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Oh dayum! I forgot the promo I planned to activate on Smashwords on 1st of October for the anniversary ofTakamagahara Monogatari, Volume One😅


Here you go, ebook free this week: link

Enjoy the suffering!

“I pray you call me Kuramu, like the only one who ever loved me.”GUESS WHO FINISHED CHAPTER 1? ME, ME, ME, MEEEEE!!Enjoy! P.S. This is an unedited draft, of course, we die like real warriors here!

Howdy! I'm on and off on GR. I usually use social media in vacations and during weekends. If I haven't yet answered a comment, a DM or accepted a friend request is because probably I haven't seen it yet. The notification to my email settings is not activated.

This profile is mostly concentrated around fantasy, MM romance and books with LGBTQ characters, and (rarely) some MF romance. That doesn't mean that's all I read, but makes no sense to me to share books in other genre on this profile.

P.S. As I have an author profile I don't usually send friend requests out of respect and because I don't want to look like a stalker. If I followed you, it's because I like your reviews, status updates and the books you recommend.

I wish your reading days are filled with 5 stars books! Hugs and kisses.

P.S. If you send me a friend request and our compa ratio is less than 70%, it's going to be a no. I'm sure you are a wonderful person, but GR is my safe space to talk about the books I love with people that loved them as well.

P.S.2 I have no idea when Takamagahara Monogatari volume 2 will be published, but I'm doing the best I can to finish it by the time the alien apocalypse is upon us.

I've made a deal with myself.

There’s an evil character in Romanian folklore which needs to be avoided if he appears in your path. He’s a trickster meant to enslave you by taking for himself your riches, goals and sometimes even life. His name is the Evil Bald Man. I cannot help not laugh at the translation, it sounds funny in other languages. He’s a sort of Bogeyman for Romanian children and the Romanian word “Spân” used to sound very scary when I was 5.2022 felt like meeting the Evil Bald Man somewhere around February when the war started between Ukraine and Russia. It’s shocking to realize that in 2022 nothing has changed in the evolution of humanity.Reading wise, the first hit from the Evil Bald Man was the search for a 5 stars read which seemed a huge challenge. I don't have any clean, memorable, 5 stars, the "I-would-sell-my-soul-to-read-you-for-the-first-time-again" type of books. The highest I could get was a 4.5.

Today I'd like to write about the inspiration for the paragraph below. "In the times to come, they will tell our story,” he whispered. “They will find our love entwined under the Kurama Mountain. And then the universe will know how completely Fujiwara no Hirotsugu loved Takahashi Ryū, the beggar boy.”

I have a week and a half of vacation for Christmas from the day job. Let's see how many things I can get accomplished.

I can’t believe another month has passed. It’s quite frightening to imagine 2023 is right around the corner. Sometimes I feel I’m still stuck in March 2020.I’m currently working on Chapter 1 from Fields of Higanbana, which is still not in good shape, but I’m getting there.Building Yomi is a wild ride. I started so many books on the mythology of the dead this month that I lost track of them. I was searching for something particular, although I did not know what it was exactly. Then two weeks ago, it hit me. I was looking for a story written from the perspective of someone who had a near death experience.When I realized that, I knew exactly what book could help me.

This post is written for those who have already read Shinigami and know very well what's happening in Chapter 39 - Yūrei: Ghost.Spoiler - This is your chance to turn back and not be spoiled.