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Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy 1933 – 2023 R.I.P. The world just lost another great author. Cormac McCarthy, American author of popular works such as No Country for Old Men and The Road, died on the 13th of June,...
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Dune by Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert, Author of Dune Anyone who has read the articles on my author blog will know that I am a huge Sci-Fi fan. My fascination with this genre began at the tender age of fourteen, when I...
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The Birth of the Typewriter
Guest blog: The Birth of the Typewriter, by Clancy Tucker. Clancy is a friend of mine, based in Australia, and we have shared each other's blogs on a previous occasion. Today, I found his blog about...
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The Man in the High Castle
I can almost hear you now, saying, “The Man in the High Castle? That’s old news! Two years ago, at least.”Well, yes, the wonderful TV series (still available on Amazon Prime for free)...
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Make Every Word Count
The expression, ‘word count’ is every debut author’s bane. But as an aspiring author, do you really make every word count? The famous author, Ernest Hemingway, rewrote the last page of his popular...
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I Hear Dead People (Part 2)
G'day folks! I guess they were mistaken (in the lyrics of the songs of the 60's) when they sang, "Rock'n'Roll will never die...", but when you think about it, the music of the 60's, 70's, 80's &...
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I Hear Dead People
Today's article is about a different kind of writer - song writers, or people who have written themselves into music history due to their spectacular performances as musical artists. Sadly, this...
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R.I.P. Ennio Morricone
I was truly saddened today to hear of the passing of revered composer, Ennio Morricone. The famous maestro was 91 and he passed away in a hospital in Rome, Italy, following a fall a week earlier which...
View ArticleHilarious Diary Entries 2020 (January - June)
Hi! For those reading this, congratulations on surviving through to July, 2020. What a year so far! Today's blog is a mystery guest post (which I initially received on Facebook). I'm assuming from...
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Autumn Leaves
Autumn has truly arrived in our corner of Japan (I prepared this blog ahead of time, today being October 27th), and so I'd like to share with you my award-winning poem, titled "Autumn Leaves" (2019...
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Eric Van Lustbader
Konnichiwa! In previous blog posts, I have written about novels or novelists that not only inspired me to be a writer, but also novels that founded my interest in Japan and motivated me to explore...
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James Clavell
One of the first books that I read about Japan was Shogun, by James Clavell. It truly fascinated me. I hunted down the video (yes, it was that long ago that I could rent the movie from a video rental...
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Barry Lancet
Finding the perfect title for a novel is always a challenge for authors, and Barry Lancet is no exception, although he managed to nail it with his debut novel, JAPANTOWN. It’s simple, to the point,...
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Barry Eisler
An author that has led an interesting life (and he’s still only in his mid-fifties) is Barry Eisler. In fact, Barry was the born in the same year as myself. But his biography makes me look like an...
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Sonnets
Today's topic is poetry, specifically sonnets. Poets rarely write sonnets anymore. I'm sure many of you have studied sonnets by Shakespeare at school, and have decided that as romantic as they were,...
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Post-Apocalyptic Sydney
As I've stated in previous blogs, the post-apocalyptic scenario fascinates me, although I'm not really into the idea of zombies at all. However the concept of a lone character walking through an empty...
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Hideki's Diary: Conclusion (Part 2)
This is the final chapter of Hideki's Diary, a book within my novel, Gold of the Rising Sun. The novel is set in modern day Osaka, but Hideki's Diary plays a major part in the book and leads the main...
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Hideki's Diary: Conclusion (Part 1)
This is the final chapter of Hideki's Diary, a book within my novel, Gold of the Rising Sun. The novel is set in modern day Osaka, but Hideki's Diary plays a major part in the book and leads the main...
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Sacrifice Play
While this is not a typical 'halloween' type story, it does contain a moment of horror and madness; this is a short story about Japanese high school baseball, during which a terrifying incident takes...
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Bloody Massacre (Part 2)
This continues on from Part 1 of Bloody Massacre, in my last author blog. If you missed it, click below:http://cjryall.com/author-blog/bloody-massacre-part-1 Everyone was so busy that they didn’t...
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