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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 30/09/2026

Some of my notes & book portions, mostly from the seventies and eighties. Mid nineties, I started to go digital, but, as evidenced by the notepad, never 100%. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction #fantasy #mythology (retelling)

3 large archive boxes, size 19" x 15" (48 cm x 38 cm), full of notes & a notepad showing the outline for the next novel heavily annotated in red and green. No spoilers as: 1-it is the first page of the outline, and 2-the font is too small to read on the pix.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 22/09/2026

Yes, I am not Jules Verne, Umberto Eco or Ursula K. Le Guin. But I can pontificate (auto-correct: reflect) on my craft with the best of them. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction also #fantasy #mythology (retelling)

Yes, I am not Jules Verne, Umberto Eco or Ursula K. Le Guin. But I can pontificate (auto-correct: reflect) on my craft with the best of them. -- Kohopeh

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 29/08/2026

Stoked! In 2 days, my magnum opus The Kabuki Book launches, and today I received my author's copies of Lotus, Mud, Blade (ordered 3 m ago). 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #fantasy #mythology #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 28/08/2026

Pumped! I received the cert for Literary Titan's award for The Kabuki Book, just days before offical launch. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #fantasy #mythology #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 25/08/2026

and 3/2 various editions of The Tale of Genji in English. Hey! It is research. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 25/08/2026

2/2: The Tale of Genji Scenes from the World's First Novel by Murasaki Shikibu Illustrations by Miyata Masayuki Translation by H. Mack Horton The illustration were a deep inspiration for my novel #thekabukibook Seems out of print :( 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

The Tale of Genji
Scenes from the World's First Novel
by Murasaki Shikibu
宮田雅之【切り絵】
Illustrations by Miyata Masayuki
瀬戸内寂聴[序文]
Introduction by Setouchi Jakucho
ドナルド・キーン [エッセイ]
With an essay by Donald Keene
マック・ホートン [英訳]
Translation by H. Mack Horton
KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL
Tokyo New York London
ted

1/4 cover
2/4 title page
3 & 4/4 illustration

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 17/08/2026

The idea of a fluid, never-finished text is an academic luxury. In the real world, deadlines and endings are what force writers to grow. Is an endless draft art, or just a cop-out? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction 1/2

Jorge Luis Borges Quote:
"The concept of a definitive text belongs only to religion or fatigue."
Background of old leather-bound books, magnifier, inkwell and map of a maze

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 14/08/2026

Cover for my novella Lotus, Mud, Blade: A Tale of Romantic Sacrifice. Comedy drives along the drama to a bittersweet ending. Old cover: ruins. New cover: stylized lotus and Thai blades. Which you think suits best? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 10/08/2026

Lotus, Mud, Blade in your preferred store! books2read.com/u/4NM906 A Tale of Romantic Sacrifice The Kabuki Book, an award-winning ambitious historical fantasy books2read.com/u/4A96yA ⏳📚 🖋️📚 #booksky #lotusmudblade #thekabukibook

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 08/08/2026

Over the Moon! Proud to share my Book Award for The Kabuki Book. Cheers to all early readers and the Literary Titan team. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #bookobsessed #bookstagram #bookworm #booknerd #bookreviews #arcbooks

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 26/07/2026

Butcher's binary scene rules turn storytelling into a predictable, mechanical exercise. Why ban quiet, character-building moments that don't shift tactical goals? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Jim Butcher
Quote: "A scene is structurally useless unless it changes the character's status from positive to negative, or negative to positive, relative to their goal."
Faded background: Washington Park, Chicago. Derelict shops, puddles, stacks of garbage bags.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 23/07/2026

Stephenson's defense of digression is self-indulgent. Constraints exist because human attention is finite. Why ruin narrative momentum with endless technical lectures? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Neal Stephenson
Quote: "Narrative economy is an artificial constraint of the print era. If a technical digression enhances the depth of the world, let it run."
Abstract background of vivid swirls.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 22/07/2026

In Kyoto 1603, Okuni and her troupe, in a sacred act of creation, invented a new form of art, Kabuki Theatre. Learn of their struggles and triumphs. Read how it was stolen from them. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #bookobsessed #bookstagram #bookworm #booknerd #bookreviews #arcbooks

An ad for the Advanced Reader Copy availability of the book The Kabuki Book by Kohopeh on NetGalley. The book will be available as audiobook possibly next yar.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 21/07/2026

Bujold downplays outlines, but writing without a solid macro-plan is highly inefficient. If you rely purely on scene texture, how do you avoid dead-ends and pacing collapse? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Lois McMaster Bujold
Quote: "The map is not the territory, and the outline is not the book. The real writing happens in the microscopic texture of the scene."
Background: clipart stylised tree on a hill, foreground, a few leaves

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 20/07/2026

tadah! This is the cover for the upcoming 'The Kabuki Book', a multi-layered literary historical fantasy. The cover concept has been stable for the last 2 years, but this new execution is more professional. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 19/07/2026

Eco says the author must die to let the text stand alone, but this ignores the value of context. Why dismiss the author's background and intent as a layer of meaning? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Umberto Eco
Quote: "The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text."
Background a rose blossom lie discarded on the floor

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 18/07/2026

Le Guin's carrier-bag theory sounds nice, but conflict is the actual engine of narrative interest. Without clear stakes and a climax, how do you prevent the story from feeling flat? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic Notice the use of em-dash. I guarantee UKLG was not using AI. #StopAISalem

Ursula K. Le Guin
Quote: "The standard narrative arc—exposition, conflict, climax, resolution—is merely a reproductive metaphor. We need a carrier-bag theory of fiction that holds things rather than just hitting them."

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 17/07/2026

Dick's advice to destroy your own reality is a recipe for chaotic, unhinged writing. Doesn't a writer need a stable, disciplined mind to construct a coherent, readable book? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Philip K. Dick Quote
"The writer must destroy his own reality to find the truth of the fiction."

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 16/07/2026

Herbert claims there are no real endings, but this is often just an excuse for lazy plotting and unresolved threads. Doesn't a satisfying narrative require a clear sense of closure? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Frank Herbert
"There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story."
On a sand background

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 13/07/2026

TIMELINE REVEAL! New timeline added: Japan circa 1600, from Sengoku to Edo. It cover both the freebie novella Takuan #1, and the upcoming THE KABUKI BOOK. kohopeh.com/timeline/ 💙📚🖋️⏳📚

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 12/07/2026

Clarke calls jargon a refuge of weak writing, but specialized terminology creates unique atmosphere and authority. Why strip out the very language that makes science fiction real? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Arthur C. Clarke:
"If you understand a concept perfectly, you can explain it to anyone without using jargon; jargon is the refuge of a weak narrative."
background is similar to a blueprint, with a gyroscope schematics

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 09/07/2026

Heinlein's rule against self-revision is terrible advice. First drafts are almost always structural disasters. If you refuse to rewrite, aren't you just lazy? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

"You must refrain from rewriting except to editorial order." - Rule 3 of Heinlein's Rules

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 08/07/2026

I was reading recently an email from IngramSpark which include the tip: "The Most Underrated Writing Tool? A Good Night's Sleep". And thinking: "That's right, if you cannot function as a human being, how could you as a writer?" 💙📚⏳ 🖋️📚 #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 06/07/2026

Borges claims texts are never finished, but this philosophy leads to perfectionist paralysis. If you never stop tweaking adjectives, are you refining your work or just hiding from failure? Procrastinating maybe? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

"The concept of a definitive text belongs only to religion or fatigue."
- Jorge Luis Borges
Background: old books on a desk, a magnifier

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 05/07/2026

Pyle says you must admire your own work, but self-admiration is the quickest way to write self-indulgent trash. How can you edit effectively without a healthy dose of self-doubt? What do you think? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Howard Pyle
"Throw yourself into your story; if you do not admire your own work, you cannot expect the world to care for it."
Background: Old printing manual, type setting printing press and ink roll.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 04/07/2026

Hard sci-fi maybe?!? Verne wanted imagination chained to facts, but too much research suffocates the soul of fiction. A novel is not a textbook. Why prioritize technical accuracy over emotional resonance? #BookSky 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersGiantsNot #CraftSkeptic

Quote:
"The dynamic force of a story lies in its absolute fidelity to facts; imagination must always be chained to the plausible."
- Jules Verne

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 03/07/2026

Dumas says 'wait and hope,' but slow pacing is often just a cover for boring writing. In a world of infinite distractions, why should readers wait for you to get to the point? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

quote: "All human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'Wait and hope.'" - Alexandre Dumas.
background of old leather-bound books and a quill.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 02/07/2026

THURSDAY THRIFT! The Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale is on www.smashwords.com/sale THOUSANDS of books in the largest coordinated sales events for ebooks. You can grab your own copy of LMB for a pale 0.99 at www.smashwords.com/books/view/2...

the graphic just reproduces what is in the body of the post. It shows a floaty and sea stars on sand, as well as a snow covered pine tree.

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 30/06/2026

#reviewers #librarians #booksellers I’m still looking for reviewers for Lotus, Mud, Blade. If you have a passion for literary historical fiction, I’d love for you to read an advance copy. Download your copy or start reading NOW on #NetGalley www.netgalley.com/widget/11182... 💙📚⏳ 🖋️📚

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Kohōpeh @kohopeh.com · 12/06/2026

LOTUS, MUD, BLADE is available as ebook/paperback from your preferred store! books2read.com/u/4NM906 "To win the heart of a prince, one warrior offers her beautiful face, while another sacrifices her soul. Must one die?" ⏳📚 🖋️📚 #booksky #AuthorLife #lotusmudblade