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Under the Immortal Peak | A New Lowe
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Writings of things by Tristram Lowe. Under the Immortal Peak. May 12, 2015. May 13, 2015. Although, some of my novel takes place in Tokyo. The bulk of the action happens in the much smaller city of Kofu. It is straight west, and a little less than two hours by car from Chiyoda City, Tokyo, which is where my protagonists annoy each other at the water cooler. It takes three hours on the Tozai line, but my characters plan to drive. They’ll get there in a little black Honda Logo. In my novel anyway. My heroe...
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A Devilish Distraction | A New Lowe
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Writings of things by Tristram Lowe. April 21, 2015. April 21, 2015. I’ll be honest. This book has been a bit of a chore at times. I’m sure all writers can relate. Don’t get me wrong. I love the story. I love the characters. I’ve enjoyed writing it. But as I mentioned in a previous post. This was supposed to be a short story. I had started writing a fantasy novel before this friend’s dream. Asserted itself and yowled, Write me! I had gotten a good 40k words in already and lots of world-building. Still, t...
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High-Tech Gadgets, Raw Fish and Super-Sharp Swords | A New Lowe
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Writings of things by Tristram Lowe. High-Tech Gadgets, Raw Fish and Super-Sharp Swords. April 28, 2015. The big reveal of the setting for my current novel. I love making up my own worlds, but there was no other place to put this story than in the very real land of modern day Japan. There was just no way around it. If I had changed it to fit into the fantastical, magical and extraordinary lands that I normally want to write in, it just wouldn’t have been… well… that extraordinary. If I hadn’t spent...
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Hand Over That Sword! | A New Lowe
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Writings of things by Tristram Lowe. Hand Over That Sword! May 5, 2015. May 5, 2015. So, yeah. You probably guessed it. The answer to the question posed in my last post was, of course… sushi! Super-sharp swords was the clear choice. In this story of mine, there is a katana or three. And it takes place in modern day Japan. Wait a minute, you might ask, isn’t it illegal to own a sword in Japan today? How can your modern day characters have swords? But the fact is that it is. Illegal to own a sword in Japan.
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