Still cooking along with Inujini and have made the minimum wordcount goal everyday so far and a bonus goal… but today I barely limped across the finish line.
This evening I finish at 7,511 words. I have no events/meetings/distractions until Tuesday evening so I can make mad gains.
What happened? Life, of course. Last night I stayed up until 4 am reading, but it was worth it. The book was excellent and I found out a crazy coincidence.
- June 21 I found out the agent would be interested in a novel from me.
- June 22 I brainstormed the plot and built a timeline.
- June 23 I started writing. Tt was an auspicious day for me & my 12 year blog anniversary.
You know what else June 23 is? Okinawa Memorial Day, “a public holiday observed in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture annually on June 23 to remember the lives lost during the Battle of Okinawa.” 😲😲😲😲😲
I didn’t know this until I read it last night. Completely by coincidence I began writing my novel about the Battle of Okinawa on the day of rememberance for the Battle of Okinawa. Synchronicity, kismet, fate… What do you think?
The book I was reading is In the Woods of Memory by Shun Medoruma and Takuma Sminkey:
In the Woods of Memory is a powerful, thought-provoking novel that focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and her friend Seiji’s attempt at revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to the present day reveal the full complexity of events and how war trauma inevitably ripples through the generations. Akutagawa Prize–winner and activist Shun Medoruma was born in Okinawa. This is his first full-length work in English translation.