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  • Beautiful books

    Beautiful books

    A collection of some of the prettiest book covers I own, ranging from manga to romance to horror to YA fantasy and beyond.

  • The top ten posts of 2025

    The top ten posts of 2025

    I’m beginning to knock out my yearly traditions on my website, the first of which being the Top 10 posts of the year. People love demon hunters, unicorns, red stamps from shrines, and more!

  • The best writing advice I’ve ever gotten

    The best writing advice I’ve ever gotten

    My mentor at Seton Hill University, Tim Waggoner, gave me the best writing advice I’d ever heard, and it’s stayed with me over a decade. That’s some solid stuff!

  • Manga review: STAR AND HEDGEHOG

    Manga review: STAR AND HEDGEHOG

    STAR AND HEDGEHOG is an adorable boys’ love manga about a strange pair who come together over the summer–a young man prickly like a hedgehog, and the other, a shining star.

  • Threads chooses Phthalo Green

    Threads chooses Phthalo Green

    Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is basically white. The internet is in an uproar about it. Threads found a solution, and of course I have to comment!

  • Cosplay Dreaming

    Cosplay Dreaming

    Cosplay season for me won’t be until September 2026 when I plan to go to Matsuricon. But I’m thinking about cosplay NOW because I need to get sewing and I need to get in…

  • Author influences for THE NAME AND THE KEY

    Author influences for THE NAME AND THE KEY

    When you write, do you try to emulate or honor other authors? I definitely want to give shout-outs here to the writers who influenced THE NAME AND THE KEY.

  • TOKYOPOP and NOIR CAESAR Prepare the Launch of the Basketball Manga Series DEEP 3

    TOKYOPOP and NOIR CAESAR Prepare the Launch of the Basketball Manga Series DEEP 3

    A diverse basketball manga will be released by a major comics publisher and distributor TOKOPOP. If you like Kuroko no Basuke, get excited for this!

  • Someone pinch me; I can’t believe I’m here

    Someone pinch me; I can’t believe I’m here

    A quick gratitude post and looking back…as blcksmth wrote in his caption of this image, “past is present.”