by Rebecca Copeland | Jun 19, 2024 | Japanese Culture
Eizo Osada, the protagonist of Kunio Yamagishi’s stunning debut novel, is a shadow, a man without a present. He lives between worlds, between Canada and Japan, between the past and the future, only to discover that he doesn’t live anywhere or hardly at all. For the... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 28, 2024 | Mystery Fiction
My debut novel, The Kimono Tattoo, entered the market in June 2021. At the time, most book stores in St. Louis were still observing Covid-related protocols and refrained from in-person events. I didn’t have enough clout (or marketing skills, frankly) to create an... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Jun 19, 2021 | Mystery Fiction
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Tony Vega about The Kimono Tattoo. Tony runs the podcast JapanKyo, which features news clips from Japanese media in addition to stories about Japan. Tony hopes his podcast will provide a trusted conduit... 
by Rebecca Copeland | May 15, 2021 | Mystery Fiction
You wrote the book. You found a publisher. (Finally!) And now the book is making its way to market, which means to bookshelves in book stores. To READERS! Others will read what you spent so many years writing. Or will they? What if they...
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