The Trials and Triumphs of the Week before My Book Launch
Some months ago, a writer friend gave me a little notebook with a Japanese design on the cover to record my preparation for the launch of...
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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
Sep 19, 20183 min read
Two Book Launches and a Cake-Baking Contest: Tips for Authors
During the past two weeks, I’ve been to three readings at bookstores. These events couldn’t have been more different from each other, but...
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Belle Brett
Sep 10, 20183 min read
Gaijin Women in Japan: Five Novels
After writing the first draft of Gina in the Floating World, I searched for other novels set in Japan with a young, female, and gaijin...
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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
Aug 14, 20182 min read
An Inspiring Memoir: 48 Peaks, Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains (Book Review)
Writers should read, right? Lately, I've been reading books from debut authors like me. Although I tend to prefer fiction, I loved this...
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Belle Brett
Jul 24, 20182 min read
1981
(Image from Amazon.com) It may feel like an arbitrary year, but I chose 1981 quite intentionally as the year in which Gina in the...
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Belle Brett
Jun 7, 20182 min read
The Floating World
Kitagawa Utamaro Woodblock Print The concept of the “floating world” (ukiyo) originates in medieval Japanese Buddhism to refer to the...
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Belle Brett
May 25, 20184 min read
Four Months Until Publication: A Slow Birth
September 25 is the magical date—the day that Gina in the Floating World will officially be born. The book will not be late or early—that...
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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 22, 20181 min read
Cherry Blossom Time in Nara
Nara, Japan, is known for its magnificent cherry trees, which blossom between late March and early April. In my 20s, I was fortunate...
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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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