by Rebecca Copeland | May 25, 2022 | Japanese Culture, Mystery Fiction
Writing a book is hard work! Promoting it may be even harder! I thought when I finished my novel, all I had to do was ship it off to my publisher and then get started on my second. Wishful thinking. Once the book was in the pipeline, I needed to work on the marketing.... 
by Rebecca Copeland | May 11, 2022 | Japanese Culture
The elevator ride to the ninth floor left me woozy. I was already nervous. What if he turned me down? “Enter,” he barked when I knocked on his office door. I pushed the door open just enough to squeeze through and met his gaze. His eyes, slightly... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 26, 2022 | Mystery Fiction, Translation
When you write, do you hear voices in your head? Do the words on the page turn color? Do they fly? When I was writing The Kimono Tattoo, the scenes unfurled on the screen of my imagination. They were most vibrant when I went out for my morning run. There must be... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 13, 2022 | Honors & Awards, Mystery Fiction
Last September, just as I was relaxing into the routine of the semester, a happy surprise popped up in my inbox. The subject line: Good News! It came from my publisher Melissa Carrigee. The message was short and sweet (as I’ve come to expect from... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 30, 2022 | Honors & Awards, Mystery Fiction
“Can you talk???” A few weeks ago my publisher, Melissa Carrigee, sent me an email with this in the subject line. She hadn’t written anything in the body of the email. But my email system, being ever so helpful, added this little reminder of its own accord: You may...
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