by Rebecca Copeland | May 5, 2021 | Mystery Fiction
It starts with birds. I wasn’t sure how to begin at first. I sat at the oilcloth-covered table in the cabin, gazing out over the porch, thinking back to Kyoto. I had already decided to set my novel in Kyoto. In order to write about Kyoto, I had to... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 21, 2021 | Mystery Fiction
October 2, 2012: Second day of my writer’s retreat. Somedays, even on a writer’s retreat, we cannot write. We have to de-clutter. And for me, returning to this cabin, as noted in my earlier post, carries with it considerable emotional freight. “De-clutter” and... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 7, 2021 | Mystery Fiction
October 2, 2012 On leave from academic duties, I have traveled to the mountains of Eastern Tennessee to spend a month in the rustic log cabin my father built by hand in the 1970s. Here, in my “writer’s retreat” I have time to myself. I’m supposed to be... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 5, 2021 | Japanese Culture
Have you ever wondered how authors find the ideas for their books? Or, how they nurture those ideas to publication? Join this live zoom-based interview to explore the way the Japanese mountain witch, or the yamamba, has encouraged artistic creativity across time... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 24, 2021 | Mystery Fiction
October 4, 2012: The fourth day of my “writer retreat.” I am staying in the log cabin my father built in the 1970s. My brother and I were in junior high when the building began. He’d bring us up with him on weekends to help him dream it. One... 
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