The research and aesthetics that inspire The Seventh Kingdom PLUS updates on my upcoming release!

I was doing a Gamma read with my friend just yesterday when they made an interesting observation about The Seventh Kingdom. Bear in mind, they'd read well beyond Volume One (up to Chapter Twenty Six at this point) when I asked them if our series, being a seinen, seemed as dark and heavy as the others, they had an interesting response. As a writer, and creative in general, I think we sometimes pour our hearts into the characters, the world, the situations--and do so with the intention of...

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've been neck-deep in the roller coaster of life and, for the first time in a long time, am just now getting a moment of genuine rest. I fell into a contemplative mood tonight as I thought about why only specific anime appealed to me and, more disconcertingly, why most others quickly bore me. Confession: I don't abide by the "three-episode-rule". If an anime series doesn't grip me within the first episode, I switch series and never look back... lol. Brash?...