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July hiking: the big (mis)adventure part 2

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Tomas

I’m returning to the post from the previous week with the second part. So, let’s get to it (and the photos, of course!)

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Posted in Hiking, Photography | Tagged Hiking, nature, photo | 1 Comment

Book review: The White Owl

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Tomas

This is a book that has, pretty much, found me. And I’m really glad for it, because it went straight into my favorites even before it was finished.

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5 years on the journey

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Tomas

This is a spontaneous out-of-schedule post because there’s something tied to this very date that deserves it: it’s already five years since I started writing. Where the hell has the time gone?

And so I thought I’d make a small look back and reflect a bit on those five years.

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Posted in Writing | Tagged personal, Writing | 3 Comments

July hiking: The big (mis)adventure part 1

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Tomas

I’ve held off writing the usual monthly hiking retrospective for several reasons. One of them being that I haven’t passed this self-imposed test nowhere nearly as well as I’d like to. The second being that the rainy July didn’t help my mood to sort through photos.

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Posted in Hiking, Photography | Tagged Hiking, mountains, nature | 6 Comments

Book review: Michael Chatfield’s Death Knight series, books 4 and 5

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Tomas

Following the merged review of the first three books, I’m tackling the last two the same way.

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Book review: Michael Chatfield’s Death Knight series, books 1-3

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Tomas

My next read was a bit unusual pick – a book series promising a short, light-hearted fantasy. Which delivered on its promise. Due to the books being short, I’m merging the individual reviews of the first three books into a single post.

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6/2020 Writing update

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Tomas

June went by quite fast – though part of this was because I spent a week in the hills. But I’ve also continued the preparation stage for the launch of my book, focusing mostly on research related to cover design.

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Building a World: Eltoria & royal palace

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Tomas

You might remember my ‘Forging a character’ posts from a while ago. And while I’ve (almost) exhausted the stories behind creating characters… there are stories left to tell about creating the world.

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Book review: The Soulweb

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Tomas

After a long hiatus from pleasure reading caused my a sequence of beta-swaps, I came back to it with a book that promised a fast-paced fantasy adventure. And it fulfilled its promise, though not without (minor) issues.

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Inspiration: from SF and technology to fantasy

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Tomas

In this post, I’ll look into some cases when Sci-Fi inspired my writing, despite the fact I’m writing fantasy.

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