fearless and talented editor: Moony Eliver. Love you, babe!
2. My wonderful beta readers: Gabi and Rosa. Thank you for being the most amazing friends!
2. Cristina Massaccesi who has agreed to translate the Takamagahara Monogatari into Italian.
3. Laura Lascarso, one of my most favorite authors, for all your developmental feedback, especially on Hiro’s motivation and Susanoo’s voice throughout the story.
I am very lucky to have met you all. Working with you on Shinigami has been the highlight of my year.
Arigatō gozaimashita. Thank you very much.
P.S. Shinigami has been available since 12th of August on Smashie, but the version uploaded today is the most updated one (all the typos have been fixed). If you already have it, I recommend you download it again.
February 3, 2019
Kogitsune, La piccola volpe
The Italian translation of Kogitsune, La piccola volpe is now available for free on Smashwords.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
I would like to thank my friend Cristina Massaccesi who has been so kind to translate the English version of Kogitsune in the language of Boccaccio and Machiavelli. My mother can finally read what I write.
Thank you also to my friend Elena who has read the translation before publication and provided valuable feedback.
Thank you ladies for joining me in this dance! You rock!
Enjoy reading!
Cheers,
Xia Xia
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
I would like to thank my friend Cristina Massaccesi who has been so kind to translate the English version of Kogitsune in the language of Boccaccio and Machiavelli. My mother can finally read what I write.
Thank you also to my friend Elena who has read the translation before publication and provided valuable feedback.
Thank you ladies for joining me in this dance! You rock!
Enjoy reading!
Cheers,
Xia Xia
January 13, 2019
Una meravigliosa sorpresa per una piccola volpe
The most awesome news I wanted to share with everyone: The talented Cristina Massaccesi has accepted to translate in Italian Kogitsune and the other two sequels planned for 2019! Really blessed to work with a kindred spirit with whom I share so much of my love of Japan and the otaku world.
Kogitsune, "Shinigami" and "Kogitsune Ever After" will be a non-profit love project built around Japan's mythology, fairy tales, history, theater plays and the love between two men.
The project will be free for anyone who wants to download it from Smashwords.
Grazie mille mia cara Cristina for bringing this baby to the Italian speaking public. :)
Have a great day!
Kogitsune, "Shinigami" and "Kogitsune Ever After" will be a non-profit love project built around Japan's mythology, fairy tales, history, theater plays and the love between two men.
The project will be free for anyone who wants to download it from Smashwords.
Grazie mille mia cara Cristina for bringing this baby to the Italian speaking public. :)
Have a great day!
December 23, 2018
Happy Holidays
Today I turned 32 and had an awesome day. I went to the movies and finally saw "A star is born", I binged the entire anime season for Violet Evergarden and ate my yearly Happy Meal where I got a Pink Spidey toy (like an absolute grown up) and found out McDonald's does gluten free cheeseburgers now.
This is what I have been doing for the past 5 years on my birthday.
Now, as I drink my glass of wine to close the day in a cheerful note, I'm making a list for next year.
On writing, here's what's gonna come:
1. Shinigami (Death God) - a coming of age MM story about a member of the richest family in medieval Japan in the 9th century (the Fujiwara clan), his servant and a Death God. The story was initially inspired by the Rakugo theater story with the same name "Shinigami" about an old man visited by a death god in the last day before he died. This will be a two parts story. The ebook version will be free, just like Kogitsune no matter how big it will get.
2. Kogitsune - Ever After . I heard you :) We need more of everything in Kogitsune, especially some steam. The reason why Kogitsune had a fade to black was because it was supposed to be a PG13 submission for an online magazine. Since the magazine didn't accept it, I am now free to get as kinky as possible. Therefore in "Kogitsune - Ever After" you're gonna get the fade to black part too. My friend Shin Mon gave me an awesome idea how. The ebook version of "Kogitsune - Ever After" will also be free, no matter how big it gets.
I want to also thank all my friends who have read Kogitsune, especially Moony who has helped with the beta.
Thanks to all of you for spreading the love for Kogi and Kokaji. :*
3. Sometimes I get writer's block. To overcome it, I spew on paper the stupidest thing that comes to my mind just to help me get to the other side. In 2018 instead of just writing one or two pages of nonsensical spew, tossing it and starting again, the whole process has taken a life of its own and has turned into a 50K novel. The plot is on crack, the characters insane and it might fairly be the stupidest thing I ever wrote. There are dinosaurs, and shapeshifters, a human species that is fully hermaphrodite and another that does Mpreg, and I was this close from adding a pink spaceship in the shape of dick with subwoofers blasting the Macarena. Coming to all of you lovely people in 2019 under the title "Vesper Unleashed"😂😂😂 or something, something with Vesper in it.
On reading, I plan to actually read 70 books because this year I stopped at 61 and didn't reach the end of my reading challenge. But hey, I've read 61 books, 60 more than last year. To be fair to last year's productivity I did watch 103 anime series (1,733 episodes X 20 min).
Since the holiday season is here, I wish you all Happy Holidays! And if you are celebrating Christmas I wish you:
Hugs and kisses,
XX
This is what I have been doing for the past 5 years on my birthday.
Now, as I drink my glass of wine to close the day in a cheerful note, I'm making a list for next year.
On writing, here's what's gonna come:
1. Shinigami (Death God) - a coming of age MM story about a member of the richest family in medieval Japan in the 9th century (the Fujiwara clan), his servant and a Death God. The story was initially inspired by the Rakugo theater story with the same name "Shinigami" about an old man visited by a death god in the last day before he died. This will be a two parts story. The ebook version will be free, just like Kogitsune no matter how big it will get.
2. Kogitsune - Ever After . I heard you :) We need more of everything in Kogitsune, especially some steam. The reason why Kogitsune had a fade to black was because it was supposed to be a PG13 submission for an online magazine. Since the magazine didn't accept it, I am now free to get as kinky as possible. Therefore in "Kogitsune - Ever After" you're gonna get the fade to black part too. My friend Shin Mon gave me an awesome idea how. The ebook version of "Kogitsune - Ever After" will also be free, no matter how big it gets.
I want to also thank all my friends who have read Kogitsune, especially Moony who has helped with the beta.
Thanks to all of you for spreading the love for Kogi and Kokaji. :*
3. Sometimes I get writer's block. To overcome it, I spew on paper the stupidest thing that comes to my mind just to help me get to the other side. In 2018 instead of just writing one or two pages of nonsensical spew, tossing it and starting again, the whole process has taken a life of its own and has turned into a 50K novel. The plot is on crack, the characters insane and it might fairly be the stupidest thing I ever wrote. There are dinosaurs, and shapeshifters, a human species that is fully hermaphrodite and another that does Mpreg, and I was this close from adding a pink spaceship in the shape of dick with subwoofers blasting the Macarena. Coming to all of you lovely people in 2019 under the title "Vesper Unleashed"😂😂😂 or something, something with Vesper in it.
On reading, I plan to actually read 70 books because this year I stopped at 61 and didn't reach the end of my reading challenge. But hey, I've read 61 books, 60 more than last year. To be fair to last year's productivity I did watch 103 anime series (1,733 episodes X 20 min).
Since the holiday season is here, I wish you all Happy Holidays! And if you are celebrating Christmas I wish you:
Hugs and kisses,
XX
November 20, 2018
Kogitsune - New short story
Around Halloween I thought about writing a scary story with spirits and demons and whatnot to get into the mood of the spooky holidays. Somehow my initial plan backfired because I ended up writing a love story between a kitsune (Japanese fox god) and a human.
"Kogitsune" is a retelling of "Kokaji", a Noh Theater play from Japan, about a famous swordsmith helped by the Inari God to forge a special sword for Emperor Ichijo (980-1011).
It has ~10K words. You can read it here.
https://xiaxiastorylake.com/2018/11/2...
Or download it from Smashwords for free in mobi, PDF or epub formats:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Thank you very much to my friend Moony who helped with feedback and beta reading.
New story planned for December: Shinigami (Death God).
Have fun!
Cheers,
XX
"Kogitsune" is a retelling of "Kokaji", a Noh Theater play from Japan, about a famous swordsmith helped by the Inari God to forge a special sword for Emperor Ichijo (980-1011).
It has ~10K words. You can read it here.
https://xiaxiastorylake.com/2018/11/2...
Or download it from Smashwords for free in mobi, PDF or epub formats:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Thank you very much to my friend Moony who helped with feedback and beta reading.
New story planned for December: Shinigami (Death God).
Have fun!
Cheers,
XX
June 15, 2018
Historical Fiction Summer Reading list ( so I don't forget):
*The Charioteerby Mary Renault
*Circe by Madeline Miller
*An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis
*The Lion and the Crow by Eli Easton
*The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
*Farewell, Great King by Paton Walsh
*The Spartan by Serenity Cole
*Child of the Sun by Kyle Onstott
*Axios: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn
*Shelter from the Storm Mia West
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
On a Lee Shore
The Eagle's Wing
Earthly Joys
The Henchmen of Zenda by K.J. Charles
Y'all have any other recommendations for me?
Cheers,
Xia Xia
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*An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis
*The Lion and the Crow by Eli Easton
*The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
*Farewell, Great King by Paton Walsh
*Child of the Sun by Kyle Onstott
*Axios: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn
*Shelter from the Storm Mia West
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
On a Lee Shore
The Eagle's Wing
Earthly Joys
The Henchmen of Zenda by K.J. Charles
Y'all have any other recommendations for me?
Cheers,
Xia Xia
