Thank you for visiting Pikko’s House, the creative portfolio and service website for Crystal Watanabe, freelance editor for independent authors. Want to learn more about how the Pikko’s House team can help you get your work ready for publication or submission?

Thank you for visiting Pikko’s House, the creative portfolio and service website for Crystal Watanabe, freelance editor for independent authors. Want to learn more about how the Pikko's House team can help you get your work ready for publication or submission?

Pikko’s House was founded in 2014, after New York Times bestselling author Hugh Howey encouraged Crystal to open up shop.

Since then, Crystal has worked on over 1,000 projects.

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Pikko’s House is dedicated to providing top-notch professional editorial services. Crystal has experience working with more than 300 indie authors and provides services for Big Five publishers.

See what satisfied clients think.

Crystal launched SimpleMarkup, a fiction editor’s webcomic, in October 2017. It stars fictional editor Edie Grammar, who slaves away at her desk, helping clients improve their stories.

SimpleMarkup is released online every Wednesday.

SimpleMarkup Archives

Catch up on all the previous comics, going all the way back to the beginning!

SimpleMarkup Store

Are you an Edie Grammar fan? Head on over to the SimpleMarkup store for merchandise!

SimpleMarkup Book

What what? A SimpleMarkup book full of Edie? Coming sometime in 2019! (Hopefully)

Crystal is the coauthor of two cute Japanese bento cookbooks called Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches and Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season.

Both books are published by Quirk Books.

Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches

Published in 2010, the first Yum-Yum Bento Box cookbook features cute obento made by Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa.

Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season

Published in 2016, Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round is the follow-up to the first book, set around holiday-themed obento.

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