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Jul.31.2011
Gina (www.ginacolliasuzuki.com) is still intensely focused on two fiction projects in their advanced stages, an history degree course and working on her next academic work on Japanese art as well. Oh, she’s also managing to find time to maintain her ‘Angry Birds’ high score ranking of being...
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Apr.22.2011
There's a peculiar thing that I didn't mention in the blog I wrote a while ago about how I met Gina. At the time, before I even knew her name, an absolute 'knowing' came over me that I have never been able to explain. It overwhelmed me but was in turn overwhelmed by the fact that I was falling in...
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Apr.18.2011
Today, I'm writing this while on an early flight to Frankfurt accompanied by the usual mix of business people and the occasional traveller. No fuss, no noise, no excitement. Just the usual.
Last week, things were a little different. I found myself on a long haul flight while sat amongst thirty-...
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Jun.19.2010
Well, it's exciting times here in Collia-Suzuki Towers. Gina's latest novel, The Delightful Undoing of Patricia Enid Guppy, is being launched at Waterstone's Bath on the 10th July. For those of you outside the UK, the Waterstone's Group is the largest and most successful high street bookseller...
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May.25.2010
I had quite a surprise last week that I found hilarious and shocking at the same time. My work took me to the US, and for the 1st time I ordered take out food to eat while I was working from my hotel room.
Amongst the things that I ordered, I also wanted a drink so I initially asked for a can...
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Nov.28.2009
Il destino. Destiny.
Some things are meant to be. Some people are meant to meet.
Gina and I were in the same place at the same time countless times throughout our childhood, despite living quite a distance from each other. I’ll write about that some other time. Today, a day before a very special...
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Nov.24.2009
Following the discussion on the Red Room blog, "How to sell your wife - Tips for partners of authors" where a request was made for an Author's Husband Clone application, I am pleased to announce that the prototype for this is under development and should be available sometime soon, after...
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Nov.22.2009
If this is the first time you’ve read my blogs, it may shock you to know that for over a year now I’ve been doing almost everything I can do to sell my wife. Today, I’m hoping that my blog will encourage you to sell your loved one too, as long as he or she is an author.
Now, before you run to a...
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Nov.20.2009
I’ve found it surprising to realise how ‘noisy’ and chaotic most of my life has been. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, however it’s been interesting for me to look back at my life and see that even as a child I always sought ways to find a place just to ‘be’, no distractions, no chaos; just me,...
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Nov.11.2009
Last week I proudly showed Gina’s books that are on display in the window of Waterstones, Weston-super-Mare, to two bewildered security officers. They were bewildered because their reason for being there was to apprehend me in a shopping centre for taking unauthorised photos within the mall area....
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Oct.07.2009
A particularly happy day today. Gina is an intensely focused writer, often working from the moment she wakes up until 4 or 5 in the morning. As anyone who follows my blogs knows, I am very proud of her and certainly do not begrudge her working practices. It’s always been my opinion that any...
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Sep.10.2009
Tonight, as I walked towards our home, I paused for a moment and looked at the way it stood, silhouetted against the clear, starry night sky. I took in the grand old shape of the building, a converted Victorian mansion built in the 1850s, and then looked to the left to see the dark outline of the...
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Jun.26.2009
Rant alert.
I’ve worked some pretty long hours over the years in my job. 80-90 hours a week was not unusual for a very long time and there have been times in our life where, to make ends meet, I have held down 4 jobs at the same time.
The thing is, I have never claimed that I worked harder than...
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May.10.2009
Following on from my blogs about 'Being a writer's husband' and 'Being a writer's husband at booksignings', I thought I'd post about the tough part of being an observer standing on the outside of a creative process.
Over the years I’ve watched Gina ‘create’ through writing, drawing, painting and...
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Apr.29.2009
Leading on from my blog about helping Gina at booksignings called 'Being a writer's husband at booksignings', I thought I'd write up a blog about how to get bookmarks for just over a cent each in the hope it would help any of you who do booksignings and wanted some extra promotional collateral. :)...
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About Ryoma
My name is Ryoma Collia-Suzuki. I'm the proud husband of wonderful artist, frightfully serious art historian and incredibly silly novelist, Gina Collia-Suzuki. This blog is a collection of mutterings and musings of mine, mostly related to what it's...
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PETA
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Ryoma’s Favorite Books
Utamaro Revealed, Utamaro colour prints and paintings, all of Mr Hillier's other books, Pride and Predjudice, Night Watch, Candide, The Age of Reason,...
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