Archive - sōsei

Review of Baye McNeil's "Words by Baye, Art by Miki"

A touching and thought-provoking read

Dec 13, 2024 •

October 2024

Reflections on writing a fantasy serial on Substack

"The novel is dead," they said. "You should write a serial."

Oct 10, 2024 •

Yesterday, I became Japanese

Not really, but I do have a kanji last name now

Oct 3, 2024 •

August 2024

Welcome to sōsei

Rebranding the Substack, weekly schedule, and introducing my novel

Aug 22, 2024 •

August Ghosts and a Foreign Face

My Obon experience

Aug 17, 2024 •

To kill the future or the past

Aug 9, 2024 •

At Their Most Beautiful

A story of the cherry blossoms.

Aug 2, 2024 •

July 2024

I Only Write About One Place

I've been to more than 10 countries, but I only write about one.

Jul 26, 2024 •

My Rewriting Journey

3 Things I Learned Going from Draft 1 to Draft 5...6?

Jul 15, 2024 •

The Feeling of Writing

Translating inspiration into narrative is tougher than I thought

Jul 6, 2024 •

I have never written a story without gods.

How I write those greater than us in my works of fiction.

Jul 1, 2024 •

June 2024

A dark leviathan of hope and destruction

Jun 24, 2024 •

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