The first episode of Tokyo Nights: Season Two is now available. Unlike the first season spent in the dark shadowy alleys and the bright lights of host clubs, Hisato now has to contend with returning to his day job but with the added bonus of being promoted to Detective. It can only make his life... Continue Reading →
Rainbow Snippets: Tokyo Nights S2
Episode One of Tokyo Nights: Season Two has been released, though I'm still waiting for it to go live in all markets. Editing of Episode Two is underway and the draft of the final episode is creeping toward completion. Of course being summer and having a heat wave - because yes, 28C is not an... Continue Reading →
Summer writers series: Death of a Writer by Naomi Aoki
A guest post 🙂
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I logged into Draft2Digital (D2D) today to check on the publishing progress of a book with Amazon, surprise, surprise, it had not yet gone live. But was even more interesting; annoying as hell was the need to add another layer of kowtowing to Amazon and say that I give D2D permission to publish my books, on my behalf to Amazon. I know, you’d think the fact that uploaded my books to the D2D site and then checked a box would be all the proof that Amazon needed, it’s not for them to stand guard of me and protect me from unscrupulous publishers…. Oh wait, it has nothing to do with protecting me at all. It has everything to do with Amazon trying to further extend the monopoly that they have over the publishing industry, especially where it concerns Indie/Self-publishers.
Amazon is a monopoly, a horrific bullying one who doesn’t…
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Rainbow Snippets – Tokyo Nights S2
This week has been a mixed week on the writing on front. I've hit the 'almost finished the story' slump, though I'm slow working around it and the words should pick up pace again soon. Fingers crossed. Only 16k words to finish the first draft of Season Two and then I can focus on the... Continue Reading →
Rainbow Snippets – Tokyo Nights S2
This weeks Rainbow Snippet comes straight from the first draft of Season Two- Episode Seven, and is on the darker side of the Tokyo Nights universe. It is centred around my protaganist Goushi Asano, who as head of the Yamashita Organisation - Yakuza - you would expect him to be a less than law-abiding person;... Continue Reading →
New Release – Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line is the final book in The Yakuza and the English Teacher series and follows Kennouske and Brian - Gou's nephew and Jamie's best mate - who first met each other in Dangerous Love, book two of the series. It can be read as a standalone. The attraction between the two is undeniable,... Continue Reading →
Rainbow Snippets – Tokyo Nights S2
I've finished editing Crossing the Line and now just waiting for it to go live on Amazon before publishing it wide. The first chapters are always hard to edit because you want to get them right, make them interesting enough to catch the attention of readers and keep them reading... the last chapters are harder... Continue Reading →
Rainbow Snippet–Editing Mode
For the next few weeks I’ll be busy editing the fourth book in The Yakuza and the English Teacher series – Crossing the Line. It follows the romance between two of the secondary characters, who first meet in book 2 Dangerous Love and will include corrupt cops and a sweet but deadly Yakuza. The poor... Continue Reading →
Rainbow Snippets – Tokyo Nights S2
Merry Christmas everyone…. The past year – maybe a little bit over – has been an interesting one for me both personally and as an author. Busy too. I’ve published four novels (and another waiting to be edited), one 10-part serial and a novella, though my sales have been low. Though instead of being discouraged... Continue Reading →