Otaku Links: Spring season wrap-up
The spring anime season went by so quickly! I ended up finishing all the shows I planned to watch in April except Joker Game, and I’m working on finishing it now.…
Getting published isn’t everything: a cautionary tale
A few days ago, my friend Ejen Chuang sent me some direct messages on Twitter, leading with “Your book has been repackaged as a UK magazine-format book.” He sent me…
Otaku Links: SD Week
Hope you’re having a less hectic Friday than I am. The thing about freelance work is when it rains, it pours. A bunch of my dormant long term clients suddenly…
I asked, you answered. The 2016 survey results are here!
The first thing I have to say is, wow. I got 22 results last time I held a blog survey, and this time that quadrupled with 80 respondents total! I…
Otaku Links: Looking ahead
Weeks like this, there’s nothing to do except keep busy and not think too much. I’ve been nonstop booked—attending a women’s only coding night, meeting my entire family for happy hour…
Take the Otaku Journalist survey and win a book
Honestly, my heart is not in a place to be writing blog posts. In the US where I live, it’s typical to briefly acknowledge gun violence and move on like…
Otaku Links: How to become a manga translator
I reviewed Gundam X DVD collection part 1 and Gundam ZZ Blu-Ray part 1 for Anime News Network, and I only had to watch 5 episodes a day for two…
Why you should get started even if it’s hard.
On Sunday, I ran my first ever 10k race. That’s 6.2 miles for my fellow Americans. While I felt like I might pass out around mile four, I managed to…
Otaku Links: Kabaneri Damacy
How To Teach Someone A New Game, in a way that they’ll actually want to play it with you again. John and I had a Memorial Day board game party.…
Otaku Links: Link spill
Long time no link! I haven’t been posting Otaku Links lately, but I’ve been stockpiling them anyway. Here are a few of the best from the last few weeks: Why…