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Author of the SIMON GREY historical fantasy series for younger readers, set among the ghosts and yokai of Tokugawa Japan. www.simongreybooks.com
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Ah…getting paid in exposure? May he get a generous helping of “exposure” from a Yuki-onna.
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He’s making money off your work. I missed the part where it’s “mutually beneficial.”
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Or (at least where I live) “Equinox Flower.” It blooms around the equinox, which is also a time to remember the departed.
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Still, we know what happens to long-serving inanimate objects that feel unappreciated.
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And preventing them from coming back to haunt you as tsukumogami?
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Thank you!
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For an exclusive interview with Princess Takiyasha: simongreybooks.com/2024/07/10/t...
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Republicans are the party of law and order, all right. They’ll break any law if Trump gives the order.
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Those who say it can’t be done should never get in the way of those who are doing it.
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Her atlases of Middle-Earth and the Dragonlance world were part of what inspired me to build my own fantasy worlds. Thanks, Karen! (How’s your Atlas of Heaven coming along?)
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But apparently, there are no money-changers in heaven.
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Beat me to it!
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I now have a new life goal.
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Woohoo! Congratulations!
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What happens when you run out of f*cks to give?
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Washabi? Looks more like Squooshi.
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Perhaps!
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Some kappa somewhere is missing its shell.
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Well, I wasn’t hungry for a burger in Tokyo before, but I am now.
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What an honor! Congratulations!
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How bad do I have to be to get her to bring me some garlic?
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I can neither confirm nor deny that my children have gotten a call from an oni.
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Well, we finished all right - and no time to get nervous about it!
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We made it to the starting line with a minute and a half to go before the gun!
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Well, we decidedly weren’t prepared for the disaster we DID experience today: sprinting to catch the train for our local marathon, only to find that the trains had stopped. (And apparently they don’t give credit for distance already run.)
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One of my favorite yokai (I had a lot of fun with her in SIMON GREY AND THE MARCH OF A HUNDRED GHOSTS)! And your drawing is delightful!
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A Jisabake (時差化け)?