Otaku Links: Spring (anime) is here!
This is how I usually find out which shows I want to watch each season: watch one episode of each. But for the spring 2014 season, I’m delegating the process.…
How fanfiction is making me a better writer
Now here’s a scary confession for a professional writer to make: I’m not all that confident in my creative writing skills. Journalistic writing is fine. I just do the research,…
What if I have too many reporting interests for a beat?
Every now and then, students and aspiring journalists write to me for advice about entering the field. Here’s an email I sent recently, published with permission. Been reading your book…
Otaku Links: Reading too much into anime
Right after Anime Boston, I showed up on Scott and Mike’s Otaku in Review podcast to chat with Charles Dunbar and Vinne Averello about the con. I am not on…
How sports anime could help you get in shape
Is it me, or has there been a lot of great sports anime recently? First there was Free!, and while I definitely didn’t get into it for the sports, it…
A glimpse at my geeky apartment
I had a lot of fun answering everyone’s questions at my AMA last week. I realized that one of the questions I got, “Do you own any anime, manga, or…
Otaku Links: Come to my AMA!
First of all, don’t forget! I’m hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) at r/anime today about my book and geek journalism in general at 2 PM Eastern. Be there! Please? Update:…
Things to read instead of the post I didn’t write
Kill La Kill cosplay group at Anime Boston. I just got back from Boston Monday night, and I definitely underestimated how long it would take me to recover! Not only…
Otaku Links: Hi from Anime Boston!
This week just won’t stop. First I launched my very first book, and now I’m at Anime Boston as Lead Staff Blogger, volunteering for the con doing what I do…
Otaku Journalism is on sale now!
And now, the moment I’ve been waiting for ever since I told you I was writing a book. Otaku Journalism: A Guide to Geek Reporting in the Digital World, is…