What I want the parents of anime fans to know
Last week, a parent asked for my advice about his teen daughter’s new interest in anime. I was down in Florida, visiting my own parents when I got the email.…
The metrics I track to build high-traffic, high-earning blogs
Every month or so, I tell the Anime Feminist team to gather ‘round while I put together an analytics report. It’s my favorite part of what I do there. I…
How to deal with burnout
I think it started when I failed my Japanese test. The JLPT is only held once a year nationally, so I started studying for it back in July. By the…
Fandom, Population One
I blame Crunchyroll for this one. I usually use that streaming service to watch the latest anime—especially so I can review some for Anime News Network and have relevant contributions…
On telling true stories
Ever since I quit Twitter, I’ve been having more one-on-one conversations. That was how I ended up talking with Justin of Organization Anti-Social Geniuses about how we each got interested…
Farewell, Otaku Links!
I’ve been writing these Otaku Links roundups since 2009. The oldest one you can still read is from December 23, 2010. (I made a lot of my older work private…
The Twitterless Diaries
Productivity isn’t about what you do. It’s about what you don’t do. I don’t know who first came up with this quote, but after this week I know it is…
Otaku Links: Decision time
This Newsweek article is a great example of how to take a niche anime topic and expand on it for a broader audience. It’s fantastic until one funny misstep at…
How to work on passion projects when your day job saps your energy
If you recall last January, I wrote a four-post series on how to choose a topic, write content, and launch a niche blog. This year, I’m resolving to launch six…
Otaku Links: If I say “Devilman” will you click on this?
This is the week I was finally cool on Twitter because I had two different popular Devilman Crybaby tweets. Between watching that show and most of the other anime season premieres, I’m…