This post will be the last one depicting my week-long August holidays. The last two days still had a lot to see and I wasn’t willing to let anything just pass by if it was within reach, despite the piling fatigue.
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Hiking: Sandstone and sandals pt.3
After the fourth day, the halfway mark of my holiday, I’ve had walked around 100km. And I was nowhere near done…
Continue readingWriting: the curse of publication?
This will be a bit different post, focused on what changes when you become a published writer, and is mostly a reaction to a post by Ed White as well as a post by K.M Allan about releasing a hard-to-write book.
Continue readingHiking: Sandstone and sandals pt.2
Last week, I covered the first two days of my week-long hiking trip. Let’s move on to the third and fourth days.
Continue readingHiking: 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.
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