https://www.david-joiner.com/news daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://www.david-joiner.com/news/2026/3/6/lotusland-a-foreword-indies-book-of-the-year-finalist monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/52bc7f79-71e6-42e2-81a2-21606dbafe32/IMG_1912.jpeg News - Lotusland a Foreword Indies Book of the Year Finalist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.david-joiner.com/news/2025/2/17/lotusland-in-asian-review-of-books monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/7e01ca7e-5317-4286-ae94-f1491b275d00/Screenshot+2025-02-09+at+19.49.37.png News - Lotusland in Asian Review of Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.david-joiner.com/news/2024/11/4/japan-writers-conference monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/737c8f5b-c938-4c9c-afd2-200364682e6d/Screenshot+2024-11-04+at+11.56.16.png News - Japan Writers’ Conference https://www.david-joiner.com/news/2024/9/2/cover-release-for-lotusland monthly 0.5 2024-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/2af8b142-5e4a-4545-9d6d-26aec6eb0340/300+dpi.jpg News - Cover Release for Lotusland! - Make it stand out I'm thrilled to share the new cover of the re-release of Lotusland, my debut novel that first came out in 2015 with Guernica Editions. Marie Mutsuki Mockett (@mmmockett) was kind enough, after already generously writing a blurb for The Heron Catchers, to recommend to me the book cover designer Kimberly Glyder (@kglyder). It was a both a pleasure and an honor for me to have Kimberly design Lotusland's new cover, and I'm also pleased to have a series of new blurbs to add to those I received before from Andrew X. Pham (@andrewxuanpham) and Le Ly Hayslip. These blurbs came from Wayne Karlin, Dana Sachs (@dana.sachs), John Balaban, and Michael Tatarski (@mike_tatarski), and I thank them again for taking the time to read Lotusland and endorse it. Lotusland is set for re-release on March 1, 2025, through an imprint I was behind called Painted Veil Press. The re-issue is slightly revised and twenty pages shorter than the original. The re-release will include a foreword, two interviews (one new and one that originally appeared in Rain Taxi), and an essay I wrote about becoming interested in Vietnam and writing the novel (previously published in diaCritics). I'd be eternally grateful for those of you who share this with friends who are interested in Vietnam and literature about the country. 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I found the location of my novel’s cover image…and it’s completely changed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1683863598192-0GO2ANWXRKKROK5INVUL/IMG_1741.jpeg News - I found the location of my novel’s cover image…and it’s completely changed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1683863590268-J770ZYE2S1ZY061NSZ3E/IMG_1743.jpeg News - I found the location of my novel’s cover image…and it’s completely changed https://www.david-joiner.com/news/2023/4/2/my-third-novel-the-heron-catchers-to-be-released-on-november-21-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/5c6d6e59-5863-490d-adf3-9fcd7e00b71e/IMG_1258.PNG News - My Third Novel, The Heron Catchers, to Be Released on November 21, 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.david-joiner.com/news/2023/3/9/kanazawa-a-2022-indies-finalist monthly 0.5 2024-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/23d35056-2e0d-41cb-99c0-c06fe1882b73/Screenshot+2023-03-10+at+9.24.30.png News - 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Our group was fortunate with the weather that day, as rain usually falls at some point during one’s climb. 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It was at this time that I first started writing fiction seriously. (1994) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563857787249-R63ZP3REH247O1KQ3041/20140111_063944.jpg Gallery - Kratie, Cambodia (Copy) Kratie, Cambodia Early one morning in Kratie, Cambodia, before continuing my research on river dolphins living in the Mekong River for an unfinished novel. (January 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859146648-8MVTRINZ3T3XYHN07S8O/IMG_5694.jpg Gallery - Da Lat, Vietnam (Copy) Da Lat, Vietnam On a trip to escape the heat of HCMC where we were living from the end of 2013 until early 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859216246-GJ3NPO776R9RHUKT5NYA/IMG_5355.jpg Gallery - Hoi An, Vietnam (Copy) Hoi An, Vietnam During a trip to Hoi An, Vietnam, where we enjoyed the town’s lantern festival. 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I’ve moved to this seaside resort town for short periods of between one and six months multiple times, often to refocus on my writing following intense work schedules. (January 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859701891-UEK5Z8ZE8W14EEJRL6C0/20140703_182041.jpg Gallery - HCMC, Vietnam (Copy) HCMC, Vietnam Me with So-chan, one of several cats we rescued off the streets of HCMC. He’s one of two we adopted and brought with us when we moved to Kanazawa. He’s also one of the main characters in my short publication Stray Cat City. (July 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859416267-QZ3KU54QQOP4NKMCP1BJ/20140828_092116.jpg Gallery - Angkor Wat (Copy) Angkor Wat On my third or fourth trip to Angkor Wat. The advantage to living in HCMC is its proximity to some inexpensive but wonderful travel opportunities. 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(July 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563868898840-2ZXH5CANYYR1JV5MG78P/11742739_839132399512054_1851802434930274864_n.jpg Gallery - Hanoi, Vietnam (Copy) Hanoi, Vietnam Taking part in a Q&A session following my keynote speech at the 7th Annual Engaging with Vietnam Conference. (July 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563868645226-LZJFHPM2C2GJ988TREFN/11249704_824246724333955_6382336098928739496_n.jpg Gallery - Ottawa, Canada (Copy) Ottawa, Canada Taking part as a panelist on Vietnamese literature alongside Giller Prize-winning novelist Vincent Lam, Caroline Vu, and Denise Chong at Prose in the Park. (June 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1564062881139-TRV2FQKJ12MK6O7T2KXD/12118881_10153591564332159_800786765052571934_n.jpg Gallery - Kyoto, Japan (Copy) Kyoto, Japan Getting ready to give a presentation to members of Writers in Kyoto – of which I’m now a member myself – at Gael Irish Pub. (October 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563857493941-KCMHYUL64WB62780N68J/20160604_204619.jpg Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio (Copy) Cincinnati, Ohio My first novel, Lotusland, on a Joseph Beth bookstore shelf in my hometown of Cincinnati. (2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859644313-8YD4D4E7F3LI6H35F7AR/20160604_111042.jpg Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio (Copy) Cincinnati, Ohio Introducing my wife to the house I grew up in and where my parents still live. (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563858710865-AEO4OESMF2RQK1A4GISF/IMG_6848.jpg Gallery - Kyoto, Japan (Copy) Kyoto, Japan A Xmas trip to Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion, or Kinkakuji. (December 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563860076970-UMPA9Z6SKI9AUS890KN0/IMG_5506+%28427x640%29.jpg Gallery - Tokyo, Japan (Copy) Tokyo, Japan Nothing like draft beer and okonomiyaki with friends after a hot summer day in Tokyo. (2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859842603-WD0C5UQCARHWRDJSS6PZ/20161221_092357.jpg Gallery - Oahu, Hawaii (Copy) Oahu, Hawaii On a Xmas trip to Hawaii, where I lived from 2007-2010. (December 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563867686310-17TJYELSLR097FA533K3/20160920_104605.jpeg Gallery - Lake Garda, Italy (Copy) Lake Garda, Italy I’m not sure I’ve been anywhere as beautiful as Lake Garda. If I ever go back, I want to stay longer than only a week. (September 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563867610299-67LKZMXWMT30JX09E0F9/20161001_114126.jpeg Gallery - Tuscany, Italy (Copy) Tuscany, Italy Standing amidst the rolling hills of Tuscany, eagerly anticipating lunch. (October 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859376640-H00BCZ8PWTM3PVD0YK1Q/20161030_113811.jpg Gallery - Kanazawa, Japan (Copy) Kanazawa, Japan In front of Omicho Market in Kanazawa, Japan. (October 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563861438217-UKGAEHM9R7V7CYU0FHU1/20160403_115216.jpg Gallery - Kanazawa, Japan (Copy) Kanazawa, Japan Drinking sake (and red wine) under the blooming cherry trees along the Sai River, a short walk from where we live. (April 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563859936978-8KZE6S8J6RX05BROL00Q/FB_IMG_1493043746831.jpg Gallery - Notojima, Japan (Copy) Notojima, Japan Camping with friends on Notojima, along the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa prefecture. (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563857394746-8Z7DJ31J5ETA6UHYB9XU/20170920_073515.jpg Gallery - Hakusan, Japan (Copy) Hakusan, Japan On the way down from Mt. Haku (2702 m) in Ishikawa prefecture where we live. The mountain features in my latest novel, Kanazawa. (September 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563868124466-0X7TXR11FNGAZ5ZLKU0A/20170920_052641.jpg Gallery - Hakusan, Japan (Copy) Hakusan, Japan At sunrise on the top of Hakusan, where the originator gods of Japan are enshrined. Mt. Haku and its summit featured in my most recently written novel, Kanazawa. (September 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563868246869-NMNDK89FJDNYCZKB8I77/20170920_055101.jpg Gallery - Hakusan, Japan (Copy) Hakusan, Japan Sunrise on Hakusan. (September 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563858126529-6VMYZTBPR15W68SU4MW7/IMG_20180728_181025.jpg Gallery - Kanazawa, Japan (Copy) Kanazawa, Japan On TV in Kanazawa, discussing my Japanese friend’s Buddhist sculptures. (July 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563867780007-8IAGQZFN9RN5AW3B9M1S/20160910_130752.jpeg Gallery - Shiramine, Japan (Copy) Shiramine, Japan Shiramine is one of my favorite places in Ishikawa prefecture, and also in all Japan. It’s a very traditional mountain village, where the nature is virtually unspoiled. The village as well as the sumo tournament in this photo are featured in my most recently completed novel, Kanazawa. 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It’s also the setting for roughly half of my most recent novel, The Heron-Catchers, which is scheduled for publication in late 2023 or early 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563861539261-8JOKG3JW0F5RJY2O8PH1/1518517772665.jpg Gallery - Yamanaka Onsen (Copy) Yamanaka Onsen As you can see in this photo of our house in Yamanaka Onsen, winters are worth escaping. At the same time, heavy snowfalls like this can result in caved-in rooftops, so it can be a risk to get away. (January 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563861118145-Z06EYAPMR8IFOUWJXLXB/IMG_20180615_140936.jpg Gallery - Yamanaka Onsen (Copy) Yamanaka Onsen My writing room at our house in Yamanaka Onsen. (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53e4735de4b0206c1efda7d8/1563858603353-F1H47MDZ3W4FVNBQ8MPW/IMG_20180510_062620.jpg Gallery - Yamanaka Onsen (Copy) Yamanaka Onsen The village where we have a house. 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