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ELAINE KOYAMA WRITES

Elaine Koyama Writes

Category: The Business of Writing

Writing the Next Book: Researching and Wondering

Posted on March 9, 2021March 8, 2021 by elainekoyamawrites

Have you ever gone through a learning sprint when you thought your brain was going to explode? Or you have… Read more Writing the Next Book: Researching and Wondering

High School Friends—Mean Girls or Not?

Posted on January 12, 2021January 9, 2021 by elainekoyamawrites

How did your high school friends impact your life? Or did they at all? Mine did, and here’s how. I… Read more High School Friends—Mean Girls or Not?

Book Club Ladies

Posted on December 8, 2020December 6, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

Lifelong friends. In times of joy, heartbreak, laughter, tears. You know who you are. Steadfast. Learning to love the words… Read more Book Club Ladies

Elaine and Landyn Book Launching Party

Posted on November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

Elaine and Landyn have joined forces to talk about their books and the writing. Join us for prizes! Acting! Discussion!… Read more Elaine and Landyn Book Launching Party

Lake Region News, Our Hometown Weekly Press–September 1968

Posted on October 5, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

Lake Irene Society Column This is the week of September 23 and I am happy to be reporting from the… Read more Lake Region News, Our Hometown Weekly Press–September 1968

Wouldn’t It Be Nice? – The Beach Boys

Posted on June 2, 2020May 28, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

Wouldn’t it be nice if the words just flowed from my fingers? And that books just flew off the shelves.… Read more Wouldn’t It Be Nice? – The Beach Boys

My Manifesto

Posted on May 27, 2020May 26, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

Spoiler Alert: I am not going to bomb anything, go on a shooting spree nor wreak havoc on a shopping… Read more My Manifesto

LET ME IN: Post Launch Activities. No galas for me…

Posted on May 12, 2020May 8, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

 After the thrill of the launch, the hard work began. There was a letdown after all the excitement of the… Read more LET ME IN: Post Launch Activities. No galas for me…

Blogging by a Blogwright

Posted on May 5, 2020May 4, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

News Flash! LET ME IN is a finalist in the Midwest Independent Publisher Association awards! Announcement for the winners will… Read more Blogging by a Blogwright

Wright Writes on Right Rites

Posted on April 28, 2020May 4, 2020 by elainekoyamawrites

How long have I been blogging? I tell many people that it’s been since early 2017 when I began the… Read more Wright Writes on Right Rites

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If the #japaneseinternment isn’t well known on the Mainland, Mainlanders really don’t know much about the internment on Hawaii. Thanks to Doug Chan, here’s a brief article: My aunt was a court steno decades ago at Hickam. She'd heard that the feds operated more than one, and I found this map here: https://www.hawaiiinternment.org/students/internment-camps-hawai%E2%80%98i. #hawaiiinternment #japaneseinternmentcamp #americanhistory #ww2 #honouliuli #honouliuliinternmentcamp #asianamerican #bookresearch
Now I have to go to Hawaii to pursue my #japaneseamerican roots. Tough. Did you know there we@as internment of Japanese in Hawaii during WW2? https://www.honolulumagazine.com/meet-honouliuli-national-historic-sites-first-superintendent/?fbclid=IwAR0D_Z5rdfVO0VHAmOvO39ajyqHzY5pJORH7hr2Xg0M2rEjzhdZg-B7O0wo #japaneseamericaninternment #asianamerican #internment #hawaiihistory
Manzanar Concentration Camp--Only because it was on the road to Mammoth Mountain. I saw the sign and realized I was about to blow by this historically significant piece of Japanese American History. So I cut a U turn and spent a couple hours at the interpretive center. Impressive and humbling. The staff helped me dig up some history on my family's camp experience. Manzanar was the first site to begin consolidating internment information.
Happy Easter! Circa 1958. The Easter that my dad went to church and the beet crop was hailed out. Was it causal or chance? We will never know but it was the last time my dad ever went to church.
Awareness of the Japanese American internment is so low even I didn’t go to Heart Mountain until a couple years ago. Stopped to do research for Book 2. Family met up. Staff were amazing. Restoration of an original barrack with coal burning stoves for warmth. #japaneseamerican #japaneseamericanhistory #asianamerican #asianwriters #heartmountain #codywyoming #buffalobillmuseum #writingresearch #travelingsolo #wanderlust #notallwhowanderarelost #japaneseamericaninternment #wildwest
Cheerleading must be genetic. My dad, the Yell King. Front and center. Circa 1930. #guadalupecalifornia #japaneseamerican #japaneseamericanhistory #japaneseamericanhistory

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