Why I Wrote The Shadow Watcher
Hello everyone. I wanted to share a little about myself and the feeling behind The Shadow Watcher . Where it came from, and why it became what it is. The Shadow Watcher isn't the first written work I've done, but it is one of the few I've been ready to put out into the world. What pulled me toward writing it was a simple decision: I wanted to write something that scared me. A book that leaned into fear instead of running from it. That's how the shadows came in. I'm scared of the dark. I've had brushes with what felt like sleep paralysis, that sense of a shadowy figure standing at the edge of the room. I wanted to take that small, quiet fear and give it form. But once I had the concept, something was missing. I knew, very strongly, that the story had to be set in Japan. I love Japan. I have other stories planned in other countries, but for this one it had to be Japan. Specifically the older Edo period, the era of shrines and persecution. That world held somet...
