I’ve completed Part 2 of what I think will be four parts of the next Shinsengumi book, which I began writing about two and a half years ago. In August 2017, about a month into this project, I thought that, ““without stumbles, confusion, unexpected (i.e., new) discoveries, misunderstandings . . . ,“ I might finish within a couple years. But the deeper I got into it, the deeper I’ve delved. It’s a time-consuming occupation. I hope to finish within the next two or three years.

Thanks to all of my readers for their support.

Think big, create, persevere!

[The photo of the original miniature Shinsengumi banner appears in my Shinsengumi: The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps, courtesy of Hijikata Toshizo Museum.]