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Edited Out, Part Two: Dance and the Dalliance in the Yoshiwara

Edited Out, Part Two: Dance and the Dalliance in the Yoshiwara

by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 1, 2023 | Mystery Fiction

Here’s another scene from The Kimono Tattoo draft that ended up on the cutting room floor.  Again, we have reference to Hiratsuka Raichō, but also to a controversial feminist painter, an ancient Japanese legend, and the politics of protest in postwar Japan. Why...
Edited Out, Part One: Hiratsuka Raichō and the Shiobara Incident

Edited Out, Part One: Hiratsuka Raichō and the Shiobara Incident

by Rebecca Copeland | Jan 18, 2023 | Mystery Fiction

We are very interested in reviewing the full manuscript of The Kimono Tattoo.  The word count is a little too long though.  Would you be willing to edit your book down to get closer to 100k words? When I first sent Melissa Carrigee of Brother Mockingbird Publishers my...
Kyoto Thrills: A New Review of The Kimono Tattoo

Kyoto Thrills: A New Review of The Kimono Tattoo

by Rebecca Copeland | Jun 8, 2022 | Honors & Awards, Mystery Fiction

I’m so happy to have this new review of The Kimono Tattoo in the Kyoto Journal. Many thanks to David Cozy, Kyoto Journal’s Reviews editor, for writing it! —Rebecca David Cozy is a writer and critic who has lived in Japan for several decades. His fiction...
 Going LIVE: Boy’s Day and Self-Promotion

 Going LIVE: Boy’s Day and Self-Promotion

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....
Put your Earphones On! The Kimono Tattoo Audiobook is Here!

Put your Earphones On! The Kimono Tattoo Audiobook is Here!

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...
Winner! Pulpwood Queens International Book of the Month for June 

Winner! Pulpwood Queens International Book of the Month for June 

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...
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