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Drawing Comics Again because…reasons
I haven’t been posting much to my blog lately because I really haven’t been writing, and I don’t feel like blogging if I’m not working on my books. Most people who visit this site are here because they’ve read the Demonic Cafe books and might want more news on them, and I feel bad being…
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Review: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker
It’s probably just random luck, but I keep running into books where the main character happens to be a disillusioned academic who’s struggling with his or her dissertation. I find it amusing to think that this is the new normal for fiction. Maybe if I go back to school for my PhD, I too can…
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Review: Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison (The Hollows #17)
I said last year when I reviewed Trouble With the Cursed that I was locked into this series for the long haul, warts and all. Even so, this book was frustrating to get through. Now, I am aware that the level of scrutiny I’m about to submit this book to is high, and I doubt…
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Anime Rescue Project #1
(Originally posted on May 23, 2016 on Otakusphere.com) Four times a year, dozens of young, bright-eyed anime characters are set loose upon the world. As joyous as this miracle of nature is, sadly, every season many characters are deployed to the wrong shows, leading to much unnecessary stress and existential angst. For the cost of…
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Some Notes on the Writing Process
I don’t write too much about my writing process because I know most people don’t care. However, some visitors to my website may be wondering “Hey, how come Karen is blogging so much but she isn’t putting out any books?” If you are in this category, this post should answer your question. I’ve always been…
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Review: The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
This is probably the most random thing I have ever reviewed here. I went to the library looking for some books by some urban fantasy authors that I haven’t tried yet, only to find nothing by them on the shelves; this is unusual for my library, which is usually pretty well-stocked. I still wasn’t going…
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Fanart: Rin (Bunny Drop) dressed up in the Penguin Queen’s Outfit
(Originally posted on July 17, 2011 on Otakusphere.com) This is a fanart sketch for two shows few people remember: Bunny Drop and Mawaru Penguindrum. This was drawn back when I used to draw everyday, so even though it’s a pretty simple sketch, it’s still smoother than anything I’ve done recently. I just figured I’d post…
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Finishing Up Food Wars! The Second Plate
(Originally Posted on October 1 on Otakusphere.com) I was a bad girl and didn’t keep up with blogging Food Wars! episodically for most of the season. Part of this was because I discovered Chef’s Table on Netflix, and I was so enraptured by the most pretentious cooking documentary I had ever seen that my quota of food television was…
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Food Wars! S2 Episode 3
(Originally posted on July 21, 2016 on Otakusphere.com) Well, I was wrong: I called the previous quarterfinal match for Megumi, only it was Ryo’s name that got written down with the Giant Brush of Gastronomic Victory. I really felt like the show was telegraphing that Ryo’s strong flavors were too palette-fatiguing and Megumi’s dish was…
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Karen L. Mead 