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<\/p>\n Welcome! <\/span><\/p>\n I began a writing career in Japan over 15 years ago with a book on ancient Japanese nobility. Now I find myself writing about the paranormal. Writing is an odyssey through the subconscious mind-you don't know where you will end up on your journey, but it's always an enlightening one. My purpose as a writer is to express what is left unsaid in the mind and heart, and to express what needs to expressed. If my writing can influence the way society views issues of profound significance, such as love and death, then I’m happy. Writing for me is more then setting words down on paper-it is an art that has the power to detoxify the negativity in our lives. As Anais Nin said, "I think we have to go through this process of alchemy so that even the horrible things we have experienced are transformed into creative experiences." <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I value courage and integrity in writing, and resonate with the words of Susan Sontag, who “insisted that with literary talent came an obligation to speak out on the great issues of the day.” I believe that if we have the gift to articulate in an artistic or creative way, we should use it for the good of society.<\/span><\/p>\n To keep writing as long as I’m alive-this is my raison detre.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n My writer’s bucket list-<\/span><\/p>\n To keep a life long diary or blog<\/span><\/p>\n To publish a book of my travels throughout Japan on Buddhist sites I have visited.<\/span><\/p>\n A book on macrobiotics and how it can change the health and wellness landscape of the 21st<\/sup> century.<\/span><\/p>\n Environmental racism is a topic that fascinates me, and I’d like to write a novel centered on this theme.<\/span><\/p>\n To write a children’s book-I have written a short story, “Kayawa” centered on the border issues that Japan has with Korea…<\/span><\/p>\n More to come:)<\/span><\/p>\n I hope you enjoy this site-please scroll down to read more about my books <\/p>\n A THOUSAND YEARS OF LOVE<\/a> is an historical novel set in ancient<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Kyoto, Japan, and Hangzhou, China, a city described by Marco Polo as “the<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n greatest in the world.”<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n BUY ON AMAZON<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BUY ON TRAFFORD PUBLISHING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n "I am half-way through Avia Belle Moon's "A Thousand Years of Love<\/a>" . If you haven't picked it up, I highly recommend you do so. Indeed, even through the masterful translations of Waley, Siedensticker, Royall Tyler and the brilliant studies by Ivan Morris and others, Heian culture and times are frustratingly distant, foreign, alien, inaccessible – at least for me. What is wonderful about Avia Belle Moon's novel is that in addition to being delightful reading, it provides the average Western reader with access to the culture and times of Lady Murasaki in a way no other modern novel I have read – English or Japanese – does. I plan to post more substantive thoughts on the book Rodney Horikawa![\"\"](\"http:\/\/aviabellemoon.com\/author\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/avia-300x79.png\" "\\"avia\\"")
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\n\t\tUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
\n\t\tCampus Community Partnerships Team<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n