Ray Hecht's Blog, page 8
February 4, 2019
Micro-Author Interview with Ray Hecht
The Ghosts of Nagasaki: A Novel
Ray is the author of the novel “South Morning China Blues” and many other works of fiction and autobiography.
At the moment, he is working on an autobiographical graphic novel entitled “Always Goodbye”. You can follow his progress on Webtoons here:
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge…
What does being an indie author mean to you?
To me, being an indie author means being an author by any means necessary. The writing and story-telling and creativity in-of themselves are more important than being part of some big publishing company. Learning to market oneself is key, of course, but ultimately the fact that I’m willing to put myself out there without a big support structure shows that the writing is at the core of being an indie author…
What are your writing quirks and habits?
I used to stay up late writing, because it’s a quiet peaceful time and everyone would leave me alone. I don’t…
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January 25, 2019
Early Aughties the comic: feat. California, war, college, Japan
Previous: New Millennium 2000 – 2001
2002 to 2004, featuring moving to California for a year, terrible Bush-era politics/war, then triumphant return to Cincinnati–in which we live in a party house and go to college and grow up. And I go to Japan!
January 9, 2019
2000 – 2001, New Millennium: On Teenage Sexuality (or lack thereof). And 9/11
Previous: Late 90s
2000 to 2001, Happy New Year! I finally somehow graduate, Israel travel x 2, and some reflection on girls. Then, yet another national tragedy… Welcome to the 21st Century
2000-2001, New Millennium: On Teenage Sexuality (or lack thereof). And 9/11
Previous: Late 90s
2000 to 2001, Happy New Year! I finally somehow graduate, Israel travel x 2, and some reflection on girls. Then, yet another national tragedy… Welcome to the 21st Century
December 30, 2018
Wishing a Happy 2019! And may this all be over with soon…
Happy New Year!
So at this time of reflection, I think back on 2018 and all that’s happened. It was yet another great personal year, while the world around seemed to fall apart…
Obviously, if you’ve been paying attention, my own big news is that I’ve been working on my autobiographical comic Always Goodbye. Stay tuned for more. Eventually, a completed book. (Guess this is replacing my ‘career’ as a prose author, huh)
This past year I moved to the more central part of Taipei, and I’m continuing to enjoy living in Taiwan. As more and more news develops from the bamboo curtain–like that social media score everyone is talking about but I’m not even going to get into–I’m quite glad to have escaped the People’s Republic.
I kind of did a ridiculous amount of travel in ’18. I started out last New Year’s in Japan, then went to Africa, and in the summer I returned to America to sadly sell my entire comics collection. For 2019, I plan to not get into an airplane even once.
And there were a whole lot of superhero movies.
As for the rest of the world. Well, politics. It was an exhausting year in which most things seem to have gotten worse, but there was also a bit of hope. Personally, I’m so very over it. Perhaps it’s all finally coming to a head. This chapter of history needs to close already, doesn’t it?
It’s been a while since I felt like writing an entire overt political post, and I’m sure you all know by now how I truly feel. American has learned some dark things about itself, and the time has come to get better. Consequences may be in the coming. And once it’s over with, I hope to never ever say the T-word for the rest of my life because that guy has gotten enough of my bloody attention and I’d just rather focus on other things.
Well, here’s hoping!
Please have yourselves a great 2019, everyone 
December 21, 2018
Late-90s: High school! Depression! Punks!
Previous: Mid 90s
1997 to 1999… a time of new friends, crippling depression, and various punk scenes as the kid struggles to keep it together while high school just ends
November 30, 2018
Mid-90s Comics Life Story, welcome to high school
Previous: Early 90s
Latest chapters of Always Goodbye on Webtoons.com
1994 to 1996, with dog and religion and continuing education and new best friend and reading and CDs and the all more trouble
November 14, 2018
A Life Story in Comics: Early-90s Childhood
Previous: My Late-80s Childhood
Follow the latest chapters of Always Goodbye on Webtoons
Featuring being a weird kid, divorce, and becoming a fanboy…
October 29, 2018
Always Goodbye: a comic lifestory 1985-1989… the end of the 80s!
Presenting the years 1985 to 1989, concluding my first decade alive. Indianapolis, Cincinnati, family …
(Previously, see: Prologue-1954-1984)
See new posts at Webtoons.com.
October 11, 2018
Always Goodbye: 1954 – 1984
This here is my autobiographical comic, Always Goodbye. Just a humble lo-fi take on my life, year-by-year…
Read them first at Webtoons.com: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/always-goodbye/list?title_no=224697
Prologue, my parents meet in the middle of the world, I am born, and the family grows and goes. Suffice to say, to be continued–
