Free e-course: The Geek Blogger’s Guide to Your First $1000
Freelance can be unpredictable. This week, I’m swamped with paid work. Last week, not so much. And since last Wednesday lined up with International Women’s Day, I decided to use…
Otaku Links: Better blogging
March always has me thinking about fitness, because I run an annual 5k race series in April. I’ve been loving otaku personal trainer Jaxblade‘s anime fitness videos. He’s done Saitama’s…
February 2017 Monthly Income Report
February is a dumb month. My income isn’t exactly routine to begin with, and the shortness of February messes it up even more. I expected that this month’s income report would…
Otaku Links: Links forever
The lead image is from Yayoi Kusama’s All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins. I saw this in person on Thursday with a friend. (Yes, there are just…
Who are anime fans, really? Our ties to the alt-right.
Last week, I had the dubious honor of getting quoted in the same news article as Nazi Richard Spencer. Here’s Why There’s Anime Fan Art Of President Trump All Over…
Otaku Links: Trash girls
I’m pretty much still watching Gabriel Dropout for Satania, who is my favorite kind of character (think Toudou from Yowamushi Pedal). Peter Fobian explains Satania’s cringeworthy charm in his latest…
The evolution of an anime convention attendee
I went to my first Katsucon eight years ago, in 2009. I was 22, still in college. I had no idea that my boyfriend would one day be my husband.…
Otaku Links: Katsucon Bound
Will you be at Katsucon this weekend? In that case, it’s a rare moment to catch the Otaku Journalist in the wild! I’ll be giving two panels—37 years of Gundam…
How I find new writing jobs
If you’ve been reading my monthly income reports, you know that I’ve seriously increased my writing output, and it’s been paying off. Whenever I find an income stream that works,…
Otaku Links: At home in Japan
This happens to me all the time—I KNOW an anime is streaming legally, but I don’t remember where. I just found out about because.moe, a legal streaming search engine with…