Canadian in Japan

Nazuna · Apr 6, 2018

Hey there, nice to meet you.

I’m a Canadian living in Japan and teaching at a renowned private international school just outside of Tokyo.

I enjoy writing thrillers, mysteries, and sci-fi. My current WIP that I started in February is still a baby at 20k. As such, I won’t be needing reviews, query critiques or anything of that nature for quite some time.

As for beta reading, I read most genres. I’m not particularly interested in romance however, unless it has a bittersweet or tragic ending.

If you have questions about Japan or Japanese, let me know. I’m by no means an expert, but I have an avid interest in a lot of subjects. Feel free to ask and I’ll try to help you out.

See ya around.

Denevius · Apr 6, 2018

Cool, Japan. We’re neighbors!

Welcome to AW!

regdog · Apr 6, 2018

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kristywang · Apr 6, 2018

Welcome, Nazuna. What brought you from Canada to Japan?

Nazuna · Apr 6, 2018

Denevius said:
Cool, Japan. We’re neighbors!

Welcome to AW!

I haven’t been to Seoul but my wife has. I’ve been meaning to go there >.<

regdog said:
Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Stop by the Weekend Progress Report each week to brag about your weekly writing accomplishments.
Awesome smilies and awards are given each week.

Please read the FAQ about posting photos.

In fact we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out.

Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. That is frowned upon and can lead to your posts being deleted.
Take some time to greet fellow newbies, critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.

Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight!
Here’s how to Promote With Aplomb.

Try stopping by Writing Exercises, Prompts & Whimsical Pursuits and give the Flash Fiction Challenge a try.

Thanks for all of the advice. I’ll check that out. Good thing I didn’t post one of my large, high resolution shrine photos in my intro!

kristywang said:
Welcome, Nazuna. What brought you from Canada to Japan?

Love and work. I was teaching ESL at the time, so I was already considering moving. I also met someone from New York on a Japanese language thread that we both frequented. I visited Japan in 2014, and moved there by 2016. Now we’re married and have three guinea pigs.

The zombies made me · Apr 6, 2018

1) Hi!
2) Very cool about living in Japan! I'll bet it's very interesting!
3) Good luck with your WIP! I hope it's fun!
4) Yay for sci-fi! I'm writing sci-fi, too!

Zan75 · Apr 7, 2018

Hi Nazuna, best of luck with your novel. Welcome to AW.

Lavern08 · Apr 10, 2018

Nazuna said:
... I was teaching ESL at the time, so I was already considering moving. I also met someone from New York on a Japanese language thread that we both frequented. I visited Japan in 2014, and moved there by 2016. Now we’re married and have three guinea pigs.

Hmmmm, now that's ^ a cool story, in and of itself - :welcome:

to AW, Nazuna

Cernex · Apr 10, 2018

Ah, Japan! So cool. I've always wanted to go there but I lack the founds and I have no idea where to even begin when it comes to giving english classes there. It's always awesome to hear soemone managed to do that,

Also, welcome to AW and best of luck with your novel!

J L Louis · Apr 10, 2018

Welcome! Your life sounds like a great well-spring to draw from. Good luck with you WIP.

makskye · Apr 11, 2018

Hi! Living in japan sounds beautiful and mad inspirational

good luck with your writing, beta-reading !

Nazuna · Apr 13, 2018

The zombies made me said:
1) Hi!
2) Very cool about living in Japan! I'll bet it's very interesting!
3) Good luck with your WIP! I hope it's fun!
4) Yay for sci-fi! I'm writing sci-fi, too!

I’m actually writing a thriller right now, but I have a good old fashioned chaos-theory inspired story that I’d like to tell one day.

Zan75 said:
Hi Nazuna, best of luck with your novel. Welcome to AW.

Thanks!

Lavern08 said:
Hmmmm, now that's ^ a cool story, in and of itself - to AW, Nazuna

I assure you, it’s more mundane than it sounds!

Cernex said:
Ah, Japan! So cool. I've always wanted to go there but I lack the founds and I have no idea where to even begin when it comes to giving english classes there. It's always awesome to hear soemone managed to do that,

Also, welcome to AW and best of luck with your novel!

I spent nearly two weeks in Japan in 2014 with under $2000 CAD so it’s actually reasonable for the most part. Transit is the killer cost, but most everything else is affordable.

Teaching where I do is rather difficult to attain, but ALT jobs are all over the country and are increasing with the lead up to the 2020 olympics. It’s a pretty good time for people looking to teach in Japan.

J L Louis said:
Welcome! Your life sounds like a great well-spring to draw from. Good luck with you WIP.

Thanks for the welcome!

makskye said:
Hi! Living in japan sounds beautiful and mad inspirational good luck with your writing, beta-reading !

Most beautiful place on earth. It still strikes me as amazing.

Sam Artisan · Apr 13, 2018

Wow, Japan! I've heard its a great place to visit but kinda tricky to live. This might be because the person I knew who lived there was both a model and an English teacher, so people often asked her how to say rather impolite things...

Have you found its challenging to be a foreigner there?

Nazuna · Apr 14, 2018

Sam Artisan said:
Wow, Japan! I've heard its a great place to visit but kinda tricky to live. This might be because the person I knew who lived there was both a model and an English teacher, so people often asked her how to say rather impolite things...

Have you found its challenging to be a foreigner there?

I suppose it could be tricky to live here, but a lot of that is going to come down to where you’re from, what you look like, what marketable skills you have, your Japanese language proficiency, and how easily you can adapt to the culture. I haven’t had many problems.

As for saying impolite things, a Japanese publisher put out a couple of books teaching people how to swear in English. It’s delightful.

Canadian in Japan

Nazuna

Denevius

regdog

The Scavengers

kristywang

Nazuna

The zombies made me

Zan75

Lavern08

Sit Down, and Shut Up!

Cernex

J L Louis

makskye

Nazuna

Sam Artisan

Held captive by angry blue elves.

Nazuna