writing

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Writing a book is lonely work

Last summer, I published one of my ebooks in English. The first draft of this book was a collection of essays that I wro...
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The reasons why I don’t really use social media linked to phone numbers

Photo by Rodion Kutsaev onUnsplash No matter whether it’s linked with phone numbers or not, I don’t really like to use a...
Blogging and Marketing

Secret Fact: The Reason Why I Left Medium

When I first read some articles in Japanese and English on Medium in 2019, I was impressed with how creative their posts...
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I published another book in English: Weird Thoughts about Creativity

I’ve just published my third ebook in English on Amazon. Since I started writing in English in 2019, I tried to write ab...
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Where should I write in 2020?

I love writing and I  can never stop thinking about what I am going to write next. Also, I always think about where I sh...
Poetry

A library

a pond of imagination the silence of paging the smell of ink.
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Creative Writing Changed My Life

I started writing creative pieces in Japanese in 2018. Before that, I was working as a writer. I wrote lots of articles ...
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Learning Languages: Can you Write What you are capable to Read?

I love learning languages and I have tried learning many languages. No matter which language it is, learning it can be d...
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Writing poems may be a good approach when you start creative writing in a non-native language.

I have been writing in English, which is my second language, since the end of 2018. I first started blogging, but what I...
Poetry

You can’t sing

You can't hear because you close your ears the voice is floating in the air even the music is released, already You can'...
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You need to be who you are as a writer

Do you remember the moment when you first yourself in the mirror? I think I remember that moment, although it might have...
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When a poet gets transformed into a beast

This is one of my favourite fiction stories written in Japanese; ‘The Moon over the Mountain’ (Japanese title: 山月記Sanget...
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Can Poets survive on Medium?

Medium changed their system for calculating writer-earnings on 28th Oct. 2019, and the new system doesn't seem to work v...
Poetry

Writing a Poem

No word on the screen of my computer at the desk, trying to pull my words from the well of fantasy.
Haiku

Haiku & Tanka Practice: My First English Book self-published

I have self-published some books in Japanese before, but this is the first time to publish a book in English. I am so ha...
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Why I am writing in English, even though it’s not my native language

English is not my first language. I was born in Japan and I grew up in Japan. My parents are Japanese and they don't hav...
Haiku

After the 100 Haiku Writing Project

I started my 100 Haiku poetry project in English on the 20th of July and wrote the last one on the 16th of September. It...
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Ideal Self and Real Self

Some people don't like to look at themselves in a mirror, some people love to do it. Personally, I don't feel very comfo...