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Know the Novel part two: Within the WIP

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tomas

In late October, I took up a challenge of sorts, three posts over three months to show more about my writing project. The first part was to introduce it, the second part – right here – is to show something about the project in progress.

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Know the Novel part one: Introduction

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Tomas

I always love some not-so-serious ways to share things about my writing, and thanks to Mia Harden, I’ve found another one – a three-part link-up post by Christine Smith. So here comes the first part.

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A writer’s first anniversary

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Tomas

Time flies, so it’s hard to believe it, but… I can consider myself an author for a year already – I self-published my debut 23.10.2020. So, I guess it’s time for a look back.

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9/2021 Writing update

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Tomas

After a couple months of slack, I’m back to writing, yay!

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Forging characters: parent-child relationships pt.2

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Tomas

Continuing where I left off two weeks ago, today, I’ll look into the parent-child relationships in my writing project. As before, headers will be for the child’s name.

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Forging characters: parent-child relationships pt.1

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Tomas

A while ago, I looked into parent-child relationships in fiction. Today, I’ll look into some examples from my own project and share a bit of background. For clarity, the child’s name will be used for the headers.

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8/2021 Writing update

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Tomas

The last month had seen some writing-related activity, though some of it was a bit different than I’d expect. Let’s see what I’ve been up to during August…

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Storytelling: parent-child relationships

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Tomas

One of my favorite topics in stories is the exploration of parent-child relationships. In this post, I’ll look at some common aspects, the reasons why I like those topics, and theirs +/-.

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Gender differences in fantasy authorship and readership

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Tomas

Today, I’m taking a jab at another kind of cliché, though related to authors and readers, not just to their stories.

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7/2021 Writing update

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Tomas

Another month has gone by, so it’s time for a short summary of my progress.

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