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Thoughts and fantasies of Tomas K. "Grizzly"; hiker, fantasy literature fan and aspring writer

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Writing: point of view dilemma

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll share some thoughts about a situation when it might be hard to choose the point-of-view character for a scene.

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Book review: Battle Mage

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Tomas

The second book of the Vellhor Saga benefits in plot clarity from the characters converging in two plot lines, and continues nicely, but still has many issues with the writing itself. Despite that, I was drawn enough into the story.

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2/2025 hiking summary

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Tomas

February was off to a bad start but ended up being quite a varied month when it comes to hiking.

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2/2025 Summary

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Tomas

The shortest month of the year had seen me start with the left foot first, so to say. But it wasn’t that bad, in the end.

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Are fantasy movies on the decline?

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Tomas

Not so long ago, I saw a video listing 10 major fantasy stories where the movie failed. And one of the common factors was – with no big surprise – that a single movie was too short to feature the sprawling worldbuilding such sagas tend to feature.

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Posted in Books, Fantasy, Films | Tagged Books, Fantasy, movies, storytelling | 2 Comments

Book review: Keeper’s Tempest

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Tomas

The conclusion to a series I started reading some 4 years ago has finally arrived. Sometimes, it’s a surprise how long it’s been.

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Book review: Elven Blood

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Tomas

My first new read of 2025 was a book from my Amazon recommendations. And I’ve finished it with quite mixed feelings. Let’s see why.

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1/2025 Summary

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Tomas

The first month of 2025 is over. And it was a bumpy start. Let’s have a look.

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January hiking summary

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Tomas

January was a varied month when it comes to weather in the mountains. As with the past years, the weather has been changing a lot, which led to quite some variety.

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Storytelling: the power of friendship

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Tomas

Today, I’ll look into another storytelling element: the power of friendship and love in fiction with its pros and cons as I see them.

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