Last week, I covered the first two days of my week-long hiking trip. Let’s move on to the third and fourth days.
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Hiking: Sandstone and sandals pt.1
My main hiking trip of 2022 led me, for once, into the lowlands. 8 days, of which most were to be spent in an area dominated by sandstone. The forecast, promising hot days, led me to opt-in for leaving hiking boots at home and go with just hiking sandals. As usual with my past holiday travel posts, I’ll split them into couples. So, let’s have a look at the first two days…
Continue readingWorldbuilding: language skills in fiction
In today’s post, I’ll look into another aspect of world-building: languages and language skills of character, focusing on fictional worlds.
Continue readingJuly hiking retrospective
This year, July has given me fewer chances to hike than I hope, due to weather. Of the five weekends, I’ve managed to go hiking only twice – but that’s something, and I took a couple of photos on my way, too.
Continue reading7/2022 Summary
July has passed by quite fast. And while it wasn’t the worst month, it lagged behind expectations a bit. Let’s see why…
Continue readingCreative anniversary
This July marks the 5-year anniversary of my blog and 7-year anniversary of my writing journey. So, I guess it’s time for a small retrospective and reflection.
Continue readingBook review: The Butcher’s endsong
When the next book in James Harrington’s Drakin series was announced, I was quite hyped. More so when it was said it’ll follow another plotline concurrent to Empire of Ashes. And while I’m bad at managing my expectations… I wasn’t disappointed.
Continue readingStorytelling: holding grudges
In today’s post, I’ll look into an aspect of human nature that could be used for both good and wrong in writing. From helping to make a character relatable to making them look extremely foolish.
Continue readingBook review: Sea Dragon
The sixth book in Eileen Mueller’s Riders of Fire series stands out a bit – it’s not the sixth book in the traditional sense but a parallel book focusing on a secondary plot line.
Continue readingJune hiking: the month of returns pt.2
Continuing my look back at my June hikes with another couple of returns to places I’ve visited before – one of those places had changed a lot since then.
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