This Christmas, I challenged myself to write a holiday-themed short story for THE MAGE series, so here it is. I'm not great with short stories, but I really enjoyed writing this one. Photo by Adriaan Greyling on Pexels.com In the common room of the Brigade, Sera Kishao sang, joyously off-tune, “You better watch out, you …
Resurfacing with updates and a tiny, tiny excerpt
After months of hunkering down and trying to focus on simply writing, I have resurfaced in Nanowrimo month (which I probably won't be doing). I'm happy to say that I've entered second-stage editing for two books, which involves the big re-hauls to smooth out the story. Once I've finished those, I go into the final …
Continue reading Resurfacing with updates and a tiny, tiny excerpt
Noh theatre
I’ve always wanted to try my hand at a short one-case story in my Onmyouji series, featuring a Noh or Kabuki play, two of Japan’s most well-known traditional theatre forms. Noh originated from the combination of Shinto-related dance and mime, with influences of dance from other parts of Asia. It uses poetic language, monotonous …
Baking and other disasters
Instead of writing, I decided baking would be a much better way to spend my day, especially since I was low on chocolatey eats. I am an okay baker at best. I can follow recipes, 80% of the time they come out alright and they generally land somewhere between edible and good. That being said, …
Start of a New Series aka Productive Procrastination
Since I've been staying at home a lot, got really into some vintage fashion videos on Youtube about sewing and patterns and Regency era/Victorian designs. Which inevitably led to my next great brainstorm - seamstress heroine who makes amazing patterns and dresses and...stuff. Problem no.1 - Regency era or Victorian? Maybe I'll take a giant …
Continue reading Start of a New Series aka Productive Procrastination
Chinese New Year Book Promo!
Hi all! For Chinese New Year, The Mage will be just $0.99 at Amazon from January 25 to February 1, 2020! Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZMVZNM7 Keep your eyes peeled for the promo dates and check out the book!
Decisions and NaNoWriMo
It's been a few days since I launched my latest book (whee!), and now it's time to figure out which way to proceed next. It's taken me a while to figure out my writing rhythm, but I've learned that for me, fresh eyes are required for quality editing or the words just become shapes. I …
New Book Release!
It's been over a year, but I'm happy to announce my new book release! This is the first in the new Sera Kishao series called The Mage. Check it out and let me know what you think! Being a Mage means a life of power and magick and prestige. It is not one that Sera …
Progress, or Lack Thereof
Some stories you just want to wrestle and make them yield. Besides continuing Book 3 of my current series, I have also been working on a stubborn brain-child of a first book for a different series, an adult fantasy the format of which I have changed about ten times. This year. It's causing me a lot …
Update on Book 3
The overall plot of Book 3 is done! Working title is "Hell Hath No Fury" - I like my cliches 😛 This book will explore the relationship between Ren and Haru in more depth. There's a lot of history and a lot of shelved issues involved here. Currently, I'm toying with the idea of having a …
MJ Lin 