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Learning at Home
Writing Journal Posted on18th December 202018th December 2020

Book Announcement – The Bright Report

I’ve been hard at work on my next project, The Bright Report! Since finishing my literary novel before the world went into lockdown, I’ve been […] Read More

Writing Ideas
How to Write, Inspiration Posted on11th November 202011th November 2020

Where do writers get their ideas?

This is a question that comes up a lot. It’s almost a reflex question following a writer’s answer to “What do you do?“. It’s a […] Read More

The Watch tv series
Series Reviews, Writing Journal Posted on12th October 202012th October 2020

Bad Adaptations: The Watch

What were they thinking? The trailer for the BBC America’s adaptation of The Watch – based on sir Terry Pratchett’s City Watch Discworld books – […] Read More

D&D Chardovia Campaign Diary 1, Dungeons & Dragons Posted on24th August 202014th September 2020

Introducing the Piece Bringers

Introducing my D&D home game party. We’ve been playing for over a year now and we’ve recently decided to stream our games. So far, so […] Read More

Time to Learn
Book Reviews, Inspiration Posted on23rd July 202023rd July 2020

Audio Book Recommendations

Nothing beats the feel of paper in your hands. The smell of the pages, the crisp sound of a page turning, the weight of the […] Read More

Gods and Mythology
Dungeons & Dragons Posted on17th July 202017th July 2020

D&D Gods

If you’re like me, you like starting your home-brew world building for your RPG with the big things. The formation of the continents, the origin […] Read More

Ranting
Writing Journal Posted on14th July 202014th July 2020

Tiny Rant

Injustice makes me cry. I see it everywhere. The same person that steps on his fellow man, is the one who pushes to the front […] Read More

Starting something new
How to Write, Inspiration, Writing, Writing Journal Posted on13th July 202014th July 2020

On Starting a New Novel

Starting a fresh new project can be daunting and scary and challenging and exciting and a few other things. Having completed my re-re-re-rewrite of my […] Read More

Short Stories, Writing Journal Posted on6th April 20206th April 2020

Short Story: Dead On

This is a short story I wrote way back in 2010. It’s probably not very good, but that didn’t really matter to me at the […] Read More

Learning at Home
Dungeons & Dragons, General, Inspiration, Writing Journal Posted on30th March 202030th March 2020

At Home Survival Guide – Part 2

As we talked about in Part 1, there are many things you can do at home. This is the age of lock-downs and social distancing […] Read More

Stuck at Home
General, Inspiration, Writing Journal Posted on23rd March 202023rd March 2020

At Home Survival Guide – Part 1

To us social distancing experts (A.K.A. introverts), staying at home is a time of fun and productivity. For writers especially, this is where we do […] Read More

Writing Journal Posted on3rd March 202023rd March 2020

Silent Symphony – Done

I did a little something. After many years and many edits and rewrites, I finished the final draft of my novel. Now it’s time to […] Read More

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How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
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Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
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By Johannes Vermeer – Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Starting something new
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884)
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884) from WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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