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Book review: Dragon War

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Tomas

The fifth book in Eileen Mueller’s series sees the story head towards an action-packed conclusion.

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Posted in Books, Fantasy | Tagged book review, Fantasy | 1 Comment

June hiking: the month of returns pt.1

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Tomas

June had seen me return to old places. In this post, I’ll cover the first two.

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Posted in Hiking, Photography | Tagged Hiking, mountains, nature, photo | 2 Comments

6/2022 Summary

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Tomas

June had seen my life calming down a bit, but it had also seen my hobbies shuffled around when it comes to the time I gave to each of them. Especially as there were some new things…

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged personal | 6 Comments

Storytelling details: custom swearwords

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Tomas

Today, I’m delving into a topic that may be quite unusual: swear words in writing. Specifically, when writers have characters use swears specific to the story. I’ll aim for both a general approach and my personal opinion.

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Posted in Books, Writing | Tagged Books, reading, Writing | 8 Comments

Book review: Dragon Strike

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Tomas

The fourth book of Eileen Mueller’s Riders of Fire series forces some characters to face their unpleasant past. And while the story goes on at a decent pace, there are still what I consider minor gaps.

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Hiking: Windy days

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Tomas

In this post, I’m looking at the last two hikes of May 2022. They both had one thing in common: slightly windy weather.

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Posted in Hiking, Photography | Tagged Hiking, mountains, nature, photo | 7 Comments

The Bookworm’s tag

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Tomas

I think it’s been a while since I’ve revealed some “fun” facts about me in a not-so-serious way, so here comes another tag.

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Posted in Books | Tagged Books, personal, reading | 11 Comments

Book review: Dragon Rift

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Tomas

The third book in Eileen Mueller’s series shows more backstory, but also smaller plotholes and reveals one peculiar danger of writing.

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5/2022 Summary

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Tomas

After I moved in April (and all the chaos that accompanied it), May gave me more time to focus on my hobbies. Maybe more time than I expected…

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Hiking: Blooming woods

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Tomas

In this post, I’ll look at the first two weekends of May 2022. As the title says, most of the allure came from the blossoms on the forest floor… but the shape of land near and far was also a welcome sight.

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