May 2017 Monthly Income Report
Welcome back to the monthly income report, after a one-month hiatus! I just planned badly last time. I like to write this post in advance, and May 1 was a…
Otaku Links: Bye forever
Writing this post in advance as I prepare to get out of here for a bit. I hope you can do something relaxing this weekend, too! Katsuhiro Otomo On Creating…
How to decide how much you should share online
I’m 30 years old and for the first time in my life, I got acne. My immediate impulse was to share a before and after for my 6,666 Twitter followers.…
Otaku Links: Never too late
Manga translator Zack Davisson has won multiple Eisner awards, despite only starting to learn Japanese (in earnest) at age 30! If you want to learn, now’s not too late to start.…
Subjectivity: My plan for getting people to trust news again
Last week, a New York Times writer published a review of anime streaming service Crunchyroll as an outsider to the genre. Plenty of anime fans took offense to this, with…
Otaku Links: Burger time
Evan Minto of Ani-Gamers is probably best known these days for “Anime Burger Time,” his popular con panel. Now he’s given it a Tumblr incarnation. “Gabriel DropOut” is for all…
On failure and knowing when to quit (P.S. Asuna is free now)
Late last year, I decided to give myself a bit of a digital makeover. I left my last part-time web design gig with revamped WordPress skills, and even as I…
Otaku Links: My Link List Can’t Be This Cute
Sure I’m watching Eromanga Sensei, but it’s not like I’d admit it if you asked me IRL. Just like Oreimo before it, it’s a guilty pleasure that’s not actually as…
Fandom is better when you’re old.
This weekend I tabled at the Massanutten Regional Library in Harrisonburg, VA. It’s John’s hometown, and his mom invited me to come talk to kids as a published author. I…
Otaku Links: Fish food
How do people in Japan eat healthy when there are so many delicious, sugary breads to snack on? This week, Answerman published a field guide to common Japanese breads. When I…