You’re allowed to grow out of your terrible opinions
Recently I got an email from somebody trying to read one of my locked older posts. The post in question is “Why Don’t More Women Play Magic?” which I wrote…
What is the purpose of a call-out post?
No community is without its bad actors, and anime fandom is certainly no exception. I’d argue that 2019 has been all about our fandom family discovering this anew and looking…
No, you’re not too old for anime fandom.
This will be my last year as a staff blogger at Anime Boston. For obvious reasons, I don’t think I’ll be up to it next year. I started volunteering there…
Tanaka-kun should get his thyroid checked
2018 was not a particularly productive year for me. I didn’t write any new books and I barely kept up my blogs. Instead, I watched a lot of anime and…
How Leaving Twitter Is Helping Me Set Boundaries
If you’re mutuals with me on social media, you may have noticed that I am on a Twitter break. It shouldn’t be such a big deal to me to fully…
What it felt like to cosplay again after ten years
The best compliment I got on my cosplay came the following day. I returned to MAGfest in normal(ish) clothes and ran into somebody I’d met in cosplay the previous day.…
2018 in Review: 9 questions to help you process and reflect
Welcome to the last Otaku Journalist post of 2018. Usually, I mark the end of the year with a holiday shopping guide for anime fans, or some remarks on Otaku…
What really matters.
While washing dishes last weekend, I dropped a plate. Like a crab claw, my thumb and finger automatically snapped apart. I remember this from last year: the beginnings of carpal…
How to get feedback and stay motivated during long writing projects
Recently, a friend asked me how I managed to stay motivated while writing my two self-published books. She wanted to know how I managed to keep going when I wasn’t…
Write from the baseline
I won’t bore you with the details of how I ended up locking myself out of my house last Thursday morning. Just know that no matter how I try to…