by Rebecca Copeland | May 24, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
What do kimonos and dogs have in common? Not much. Unless you’re reading The Kimono Tattoo. Midway through the novel, protagonist Ruth discovers that the Tosa dog has an intricate and unfortunate connection to the mystery she is trying to solve, namely, what happened...
by Rebecca Copeland | May 10, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
Indie authors have to hustle to get their books reviewed. Just before my publisher released The Kimono Tattoo, she and I scrambled to find journals willing to carry a review. I was disappointed time and again when journals turned us down. It’s discouraging really. My...
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 12, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
How does the digital empire of Silicon Valley inspire fantasy fiction? What can it teach us about the culture driving this global force? Today’s post lets us in on the romance, suspense, and even magic tricks one novelist discovered exploring these issues. I’m here...
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 29, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
“And isn’t it better really to leave things only hinted at?” This is a well-cited line from Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s 1929 novel Tade kuu mushi (translated by Edward Seidensticker, Some Prefer Nettles). The protagonist’s father-in-law utters the line midway through the...
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 15, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
“In all things, it is the beginnings and the endings that are the most interesting.” Or, so wrote Japan’s famed medieval poet-monk Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350). Kenkō illustrated this bit of aesthetic wisdom with advice on how to appreciate a romantic affair. The...
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 1, 2023 | Mystery Fiction
Editing a manuscript can be painful. You have to be willing to cut passages that you have labored over for days, sometimes longer. Some great writer equated this process to “murdering your darlings.” You’ll hear some attribute this quotation to Ernest Hemingway....
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