Ep. 216: 希望 and An Alternative Chapter

In bookbinding I am still working on my third tunnel book. This book will have six Japanese kanji. The first two will be white, the middle two light blue, and the back third a darker blue with the back wall of the tunnel white to show off the kanji. The kanji are mostly positive such as friend (友) and hope (希望). As you can see hope is intricate and requires a lot of exact cutting with the old exacto knife so it has taken more time than I expected. 

In my Don Quixote-inspired novel, Giapan, I wrote a scene where the female character gets attacked by two thugs. In Version One of the scene, she defends herself quite competently and sends the two thugs to the ground bleeding and in pain. In Version Two, she gets beaten and raped. I was unsure as to which version I should use in the novel. I thought about it. I decided to go with Version One. However, Version Two is more powerful and displays a bit of kindness on the part of the male characters. A bit of a dilemma. I opted to include Version Two as an Alternative Chapter: readers can read it after they finish the book. 

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City of Cocks ~ A Poetic Murder

A local businessman is accused of murder. His wife and an alcoholic poet must prove his innocence. They must deal with corrupt politicians (redundant, I know), drunk witnesses, an angry bartender, the owner of a fast-food chicken restaurant, and a ghost with a dynamite fried chicken recipe and a cocaine habit.

 

 

 

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