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...
Telling Stories
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...
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...
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...
In Japan, South Korea, and China, they’ve been turning webfiction into anime, TV, movies, comics, mobile games, and profit for the past twenty years. This has made Asian light fiction writers some of the best in the world, and they’ve had twenty years to figure out what works and what doesn’t.
Twenty years, millions of stories – their success secrets are right here in this book.
In this episode, Rob and Don sit down with translator and author Jeremy Bai to discuss the world of Chinese Webnovels. The trio discuss the history of...
In this episode, Don and Rob head East with Justus R. Stone, YouTube Light Novel Reviewer, to discuss the ins and outs of the Japanese and American...
After posting a link to my recent post about Chinese Xianxia webnovels, I became engaged in a discussion on the Wuxiaworld Forums about the different webnovel genres in...