Jul 1, 20233 min read

Jet Lagging

I'm back from my month of travels--and exhausted from long flights and time travel (landed earlier than we took off, thanks to the International Date Line). But NYC and Japan were amazing. Photos below!

While traveling, I read a lot and even did some outlining. Now that I'm back, I've dived back into my WIPs, with direction from my fans on what to write next (add your vote in the "Writing" section below).

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PICTURED: Foxes in Japan--and other things
WRITING: Vera, Branwyn Blood series, & your choice
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I shared some photos while traveling on my Instagram: (left) a bagel and a book in NYC; (middle) Branwyn enjoyed the scenery with me from a bullet train between Kyoto and Tokyo; (right) I only went in 1 bookstore in Japan (buying nothing to avoid weighing my suitcase down).

PICTURED: Foxes in Japan--and Other Things

A moss covered shrine bracketed by two stone fox statues — The Inari shrine in Kyoto has dozens of fox (kitsune) figurines.

While in Kyoto, I hiked around the famous Inari shrine (a humid jungle mountain path lined with orange arches--see pics below).

"Inari"=Japanese deity ("kami") affiliated with prosperity (literally rice, sake, tea... not gummy worms) and foxes. The shrines were dotted with dozens of figurines of foxes ("kitsune") who receive gifts (like rice or "inari"--delicious soaked-tofu-wrapped rice). They plead on the worshipper's behalf to the deity as "messengers".

I met no live foxes, but saw a few stray cats and many other fox-related things during the trip.

First 3 photos below are NYC, the rest are Japan!

WRITING: Vera, Branwyn, and Your Choice

A character illustration held up next to green tea bottle in front of a window. — #AmWriting Branwyn's first full-length novel, coming this fall

I'm currently:

Co-writing a spinoff of the Harbingers of Death trilogy with LeAnn Mason
Revising Body Snatcher, the first full novel in the Branwyn Blood series
Starting to draft Branwyn Blood book 2
Outlining a few other planned series...

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