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Forging a world: Shadow and Light

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Tomas

In today’s post, I will return to sharing the details behind the creation of my fictional universe. Today, it’ll be focused on how I employ the Shadow vs. Light theme and its background.

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Writing: the curse of publication?

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Tomas

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.

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Worldbuilding: language skills in fiction

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll look into another aspect of world-building: languages and language skills of character, focusing on fictional worlds.

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Posted in Resources, Writing | Tagged Inspiration, Writing | 4 Comments

Storytelling: holding grudges

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll look into an aspect of human nature that could be used for both good and wrong in writing. From helping to make a character relatable to making them look extremely foolish.

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Posted in Books, Writing | Tagged Books, storytelling, Writing | 3 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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12/2021 Writing update

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Tomas

The last month of 2021 is over – and so comes the last monthly update of 2021. I won’t make it a yearly update – I made that back in October when I had my one-year self-publishing anniversary.

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2021 books retrospective

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Tomas

With the year coming to an end, I’ll look back at some of the books I’ve read, as well as on my own writing process.

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Know the Novel part three – Words written

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Tomas

The year’s looming end is a time for reflection, and Christine Smith’s three-part tag is a way to have a not-so-serious look at the state of my project. So, here come her 10 questions and my answers.

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Writing: back to the drawing board?

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Tomas

Recently, I got to face a tough question with my story. One that may be a matter of opinion. An issue that isn’t too large, but fixing it is. So I’ll look at it with some thoughts about how to deal with small problems that may need a lot of work.

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11/2021 Writing update

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Tomas

I’ve skipped the typical monthly update in October, but it’s back for November, even though there are still two days left in the month. There was progress, but a different kind that I maybe hoped for.

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