Do All Light Novels Share the Same Plot?
Last week, I did a series of posts trying to come up with a new definition of what a light novel is. And among the definitions translated...
What is a Light Novel? Part 4 – Rob’s Definition
Over the past three days I have looked at the different ways people see light novels. From the Japanese point of view From the non-Japanese point of...
What is a Light Novel? Part 3 – Laying out the Perspectives
For this little project, I went through many definitions of what a light novel is, both from Japan and from the non-Japanese world. And I have to...
What is a Light Novel? Part 2 – The non-Japanese View
Previously, we looked at how some Japanese try to define what a light novel is. Now, this time we’re going to look at how some non-Japanese have...
What is a Light Novel? Part 1: The Japanese View
Defining what a Light Novel is seems to be like trying to grab a greased pig – it’s messy, hard to pin down, and you can never...
The Crazy Tricks Club sneaks into Audible!
Those kids from the Crazy Tricks Club have done their best trick yet! They’ve managed to sneak into the world of audiobooks with the release of the...
Origins and Context of Isekai Discussion Video(s)
An interesting discussion about the origins of the Isekai genre. They bring up a couple of good points, including the genre’s close connection with The Hero’s Journey...
Gigguk Used A Million Dollar AI To Prove Light Novel Titles Are Dumb.
This is really funny, and some of the titles the AI came up with are even funnier. By the way, I have officially started research and development...
Designing the Second CTC Cover
When it was time to design the cover for the second book of my Crazy Tricks Club series, I already knew a few things. First, I was...
My Awesome New Middle-Grade Series: The Crazy Tricks Club
This is the first book of the Crazy Tricks Club, a fun and fast-paced story about Aiden Fox and the other members of Ridge Hill Jr. High’s Crazy Tricks Club. They’re a secret team of problem solving students who specialize in doing seemingly impossible missions for the mysterious figure known only as Raven.