Shoji here. Been a while but today we have a panel with Natsuya Uesugi about something that is close to my heart, sitting meditation, Zen and the art of writing. Lets get started. I hope you will stay with us as we discuss. Shoji: Hi Natsuya, hope you have had a relaxing day. I know you are just off of getting a new book ready for publication. What is the name of your new book in the grydscaen series? Natsuya:…..
The Editing Process: Second Chances So I just started working on editing grydscaen: retribution which in its first edition was released in 2010 as the first book published in the grydscaen series. Where reviewers said it was well written for a first time author and the story was intriguing, it had punctuation problems which one reviewer set “while well written, punctuation detracts from the prose…” At the time this was my first novel, my baby, the one book that I…..
Welcome to the online panel “Cyberpunk World Building.” Natsukoarts: This is Natsukoarts Design Studio and we are talking with Natsuya Uesugi to discuss his new upcoming self-published novella “grydscaen: dark,” the next volume in the grydscaen series called “grydscaen: desecration,” and getting started on work for episode 3 of the grydscaen “A Storm’s Coming” anime series. Welcome Natsuya. Natsuya Uesugi: Thanks for having me. I look forward to speaking with you today on a topic that is central to the…..
“grydscaen: dark” chapter draft by Natsuya Uesugi. ARC excerpt. © 2018 Natsuya Uesugi. Wanted to share the first chapter of “grydscaen: dark,” the new dystopian cyberpunk, tech noir thriller I am writing. This is the final version of chapter 1 and I wanted to get any feedback if readers are so inclined. Take a read for free. #hackersunite #hacktillyouredead Chapter 1: Dot Hack Stock “Not here. Hide the data till we are off the street. This way,” Toapfyl hurriedly motioned…..
On Valentines Day (14 February 2018) at 3PM MST the www.grydscaen.com blog will be hosting the online panel sponsored by Natsukoarts Design Studio featuring Natsuya Uesugi and talking about 一の初恋 or Ichiban Hatsukoi/Puppy Love in Yaoi. The discussion will focus on the relationship between Shiro and Noiz in the graphic noiz story and discuss the hidden dynamics for creating a realistic gay relationship between characters in yaoi manga. The panel will focus on relationships and writing a soft yaoi story,…..
I just finished the manuscript for graphic noiz: book 3. This volume increases the stakes in the current series and the tension is heightened. In order to do this I had to introduce a ghost from the past into the life of the bestselling writer Shiro Ijima in the story. The story is 33,261 words which is about the length of the previous book. Because the novellas are relatively short it is easier to increase the tension in the story……
I just launched my Patreon page and am reaching out for patrons to help support my art. You can find the page at: Natsuya Uesugi on Patreon I have spent the last 7 years writing novels, drawing manga and creating illustrations. All this has been self funded and let me tell you it has been a very expensive endeavor. I wrote a blog post last year about not using Kickstarter and doing everything myself but with the printing of the…..
The original grydscaen concept grydscaen was originally a concept that I came up with in the 8th grade writing science fiction stories about the main character Ameliano Dejarre who went to an all boy’s boarding school. This character and the Rom character who was a Packrat and a hacker in a separate story written in the seventh grade were merged into a single storyline that because the precursor to the grydscaen novel series in the serial short stories under the grydscaen…..
I created a profile at NaNoWriMo 2016 and I will be participating in the competition by writing a 50,000 word novel in the Month of November. The writing starts on November 1. Will be writing Book 2 of the dark fantasy trilogy The Seer of Grace and Fire. Had to make up a book synopsis and this is what we have so far for Book 2: “Timorn and Ethesian with the noble townfolks thwarted the Valkyris’s attack on Kannon at…..
So I am working with a beta reader for the new Fantasy book I am writing called “The Seer of Grace and Fire.” I had written previously a post on editing and one on beta readers, but now having actually worked with a beta reader on the first few chapters I have some different insights into the process which I wanted to share. So when I started the grydscaen series I did not want anyone messing with my idea. For…..