Joe Tsujimoto On Story Ideas
Moriso Teraoka discusses his story ideas.
Lee Catalina discusses where stories ideas come from.
Lee A. Tonouchi discusses inspiration for his stories.
This poem is written from Admiral Stirling’s point of view. In this poem, I wanted to include information on how men accused of rape that resulted in a hung jury were back in prison for their own safety while white men and a white woman accused of murder were sheltered in residence on the USS…
Where do stories come from? The usual response, at least in my experience, is everyday inspiration: encounters or observations that spark curiosity, and thus, story. Sometimes it’s an article about the latest breakthrough in food processing, or plague, or an obituary two lines long. Maybe you hear about the Mango Man, a thousand stories in…
“The persistence of Pidgin in the islands despite widespread assimilation of American culture and the concerted efforts of educators to stamp it out, suggests that it is less a matter of Pidgin speakers being unable to speak standard English but their choosing it as a symbol of local identity.” – Darrell H.Y. Lum, Local Genealogy:…
A few thoughts on why I write. It's pretty random, so my apologies! 🙂
Albert Saijo: from interlude to interlude
Mystery stories are thrilling, but they’re even more thrilling when they play out in your own backyard. In the current issue of BAMBOO RIDGE, Gail Harada’s short story, an excerpt from NO PLACE LIKE PARADISE, delivers all the suspicion and thrill of good detective fiction, plus it’s right here in Hawaiʻi with character’s you’ll recognize…