2024 Writing Log, Part 49
Dec. 21st, 2024 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling- My minicomic “Trees in Video Games” was published on Sidequest (here)!
- I’m continuing to write my original wizard detective story “The Case of the Phantom Portrait.” It’s now at 2.7k words. Slow but steady!
- I wrote a short FFVII Rebirth story about Aerith and Tifa titled “Five Minutes in the Future.” Hopefully I’ll be able to edit and post it soon!
- I’m slowly working on my essay about analog nostalgia in Japan.
- I’m slowly working on my essay about fandom affect in indie comics cultures.
- I’m slowly working on a review of Ashely Robin Franklin’s newest comic collection.
- This week on my Japanese fiction review blog (here), I wrote a full-length review of the bestselling novel 52 Hertz no Kujiratachi. This book got adapted into a well-reviewed film earlier this year, and it features a prominent transgender character in the role of a romantic leading man. The author leans hard into the “kill your gays” trope, which isn’t great, but I appreciate how committed she is to conveying a “trans rights are human rights” message of solidarity between marginalized communities.
- I also posted a mini-review (here) of Natsuko Imamura’s Tonkotsu Q&A, which collects four stories of subtle social horror. Imamura is an incredible writer, and I’d love to see more of her work in translation.
- Probably nobody cares about my reviews of Japanese-language fiction, but I’d like to think these reviews might one day serve as a resource for somebody out there. Professional Japanese-language book reviews tend to be published in print and never made available online, while amateur Japanese-language book reviews posted online tend to be very amateur. I’m always grateful for whatever concrete information I can find about Japanese books, so hopefully I’m passing my gratitude forward at least a little.
- I returned to Echoes of Wisdom this week, and I’m having a great time. Did you know that Zelda can wear a Catwoman kigurumi outfit that allows her to talk to the cats in the game? This is ridiculous and adorable, and I had to draw fanart. I posted my illustration on Tumblr (here).
Happy Solstice and Season’s Greasons to those that celebrate. 🌿
- I’m continuing to write my original wizard detective story “The Case of the Phantom Portrait.” It’s now at 2.7k words. Slow but steady!
- I wrote a short FFVII Rebirth story about Aerith and Tifa titled “Five Minutes in the Future.” Hopefully I’ll be able to edit and post it soon!
- I’m slowly working on my essay about analog nostalgia in Japan.
- I’m slowly working on my essay about fandom affect in indie comics cultures.
- I’m slowly working on a review of Ashely Robin Franklin’s newest comic collection.
- This week on my Japanese fiction review blog (here), I wrote a full-length review of the bestselling novel 52 Hertz no Kujiratachi. This book got adapted into a well-reviewed film earlier this year, and it features a prominent transgender character in the role of a romantic leading man. The author leans hard into the “kill your gays” trope, which isn’t great, but I appreciate how committed she is to conveying a “trans rights are human rights” message of solidarity between marginalized communities.
- I also posted a mini-review (here) of Natsuko Imamura’s Tonkotsu Q&A, which collects four stories of subtle social horror. Imamura is an incredible writer, and I’d love to see more of her work in translation.
- Probably nobody cares about my reviews of Japanese-language fiction, but I’d like to think these reviews might one day serve as a resource for somebody out there. Professional Japanese-language book reviews tend to be published in print and never made available online, while amateur Japanese-language book reviews posted online tend to be very amateur. I’m always grateful for whatever concrete information I can find about Japanese books, so hopefully I’m passing my gratitude forward at least a little.
- I returned to Echoes of Wisdom this week, and I’m having a great time. Did you know that Zelda can wear a Catwoman kigurumi outfit that allows her to talk to the cats in the game? This is ridiculous and adorable, and I had to draw fanart. I posted my illustration on Tumblr (here).
Happy Solstice and Season’s Greasons to those that celebrate. 🌿
