I’m upgrading website.  The software was waaaaaaaaay  out of date and needed updating.  The software was updated and the theme had to be updated.  I have to customize the theme to get it back to what it was.

I will get you back to your regularly scheduled Isle of Math, soon.

– Your mathematically challenged, Admin.

My myspace profile.  It’s the same as my name–kieletakeuchi.

There you can read chapters 1-3 of The Isle of Math for free!  Feel free to make all the comments you want.  Or leave me a message or something.

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Full name? Kiele Kione Takeuchi

Where do you live? California, but I’ve also lived in Hawaii…hence the name Kiele. At some point or other I had some Japanese ancestry, but it’s so far back that only the last name shows it.

What possessed you to write a book about math? College geometry. Trying to prove that 1 didn’t equal 0 made absolutely no sense. That and the fact that no one’s ever written a book about hating math before. There was a blaring necessity for it.

What was your goal in writing a book about hating math? Hmm. I had quite a few goals. 1. First of all, there’s a need for this type book. Poll any random algebra class, and at least 75% of them will say they hate math. 2. For those who hate math really passionately, they tend to want to vent their frustration. Why not read about a math teacher whose life is ruined by math rather than burning that algebra book? It’s much cheaper. 3. To show how silly some of those college professors can be. 4. To vent my own frustration with math. 5. There are more reasons, but I can’t think of them at the moment.

Have you written any other novels? Yes, but they’re still in my editing pile. Lately I’ve been working on short stories and articles for magazines.

What do you do in your spare time? Reading and writing, obviously. I like to travel. Hawaii’s always been a favorite, but I’d like to travel abroad someday.

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