Category: writing
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Separate’s cover with finishing touches
by Sairung: We just wrapped up the process of getting reviews. Now Separate, our supernatural horror adventure novel, has quotes on the front and back covers. The full reviews are inside the book. Here’s our front cover: Here’s our back cover: We love them. What do you think?
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300+ Hours into Horizon Forbidden West (continued)
by Sairung: Continued from my previous post: 300+ Hours into Horizon Forbidden West Hunting Grounds Trials are unforgiving in Zero Dawn, but I feel like they are even more irrational in Forbidden West. Certain challenges seem to be about repeating them until you luck out. For example: Hunting Grounds: Sheerside Mountains / Plasma Blast Trial.…
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300+ Hours into Horizon Forbidden West
by Sairung: Horizon Forbidden West is an action role-playing somewhat open world game. It’s the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn. You fight a variety of menacing machines in an apocalyptic futuristic world. I played Zero Dawn, enjoyed it, and excitedly looked forward to Forbidden West. I’ve been playing Forbidden West for over 300 hours. I…
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How our back cover looks
by Sairung: Below is the back cover design for Separate, our supernatural horror adventure novel. It uses elements from some alternate cover designs that were not picked (they did not appear in the cover poll). It’s beautiful. We love it! What do you think? For those who didn’t see our front cover in the previous…
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Our cover poll results are in
by Sairung: And the winner is … the picture you see below! This cover was our personal #1 choice from the beginning. We loved all the cover designs made by our publisher, Koehler Books. All of them were beautiful and awesome. But ranked in order of preference, that’s our favorite. It exudes horror exactly the…
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Fish-shaped snacks
by Sairung: I saw these interesting desserts recently at a mall and had to try them out. They are called taiyaki. A mixture of flour, sugar, and what else I don’t know is poured onto a fish-shaped waffle iron. Then, you can add fillings like taro paste, red bean paste, etc. They are properly sweet,…
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We’re asking for your help to choose our novel’s cover design!
by Sairung: Exciting news! The initial designs for our novel’s cover, Separate, are finished. There are two finalists. They both are beautiful and fit our genre – supernatural horror adventure. We’re asking you to please be a part of this process: help us choose which design will be our cover. To vote, follow this link:…
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Our debut novel: Separate
by Sairung: Rojana Bensen, the protagonist, believes that ghosts are spiteful and dangerous spirits. Born and raised in the US to an American dad and a Thai mom, Rojana (nicknamed Na) enrolls in a paranormal psychology course at her university. Na’s interest in the course stems from news about a cousin in Thailand being attacked…
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At last, I found delicious banana bread!
by Sairung: Let me tell you about my journey to discover delicious banana bread. I had been searching for good banana bread since marrying my husband Alan and moving from Thailand to the US nearly two decades ago. I bought banana bread from almost every store that sold it. Each was either dry, flavorless, pure…
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Asparagus, asparagus
by Sairung: You might recall from my previous posts that I’m a vegetarian who likes almost every vegetable. Today I would like to talk about asparagus. Grilled, well salted asparagus is so delicious. It’s good on its own and serves as an awesome side to any food. I also like it stir-fried. There’s a wonderful…
Two Suns & Separate 