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Dan Sato

Dan Sato

@tellthestory.bsky.social

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Author, retired English teacher, current denizen of a Seattle suburb, but formerly of Honolulu. He/him. Querying: Frank Matsura: Samurai Photographer in the Western Frontier (alternative title: This Dark Blue Village)

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 13h

Noriko tells #FrankMatsura to step up and engage with his community. #WIPsnips #writesky #historicalfiction #amquerying #asian-american

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 13h

Noriko tells #FrankMatsura to step up and engage with his community. #WIPsnips #writesky #historicalfiction #amquerying #asian-american

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 1d

I am experimentally adapting my unpub #FrankMatsura novel into a play. It isn't very good, but it's helping me to see spots in the novel that need improvement. So, a useful exercise! #writesky #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t have the larger context, but Ms. Wragg appears to be a really horrible person.

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks. I appreciate that.

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 2d

Same

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 2d

Love that it's a Halloween-set WIPsnip!

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 2d

#FrankMatsura, alone in his cabin, briefly lapses into self-pity for his shortened life. Samurai, BTW, thought of themselves as cherry blossoms, destined to live only briefly before falling. #WIPsnips #ancestor #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 2d

#FrankMatsura, alone in his cabin, briefly lapses into self-pity for his shortened life. Samurai, BTW, thought of themselves as cherry blossoms, destined to live only briefly before falling. #WIPsnips #ancestor #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 3d

The American frontier was more diverse than it is in the public imagination. White people came from different countries, didn't all speak English, didn't all get along. There were various sexualities & genders. There were Black pioneers. And not all Asians worked the railroad. #writesky #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know if any literary agent will see what I'm trying to do. Like Anne Tyler and Hemingway, I want to write simple, clear, declarative sentences. I want my prose to be transparent and unshowy, like a good haiku, through which the reader can experience my narrative. #writesky #amquerying

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 4d

#FrankMatsura was betrothed to Noriko, but had to abandon her when he was diagnosed with TB. Years later, she comes to Okanogan to visit for two days and then leaves. (Don't worry— she'll be back.) #WIPsnips #spell #writesky #amquerying #historicalfiction #asian-american

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 4d

#FrankMatsura was betrothed to Noriko, but had to abandon her when he was diagnosed with TB. Years later, she comes to Okanogan to visit for two days and then leaves. (Don't worry— she'll be back.) #WIPsnips #spell #writesky #amquerying #historicalfiction #asian-american

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 5d

From a #WIPsnip three months ago.

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 5d

Not in my query: my novel is partly about how a person who is othered because he is culturally different will sometimes claim that otherness as essential to his identity and will unwittingly create and embrace the cage that isolates him. #FrankMatsura #writesky #amquerying #historicalfiction

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 6d

#FrankMatsura could be pretty silly. It's one of the things I like best about him, and it's one of the hardest things to depict. #WIPsnips #writesky #amquerying #asian-american #historicalfiction

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 6d

#FrankMatsura could be pretty silly. It's one of the things I like best about him, and it's one of the hardest things to depict. #WIPsnips #writesky #amquerying #asian-american #historicalfiction

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 7d

Synonym. Some Japanese might take exception to this characterization, but I think in 1901, it was more true than not. Maybe not today. #FrankMatsura #WIPsnips #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 7d

"If we do not allow ourselves to be shocked by this kind of racism," we are accepting it as a fact of life." Do not allow hatred to be normalized.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 7d

FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Zohran Mamdani with Ayman Mohyeldin

New York City Democratic Mayoral Nominee @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social joined @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social in an exclusive one-on-one interview with @ayman.msnbc.com.

FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Zohran Mamdani with Ayman Mohyeldin

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 7d

Synonym. Some Japanese might take exception to this characterization, but I think in 1901, it was more true than not. Maybe not today. #FrankMatsura #WIPsnips #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 8d

😂 Yeah, some kids just don't have filters, but you gotta love how honest and real they can be.

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 8d

When I was a teacher, I knew what assumptions my students made when they looked at me. I applied that perspective to the first chapter of my novel. #FrankMatsura. #WIPsnips #hat #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 8d

When I was a teacher, I knew what assumptions my students made when they looked at me. I applied that perspective to the first chapter of my novel. #FrankMatsura. #WIPsnips #hat #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american #amquerying

Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 9d

Sexy Breaking Bad Season 4

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 10d

Shishido tells #FrankMatsura to stop wasting his time washing dishes in Seattle and strike out for the country. #WIPsnips #total #writesky #historicalfiction #asian-american