This post originally was originally written for Speculative Chic. I have decided to rewrite it from scratch, although there will still be...

I've been to hundreds of shrines all over Western Japan, from Yakushima up into Tottori. And besides collecting goshuin (red shrine...

Tomorrow I'm going to be catching the plane from Kumamoto prefecture back to the USA. I am overcome with many, many feelings: of great...

I was asked by the prefectural advisors to give a JET Impressions speech during the Leaver's Ceremony, in which I share important...

In my novel Son of the Siren, I included elves and fae folk. The fae live in the wandering forest of Elythia, while the elves are...

In my book Son of the Siren, there is a large forest that dominates the capital city of Ardeth, called Pinemore. You have Castle Ardeth...

This post originally appeared at Speculative Chic on June 25, 2020 as a part of the "Out of the Box" series on the blog. It has been...

In my book Son of the Siren, there is a primordial forest filled with cedar trees, moss, and rugged stone, and the name of this forest is...