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When K-drama Meets Thai Drama – Gang Kiew Wan Gai
So today I learned from interview with author Piper Drake about the Korean manwha Full House. Apparently Full House was so popular in the 90's that it spawned manga/anime and a series of remakes. Goodreads can be a scary place for authors but in this case it was very...
Asian Monster – How Delicious Would Namazu Be?
My co-author and I often research monsters of Asian origin. We like to call it "Monday Monster" in our FB Group for Fans of Asian Urban Fantasy. I also like to eat so I stalk chefs on Instagram for our Friday Food segment. Often it's something fun like Korean street...
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bite
Readers of my newsletter know that Ken and I have nearly finished our Asian themed Urban Fantasy Ebony Gate in the Phoenix Hoard series. As part of the world building, I wrote this story, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bite and it is set in Singapore. Here's a little snippet...
Is it time to upgrade your pandemic pants?*
*Year round shorts guy can skip to the bottom for when I discuss my sourdough starter! Some of you are essential workers. You probably wear your normal work clothes. Some of us who are in that gray area (real estate, finance, law), can have essential business...
Smart Me, Stupid Me – a Tale of 2 Brains
Twitter can be a scary place but I read a great thread the other day about why you might be more tired, or have trouble concentrating. Normally we use our pre-frontal cortex for things like reasoning, judgment and planning. It's pretty hard to plan for the future when...
Pandemic Achievements Unlocked – TP barter and Sourdough Starter
My friend was running out of TP. I dropped some off on her porch. She left me cookies. My first pandemic barter! Even though I am presently trying to do 5 jobs (dayjob, teacher/homeschooler, chef, housekeeper, author), I can't help but feel the pressure to do...
Pantry Bingo, air fried SPAM, and the Totwaffle
We have completed 2 weeks of shelter in place here in California. We have 4 more weeks to go. Food turns out to be the biggest challenge (after setting up 4 workstations so everyone could have class online and work from home) of late. I finally unboxed the Yedi air...
PSA – Work From Home Without Pain
Back in 2016 I wrote a lot of words on my laptop for Nanowrimo. Did I hit the 50k word mark? Yes, I did. But I also ended up with frozen shoulder which took a lot of effort to rehab. One thing I took more seriously after that was my workstation set up. I use a...
Happy 2020–the Future is Now.
Did you watch the Jetsons when you were younger? I read an article about the inventions imagined in the Jetsons (back in 1962) about what life would look like in 2062. Like many people, I feel like we are all waiting with bated breath for the people mover and the...
Frostbite
In building out the world for Cold War, Ken and I talked about the things we would expect to happen if scientists had access to alien DNA, weaponry, and technology. The short story "Frostbite" was born from that. We wanted to write it not only to shape some of the...
For Cold War Fans – Download the Transcript now!
Dr. Beaufort's files: Confidential Interview Notes Who is Patient X? Fans of the Cold War: Alien Storm will know.
The Thrilling Conclusion to the Cold War…
It was a bittersweet moment to upload Alien Exile earlier this week. Ken and I had some bonus content that we weren't able to format the way we wanted so keep your eyes peeled as I will post that here. Here's the book synopsis: Alien DNA infected her body. But will...