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October 24, 2013
Zombies on the Playground
I don’t do Wordless Wednesday much, but sometimes you’ve just got something to share. My friend the talented Amanda Irwin of Elemental Photography wanted to recreate this fun image of children fighting off zombies on playground equipment. She issued an open call for predators and prey, and this happened. Full gallery here. Amanda/Elemental can be […]
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October 21, 2013
Excerpt from KITSUNE-MOCHI
Want a sneak peek? Here’s a glimpse from chapter 3 of Kitsune-Mochi…. (You can mark it as “want to read” on Goodreads.) Kaworu reached a slow-moving eddy and knelt, scooping water in his hands and bringing it to his mouth. It was cool and only faintly fishy. He dipped his hands for a second drink. […]
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October 16, 2013
Contest Winners
And now, our trivia winners! (From the ARC contest.) First off, the correct answers: 1) Kitsune cannot say shi. 2) Inari is associated with rice. 3) Kitsune hate and fear dogs, and the Japanese word for dog is inu. 4) Kitsune-tsuki is possession by a kitsune, and akitsune-mochi is a person who orders or directs […]
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October 15, 2013
Adventures in Translation: “Purple fine Doo number”
I did a fair amount of research for Kitsune-Tsuki and Kitsune-Mochi, and some was much easier than others. There’s a lot of research involved in any historical piece. I heard Susan Spann, author of Claws of the Cat, say that she had spent over two hours looking up historicikebana seasonal arrangements, just to put the […]
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October 10, 2013
Kitsune-Mochi: A Trimming
Sometimes there’s a really great line which just doesn’t work. In this case, the line (from Kitsune-Mochi) doesn’t work because there’s no one to have the conversation with, or at least not at this level of informality and honesty. And the voice is wholly wrong for the rest of the book. But this exchange which […]
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October 8, 2013
Contest! win Kitsune-Mochi before the other kids on your block!
It’s coming. It’s coming! Kitsune-Mochi is nearly here, and I’m so excited. In fact, I’m so excited that I want to share. How about an ARC (advance review copy) of Kitsune-Mochi? So you can read it before it even goes on sale? Boo-yeah. Let’s do this. But instead of a random contest, this one is […]
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October 3, 2013
I
I (blood-red heart) vampires. Not any particular incarnation of them (though there are some incarnations I do particularly dislike), but the mythos of them. Creeping, skulking, life-stealing, blood-drinking, vein-piercing, sexual-metaphor-but-not-sexy-themselves vampires. How do I love vampires? Let me count the ways. My purse is a Gothic coffin. My hand-sanitizer holder is a bat. (My affection […]
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October 1, 2013
KITSUNE-MOCHI cover reveal
So it’s real. Kitsune-Mochi has cover art. Are you ready? Alert readers might observe the number of tails on this cover and make some educated guesses…. Many thanks to designer Jess Jonsson and artist RH Potter!
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September 27, 2013
What if Book Reviews and Author Interviews Ran Like Football Commentary?
So I was watching some football highlights and player interviews — okay, I wasn’t watching, exactly, I happened to be in the area when a television was playing. See, I don’t exactly follow football, as I tend to be of the opinion that if these guys are getting paid millions of dollars, they can each […]
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September 24, 2013
Announcement: KITSUNE-MOCHI!
It is with great hand-clapping joy I tell you that Kitsune-Mochi has a release date. No, seriously, this is fun for me. I’ve been working on this a long while, and I’m really looking forward to getting to share it. Kitsune-Tsuki was a short mystery, and Kitsune-Mochi is a novel-length adventure in which Tsurugu must […]
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