Art and Writing Meet: "Gina's Floating World" at the Great Bay Gallery (Somers Point,
I’m not sure when I first got the idea that I wanted to create an exhibit of images that related to my novel, Gina in the Floating World....
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Belle Brett
Jun 21, 20194 min read
Armchair Travel: Five 2019 Novels Set in Other Places and Times
Pack your bags. It’s summer, and it’s the longest day, when your thoughts may turn not only to where you will vacation but also to what...
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Belle Brett
Jan 27, 20193 min read
Digging Deep: Four Books on Japan's Nightlife that Informed My Novel
The first draft of my novel, Gina in the Floating World, reflected my own experiences as a foreign bar hostess in a Tokyo suburb in the...
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Belle Brett
Jan 15, 20196 min read
Truth or Fiction in Gina in the Floating World
I’m always intrigued by those films that are “inspired by” or “based on” true events. As a writer who likes to use my own life as a...
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Belle Brett
Dec 18, 20183 min read
Learning to Read Out Loud: Dylan Thomas and "A Child's Christmas in Wales"
Growing up, the one consistent holiday tradition my family maintained was listening to a recording of Dylan Thomas reading “A Child’s...
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Belle Brett
Oct 24, 20188 min read
Reliving My Book Launch Presentaton: The Evolution of My Novel
For those of you who missed my book launch at Porter Square Books on October 2, 2018, I present below the text of my presentation. In...
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Belle Brett
Oct 18, 20186 min read
The Big Day for Me and Gina in the Floating World
As a writer, you dream about the day when you will present your first book to the world. That day—Tuesday, October 2, 2018, has come and...
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Belle Brett
Sep 28, 20184 min read
Sexual Politics and "Gina in the Floating World"
I recently did an interview with Dead Darlings, conducted by Marc Foster, about my novel, "Gina in the Floating World."Among the...
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Belle Brett, age 17
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Anticipation!
I wrote this poem in high school for our annual literary newspaper. But, with three weeks until publication of my novel and four weeks...
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Belle Brett
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Anatomy of A Collage: After Work Delights
In addition to being a writer, I am also an artist. I work in several media, but one of my favorite is paper or mixed media collage....
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Belle Brett with Cheryl Suchors
May 8, 20188 min read
How I Write
Cheryl Suchors, author of the inspiring memoir of adventure and persistence--48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains (She...
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Belle Brett
Apr 16, 20186 min read
Zen and the Art of Japanese Woodblock Printing
Art figures prominently in my novel, Gina in the Floating World. The title of my book itself refers to an aspect of Japanese life (“the...
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Belle Brett
Apr 2, 20186 min read
The Ever-Evolving Beginning
Writing is all about revision, and Gina in the Floating World is no exception. I have shredded and re-crafted it numerous times. Although...
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Belle Brett
Mar 8, 20183 min read
How I Became a Bar Hostess in Japan, Part II
As I prepared for my interview with Mr. K, the club owner, I worried about my lack of glamour. I had all the wrong clothes and the wrong...
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Belle Brett
Feb 23, 20184 min read
How I Became a Bar Hostess in Japan, Part I
The rain poured down in opaque sheets outside the American Express office in Tokyo, where I collected my mail, and considered my...
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