WORK TOWARDS YOUR DREAM, SHINE IN TOMORROW
- Koichi Kawato
(character from the manga, Rookies, by Masamori Morita)
Welcome to my site. I am a writer based in Long Beach, California. I am the author of a novella based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, titled, Sword of the Undead. I have also written a personal finance book, titled, $10 a Day Towards, $1,000,000, and recently published a book, titled, Toe Up to 10K, which is about my recovery from spinal cord injury.
My interests are eclectic, so under the "My Interests" tab, topics will be separated. I know writers are expected to specialize in a particular type or genre, but although there are genres and topics I prefer, I would rather not be limited. Not to compare myself to acting greats, but James Cagney did not make only gangster flicks, nor did John Wayne make only Westerns, so why should authors do the same?
In June, 2012, I came down with meningitis, and as a result, temporarily loss the use of my legs. I wasn't guaranteed to walk again, although doctors did think that I would walk well enough after two years. I reached that point of "well enough" in around a year, and although I do not walk as smoothly as I did when I became ill, the visual difference is nil. My running speed has not yet returned, but I am confident that I will be able to run as well as I did before the illness. I wrote a book about my recovery titled, Toe Up to 10K. The book won a Gold Medal in the 2015 Readers' Favorite Book Awards in the category, non-fiction inspirational.
My first novella, Sword of the Undead, is currently out of print, in physical form. I re-titled it and will be re-issuing it in ebook format. The new title of the book is Samurai Vampire, Book II: Sword of the Undead. The price of the book will be $1.99, which is lower than the price for the current version. The tentative date for this release is September 1, 2016.