Kirsten Imani Kasai's Blog

• In-vitro Meat

  November 18, 2009

  • It's an intriguing idea, but would you eat lab-grown meat? See how it's made. Imagine the delicious mix & match  possibilities: chork, bork or peef, fimp, crobster, muckon (duck & mutton), escargobster... More amazing crossbreeds at Vinaminh's blog.
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• Mythic structure, midpoints and rewrites

  November 15, 2009

  • Recently received the editorial letter for "Tattoo." Six pages of insightful comments and suggestions for sharpening, shaping and clarifying my story. Since speaking with my editor last week, I've been thinking a lot about Tattoo and how to strengthen it.I used Vogler's "Writer's Journey" to create a 4 page plotting/character worksheet. Filling it out helped me identify the ...
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• New interview posted at Coffee Time Romance

  November 2, 2009

  • Q: If I may ask (and you can decline from answering if it steals too much from the storyline), why did you decide to create the characters Sorykah and Soryk with no consciousness of each other’s actions?   A: Each of us has a shadow side, and we embrace or recoil from it in varying degrees. Life is a journey to wholeness, understanding and integrating all the disparate aspects of self into a ...
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