Guest Post: Sumo and a Trip to Mars from Author Jennifer Griffith

Ladies and Gents, I am just tickled pink to introduce our guest blogger today, Jennifer Griffith, author of Big in Japan, just released this past week.  Find my review of this fun book here and don't forget to enter our Rafflecopter drawing for a free copy!  I admire Jennifer not only for her writing skills, but also for her determination to write about something that interested her even though she didn't know much about it.  She made herself an aficionado and shared this subsequent story in her delightful voice.  Heeere's Jenny!

SUMO AND A TRIP TO MARS

I’ve just finished my fourth novel. Yeehaw! Sometimes I think Big In Japan is just as much a surprise to me as it is to everyone else. It covers a topic I’d never have expected to write about, and the first six months as I frittered with the story I kept rolling my eyes at myself because it’s about…sumo wrestling. With a love story.

Who writes about that?

No one. Especially not me. I’m kind of just a short white girl. I’m not in that game at all! However, when I lived in Japan for 18 months I got a love for the country and the people and the language, and sumo is such a part of the Japanese culture, how could I resist? Then, as I dug deeper into the topic it got more and more fascinating.