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4/2020 Writing update

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Tomas

April 2020 has came to an end – and so did another stage of my writing process. Let’s get to the details.

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What to take care of before self-publishing

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Tomas

Today, I’ll look into the things one might need to take care of before self-publishing a book (apart from writing the book) and also at what point in time to take care of it.

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Eat a deer, save the woods

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Tomas

Today, I’ll make an unusual post – a bit of ecology and a look at the struggling natural balance in the present time, as well as a look into the past and how it can be used in fiction.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged biology, Fantasy, nature, Writing | 2 Comments

Storytelling: passing the mantle

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Tomas

Especially in coming-of-age stories, but not limited to them, comes the time when one character passes down his role (usually leadership) to someone else. Sometimes it’s planned act, sometimes a necessity. Today, I’ll look into this story element.

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Gender and combat roles in history and fiction

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Tomas

Today, I’ll have a look at the difference when it comes to participation in combat by gender – starting with some look into history and bilogy and then how fiction can change some of the aspects, as well as one of the major tropes.

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Beta reader demographics

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Tomas

As I was seeking potential beta readers, I’ve began to notice some similarities – and realized there are a few main types of people doing beta reading. So today, I share my personal classification of a kind.

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3/2020 Writing update

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Tomas

In March, the world went into a chaos, yet I managed to get some writing done – though the situation meant I had little track of it.

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The ‘Never have I ever’ tag

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Tomas

These days are quite weird, so I decided to go out of my comfort zone and share something about my writing in this format. So, let’s get to it.

Warning: some answers might be a shocking revelations.

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Orwellian echoes of a pandemic

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Tomas

Here comes an unusual post from me: a look into how technology once considered out of Sci-Fi could help in the present troubling times, and some other thoughts on the current situation.

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Hiking: the 2020 madness

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Tomas

This year seems to be weird world-wide, but for a while, the only way it impacted me as someone living in the central Europe was the unnaturaly warm weather.

Until February, when things went downhill. And suddenly, the fact this is my worst start of a year hiking-wise in a few years is not as troubling.

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