Comments on: A novel about anime, peacemaking and kidnapping

By: MatthewL

MatthewL — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:29:43 +0000

I am a 21 year old student at Bluffton University. I would love to help out with your book. I have been addicted to anime for the last 5 years. I not only know a lot about anime but also about other aspects of otaku culture, such as visual novels, and manga. I’ll let the other members of the anime club here to see if anyone else is interested in helping.

By: Kathleen Kern

Kathleen Kern — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:31:13 +0000

Hi, thanks to you both for your offer to help, but I’ve actually had several people read it who are good writers and editors. What I’m missing is a reader with knowledge of anime. I was a bit surprised that no one from any of the anime sites I posted this request on responded. Back before my eyes went bad, I would have read anything–even stuff I knew I wouldn’t like–for $20. I read three Faulkner novels simply because a friend of mine liked them and I still don’t like Faulkner.

It makes me wonder if anime enthusiasts read.

By: Skylark

Skylark — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:51:55 +0000

I have a lot more free time right now than David does. I’m happy to give this a go. I’m a 26-year-old Anabapist-but-goes-to-a-UCC-church-right-now female with limited knowledge of anime but a background in writing and editing.

I have a Mac and use Pages. I can open Microsoft documents in Pages, make comments in Pages, and then convert it back to Microsoft, but I don’t think the “track changes” feature transfers very well.

My email is kralyks4 (at) yahoo (dot) com

By: DavidC

DavidC — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:31:19 +0000

When would you need this by? I am a 26 year old evangelical Anabaptist with an occasionally slightly pedantic vocabulary. (I don’t know much about Japanese Anime, though!) I could possibly give this a read over Christmas break (Dec 15 - Jan 15) but no sooner. Would that be a possibility? (If so, you can contact me at david.c.cramer[at]gmail.com)