Monthly Archives: April 2019

Shining Tomorrow Volume 1 Is Officially Released!

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

At long last, it’s finally here, in both e-book and paperback formats. Shining Tomorrow Volume 1: Shadow Heart is on sale. FROM YOUNG ELEGANT LADY…TO MASKED FURY! Irma wishes to be the perfect girl: chaste, feminine, and generous. But when … Continue reading →

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Active Female Characters Are All Right

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Online, I saw a comment stating that active female protagonists, especially those who do combat, are inherently non-conservative. The thinking goes that any right-leaning action fiction must have a masculine male protagonist; if there are any females involved at all, … Continue reading →

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Indiegogo Campaign Postmortem

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Backers to my Shining Tomorrow Volume 1 audiobook Indiegogo campaign should have received notification of refunds. I issued those myself once I saw that the campaign wouldn’t fund in time; even though it was Fixed Funding, I didn’t want there … Continue reading →

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Additional Input on the Rise of Dark Magical Girl Series

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Yesterday’s post on my belief as to why magical girl series have gone grim and dour got a lot of attention and very good responses from various people. Several of them filled me in on information I didn’t know, and … Continue reading →

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The Reason for Magical Girls’ Dark Turn

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: D. G. D. Davidson responds. Yesterday, I read a number of blog posts by D. G. D. Davidson, the owner of the blog Deus Ex Magical Girl. In these articles, he explores the reasons ([1], [2]) why the magical … Continue reading →

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Jeet Kune Do of the Keyboard, or Writing the Way that Works for You

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

The late Bruce Lee came up with a martial arts style known as Jeet Kune Do. Unlike most styles, JKD doesn’t have a fixed set of techniques; rather, it emphasizes combat-effective moves above all. The practitioner keeps what is useful … Continue reading →

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