Dale Furutani
A Distinctive Voice
Several years ago, a well-known book editor challenged the writers on the Dorothyl Mystery List to tell him why he should publish them....
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Dale Furutani
- May 25
- 4 min
Turin Book Fair
Turin Book Fair 2023 Thanks to the generosity of my Italian publisher, Marcos y Marcos, I was invited to the 2023 Turin International...
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Dale Furutani
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Enthusiastic. Too enthusiastic.
Right after World War II, Harold Robbins was the King of Trashy Beach Books. The New Yorker Magazine called him “the dirty old man of...
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Dale Furutani
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Parlez-vous “rights”?
Back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I used to receive royalty by check in the mail instead of through a bank transfer....
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Dale Furutani
- Sep 22, 2022
- 7 min
Finding a Writing Guru
Learning from a Master is a very Asian way of education. A lot of story time is spent on the student learning valuable lessons, even when...
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Dale Furutani
- Aug 10, 2022
- 5 min
Are you a Serious Writer?
“I am not writing for the audience of today. I am writing for readers 200 years from now.” At my first writing conference, I was rather...
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Dale Furutani
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
Fear of Writing
The first time I had a fellow writer tell me they had a fear of writing, I didn’t understand it. I had been writing and selling...
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Dale Furutani
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
Why I love Paris
“There are the great cities of the world. And then there’s Paris” – Gene Kelly I’ve spent most of my time outside the US in Japan. I’ve...
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Dale Furutani
- Apr 27, 2022
- 5 min
Coping with Critics, the Zen Way
As the story goes, Buddha was wandering the countryside with his disciples. He would stop occasionally and give a lecture, and when he...
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Dale Furutani
- Apr 8, 2022
- 5 min
What is Zen?
“If someone tells you they understand Zen, then the chances are they don’t know Zen.” – Alan Watts It might be easier to start by...
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Dale Furutani
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
Writers: Need Story Ideas? Ask WHAT IF
A constant question most writers get is where do story ideas come from? Once, as a joke, I said there was a magazine called “Ideas” that...
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Dale Furutani
- Feb 5, 2022
- 3 min
If writers need character motivation, then consult the Buddha
When you first start writing, it usually takes a while to understand that, in the fictional world you’re creating, you are God. You can...
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Dale Furutani
- Jan 13, 2022
- 4 min
The Japan – Paris Connection
Impressionist painters in Paris would pay warehouse workers to tell them when a new shipment of Japanese porcelain arrived. Word would...
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Dale Furutani
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
Deer Thugs of Japan
Let’s face it, the “tame” deer in Japan are really thugs. It’s cute when they come up to you and bow, but that behavior is designed to...
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Dale Furutani
- Dec 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Emperor and me
For anyone who knows me, anything about the Emperor would probably mean Japan. In this case, however, I’m talking about the Emperor of...
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Dale Furutani
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Lester Dent Master Plot
Some people say there are only three basic plots in fiction (man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. himself - change pronouns and gender,...
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Dale Furutani
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Tour Eiffel by Night
Most people go to the Eiffel Tower during the daytime. The lines are often long and the weather is changeable. They do this because you...
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Dale Furutani
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block
There is no such thing as “Writer’s Block.” Plumbers don’t get Plumber’s Block. Car mechanics don’t get Mechanic’s Block. And if you’ve...
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