Friday 7 October 2022

Shaking Off the Dust (a note from S.M. Shigemitsu)

    Greetings from a long-neglected blog site!

    I will be honest. I am not a blogger. However, as a writer, I am learning to use this media platform as a way to let people know about my writing.

    As for (re)opening this blog, I (and I am sure others who have visited this blog) have noticed it has been 2 years since my last entry.

    I have learned that blog writing takes commitment and discipline. I have to admit I admire (and could not help but wonder) how people can keep their blogs alive and active -- not to mention eye-catching and entertaining. That is a talent indeed!

    And so, as I blow off the dust from this long-neglected blog. I would like to reintroduce myself to the world of blogging.

    My name is S.M. Shigemitsu, but I go by Michiru Nagashigeh on this site because that is my pen name. I am a novice writer of fantasy and fiction. I have written short stories in the past (one for an anthology, another for a devotional at a North American Baptist college I graduated from), and one in Japanese (of which I posted on a Japanese writing site then known as Novel Days).

    My hobbies are reading and writing, including occasional drawing and movie watching.

    Pleased to meet you! よろしくお願いいたします。



 

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