Continuing
my excitement for my upcoming novel, Tokyo
Love. Being published by Crimson Romance this July.
I feel like I could probably talk about Japan for a million and one blogs. But this would quickly turn into some sort of terrible travel blog in which all I can say is 'Oh, I went to this one place and it was cool and we ate this great food and that was fun.'
So I guess I'll just try to wrap things up a bit before I get out of control.
I feel like I learned a lot about the world through Japan. What it means to be the minority in a foreign country. (And really what it's like to be the majority in my own). I can appreciate a culture that is so tightly knit and strong like the Japanese. And I appreciate looser, more varied culture of America. I understand what it means to not have the native language be my first language. And I learned not to judge people in my own country that prefer to speak their own native language instead of English. I've learned how to ask for help when I'm confused or lost and to accept whatever reaction I might get for asking for help, whether that be acceptance or ridicule.
Finally, I learned what it means to be from both sides of the world. Whether by family relations, or the choice to be a world traveler. I suppose that is what I wanted to convey in Tokyo Love.
I also really really wanted them to visit shrines and buy doujin.
So I guess I'll just try to wrap things up a bit before I get out of control.
I feel like I learned a lot about the world through Japan. What it means to be the minority in a foreign country. (And really what it's like to be the majority in my own). I can appreciate a culture that is so tightly knit and strong like the Japanese. And I appreciate looser, more varied culture of America. I understand what it means to not have the native language be my first language. And I learned not to judge people in my own country that prefer to speak their own native language instead of English. I've learned how to ask for help when I'm confused or lost and to accept whatever reaction I might get for asking for help, whether that be acceptance or ridicule.
Finally, I learned what it means to be from both sides of the world. Whether by family relations, or the choice to be a world traveler. I suppose that is what I wanted to convey in Tokyo Love.
I also really really wanted them to visit shrines and buy doujin.
