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Excited to announce that Romeo & Juliet Vs. Zombies is finally out! It’s available on Amazon, iTunes and audible. If you don’t like to read or don’t have time anymore, this is perfect you. The book is performed by the amazing Lauren Ezzo and is a little less than seven hours.

Here’s a quick synopsis:

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we raise our dead.

Romeo – the only heir to the Montague name, a socialite who dreams of making a name for himself as a playwright and the consummate lover; he seems just as famous for his kissing skills as he is infamous for his inability to do much of anything else. Juliet – Capulet heiress, born soldier; in most every way, the precise opposite of Romeo. She’s spent her entire life trying to find some way out of her insufferable life as a noblewoman, and so far she’s had precious little luck. When a black plague breaks out in the city of Verona, these two feuding families are met with far more trouble than a mere feud, no matter how longstanding and bloody that feud has been. In this grim reimagining of Shakespeare’s most famous tragic romance, Romeo and Juliet must form an unlikely alliance if they ever intend to survive being overrun by a horde of ravenous, flesh-seeking un-dead.

Here’s a sample audio from the book:

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Be sure to enter for a chance to win Operation: Survive. There’s still a few days! Click on this link for your chance to win: https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/2d7edece9ac52477 NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends on 11/4/16 at 11:59PM or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules at https://giveaway.amazon.com/rules.

Good luck! If you don’t win, consider buying the book. It’s only $1.99. Don’t worry, you don’t need a Kindle to read it. Here’s a link to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M5DP2JM?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660

 

Team Big Bachi had a busy day yesterday. We were honored to be guests on two different shows. Take a listen and most importantly support the Kickstarter campaign!

 

 

Producer Koji Sakai, Writer Mark Tasaka and Director Derek Shimoda talk about the development of their independent film, The Big Bachi. Then Dennis Magat and Kate Hopp talk costumes and cosplay for this Halloween-themed episode.

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmt48m_L_g&feature=youtu.be 

 

I was honored to be interviewed on The Asian American Voice podcast. Check out the interview HERE or subscribe to The Asian American Voice on iTunes or your favorite podcast app and be sure to download the episode.

If you haven’t heard of The Asian American Voice, check it out and be sure to subscribe. It’s one of my favorite podcasts.

Check out my newest article over on the 8Asians blog…

Enter for a chance to win my novella Operation: Survive, a new Kindle World book. Click on this link for your chance to win:  https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/2d7edece9ac52477

Good luck! If you don’t win, consider buying the book. It’s only $1.99. Don’t worry, you don’t need a Kindle to read it.

Here’s a synopsis of the book:

Bryan Suzuki has been obsessed with the end of the world since the first grade. Thirty plus years later, he’s still waiting for the apocalypse. But now he’s got a well-stocked bunker and a family. So when he gets word about a mysterious Ebola outbreak at O’Hare International Airport and an attack at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, he’s ready. He tries to warn his co-workers and his wife who is actually in Chicago for business. The problem? No one believes him. Not even his young teenage son—whom he pulls out of school via gun point. Almost as soon as they get to the bunker, all hell breaks loose. Variants—aka: super zombies created by a weaponized version of Ebola—are on the hunt. Will Bryan and his son be able to survive the coming apocalypse? And at what price?

This novella takes place in Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s bestselling Extinction Cycle Kindle World series. The books are a culmination of badass military action and well-researched medical science that bring the zombie apocalypse to life in a way never seen before. For those that aren’t familiar with the Extinction Cycle you can check out the six books here. As I have said millions of times, one of my favorite zombie book series EVER.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of 11/4/16 at 11:59PM, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules at https://giveaway.amazon.com/rules.

A few months ago author Nicholas Sansbury Smith asked me to write in his bestselling Extinction Cycle Kindle World series. The books are a culmination of badass military action and well-researched medical science that bring the zombie apocalypse to life in a way never seen before.

I’ve written a story called OPERATION: Survive about a father and son who try to survive the end of the world. You can download my book on  Amazon for the low low price of $1.99 (Don’t worry, you don’t need own a Kindle to read it).

For those that aren’t familiar with the Extinction Cycle you can check out the six books here. As I have said millions of times, one of my favorite zombie book series EVER.

 

After almost 13 years at the Japanese American National Museum,  I’m sad to report that I’ll be leaving for different pastures at the end of this month.

I started in the education department as the education assistant and later school visits coordinator. At the time, I was not married and had no children. In other words, I was just a lost baby deer in the big scary woods of Little Tokyo. After a few years, I moved into public programs as the public programs coordinator and later public programs manager. I’m most proud of growing JANM’s average family day attendance from one hundred people to one thousand visitors. Most recently, I oversaw the Museum’s exhibitions as the programs manager and then the vice president of programs. While working on JANM’s exhibitions, I helped curate the Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition and oversaw Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo in a Modern World  and Hello! The SuperCute World of Hello Kitty, two of the biggest and most successful shows in the museum’s history. (I’m ashamed to admit that before Hello!, I didn’t realize that Hello Kitty was not a cat. I will NEVER make that mistake again.)

I’ll now be turning my attention to writing/producing, starting an exhibition/ event/ programming consulting company called Little Nalu Consulting (stay tuned for more details soon!), and spending time with my toddler who is growing much much too fast.

I would like to thank all the wonderful people I’ve met and had the pleasure of collaborating with while I’ve been at JANM. I know that my Facebook feed is much richer because of it. Finally, I would also like to thank the staff and volunteers at the museum for making me feel like family for all of these years and helping me grow. I feel like I’ve gone from that lost baby deer to a full-sized deer (although, it was probably all the food the volunteers made me ear).

This blog makes it sound like I’m dying. I assure you I’m not. At least, I hope not. Not for a while at least. I want grandchildren. (Hint, hint, are you reading this five-year-old toddler?)

Happy to announce that The Big Bachi was IndieWire’s Project of the Day. Check it out and comment that it’s a movie you’d be interested in seeing!

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/project-of-the-day-the-big-bachi-1201735757/

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