Goodreads asked MariNaomi:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

MariNaomi The events of my next graphic memoir, Turning Japanese, occurred almost twenty years ago. At the time, when I decided to get to know my Japanese side via working at hostess bars, I consoled a small part of my brain (the small, scared part) with the idea that if worse came to worst I could someday write about it. But by the time I was in the thick of it, I found the whole thing so tedious that writing about it was the last thing I wanted to do. It took another 10-15 years before I could look back on it as something of interest, and see how everything fit together as part of a larger narrative. Perspective is key when writing memoir!

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