Tag: books
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Building Once Upon a Moʻolelo: A Collection of Kaʻao
I wanted to share a small update on Once Upon a Moʻolelo: A Collection of Kaʻao, a project that has been growing slowly and intentionally over time. This work has never been about rushing, it’s been about listening, revisiting, and letting each story unfold the way it needs to. At the moment, three stories are…
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Aloha all!
I have finally finished all my finals and I can concentrate on my passion of writing. I wanted to share that my first chapter of Meet Me by the Banyan Tree has been published in the University of Hawaii West Oʻahu’s Pueo Press. I did some back and forth emails with one of the editors…
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Once Upon a Mo’olelo ~ Sirena: a modern tail
I have been working on this story for more than seven years. This version of it has been simplified so many of the details are not here. To better fit the Once Upon a Mo’olelo collection I changed the character’s names except Sirena’s name, and overall I added more Oceania themes. I kept the protagonist’s…
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Writing Magic: Developing Rules and Worlds for Your Fantasy Stories
Most people will tell you that the best way of getting magical ideas for fantasy stories is to read fantasy materials or watch fantasy movies and TV shows. Although I agree that consuming magic and fantasy mediums can spark your imagination, I think it’s best not to rely on that too much for specific subjects.…
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Perspectives on Colonialism in Hawai’i: Tiki Culture Phenomenon
In the picture above I am wearing a lampshade costume. During the 50’s and 60’s lampshade hula girls (not real girls…lol) were mostly put in hotel rooms for the tourists. More recently big companies that have their corporate events in Hawai’i sometimes hire human décor like hula girl lampshades to fulfill their nostalgic themes. Most…
Magic, Myths, and Me 