http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/1700 Comments for "The Making of Mamo's Weeds: Mystery of an L.A. Gardener's Life" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/1700 <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/SMALLjanm_1953_2400695.jpg" title="View: SMALLjanm_1953_2400695.jpg"><img style="width: px; height:px;" src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/SMALLjanm_1953_2400695.jpg" class="inline" alt="SMALLjanm_1953_2400695.jpg" title="SMALLjanm_1953_2400695.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong>The Making of Mamo’s Weeds: Mystery of an L.A. Gardener’s Life</strong><br /> By Naomi Hirahara<br /> <br></p> <p>As I’ve stated before in interviews, it took me 15 years to get my first novel published. I rewrote it numerous times (maybe the first chapter 33 times!), eliminated major characters, revamped the plot, and changed the title about four times. The one thing that stayed the same was the lead character, Mas Arai, a Japanese American gardener and atomic bomb survivor.</p> <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/1700">read more</a></p> http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/1700#comment Media &amp; Entertainment Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:37:30 -0700 editor 1700 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum