The weather is unseasonably warm here and teasing us with an actual spring. We already have a few flowers trying to peek into the sunshine. Usually we have winter, DEEP Winter, another winter, two days of spring and then poof summer. So this is a lovely change. I hope your weather is just as perfect!
I'm well into drafting act 3 and let's just say it's intense. Should I admit to loving things like shoving characters into fixes they've got to solve? Poor Umeji-kun!
Here's a teensy peek from the last chapter draft:
As Satou drives us back to meet the crew, I point to the Sanjo Keihan train station. “Che. A lot of nerve they have.”
“Driving. Can’t look.” Satou says.
“The sign on the station’s entrance said ‘No yokai allowed’.”
I discovered the shop Cute Things from Japan. Very dangerous for a stationery addict such as myself. (Go ahead. Try to tell me to stop watching YouTube stationery videos... <(o.O;)>) Please note, I restrained myself and only ordered a few things. (Could not resist the Totoro and the coffee fox stamps.) They even sent a darling little travel tips booklet.
No notebooks. I have <clears throat> an unreasonably large stash of them I am trying to use. I'm on #2 of the too pretty to use journals. Progress!
Both Rise and Guardian, from my Japanese myth based urban fantasy series, are on sale for a limited time in my shop. Save $2 on the eBooks and paperbacks.
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Of the worldbuilding articles, interviews, and games I've created for Liminal Chronicles "Nakamura-sensei's Absolutely Accurate Advice" is probably my favorite. Nakamura, the dowager busybody with a plethora of secrets, was the perfect character to use for a snarky, random advice generator. She's ready to bestow wisdom for your yes or no questions. I hope it brings a smile to your face.
Enjoy!
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Urban fantasy author, Japan-o-phile, Notion-o-holic
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