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The Bright Report by Marcel M du Plessis
Inspiration, Short Stories, Writing Journal Posted on10th February 202117th March 2021

What is the Bright Report – Video

Dear Readers, here is the recording of the livestream I did on the 9th of February. Here I introduced the Bright Report, spoke about my […] Read More

The Bright Report by Marcel M du Plessis
Writing Journal Posted on8th February 20218th February 2021

Ask about the Bright Report

Dear readers, the Kindle eBook version of the Bright Report launches tomorrow (9 February 2021)! To mark the occasion, I will be livestreaming a virtual […] Read More

The Bright Report Volume 1 cover
Short Stories, Writing Journal Posted on5th February 202117th March 2021

Book Launch – The Bright Report Volume 1

It’s here! It’s finally here! My first published book. Ladies and gentlepeople, allow me to introduce: The Bright Report. A collection of humorous and sometimes […] Read More

Geralt of Rivia
Book Reviews Posted on6th January 202119th July 2021

The Last Wish (Witcher) – Review

If you’re still tossing coins to your Witcher (sorry) and you can’t wait for the next season the the Netflix adaptation, you might be tempted […] Read More

Learning at Home
Book Announcements Posted on18th December 202024th February 2021

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 202019th July 2021

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 202019th July 2021

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

How to Write Posted on7th September 202025th February 2021

Writer’s Block – Getting Unstuck

You are stuck. Everything has been planned and worked out. You know where the story should be heading, but nothing is happening. Your characters won’t […] Read More

Writing an Introduction
How to Write Posted on31st August 202031st August 2020

How to Write an Introduction

Okay, you’re stuck. The essay is due and you are helplessly stuck. You don’t even know how to start. There’s nothing but you and the […] 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

Book Reviews Posted on19th August 202019th August 2020

Before They Are Hanged – Review

The Blade Itself hooked me on the world of the First Law created by Joe Abercrombie. Once I finished it, I found myself needing more […] Read More

The Republic of Thieves Review
Book Reviews Posted on5th August 20205th August 2020

The Republic of Thieves – Review

The third installment of Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastards series proves that some writers get better with each passing project. While the first two novels – […] Read More

The Blade Itself Review
Book Reviews Posted on29th July 202022nd March 2022

The Blade Itself – Review

I’ve heard of Joe Abercrombie â€“ I’ve seen his books on the shelves, but I never picked one up. That was until I chose The Blade Itself on a […] 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

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Review
Game Reviews Posted on15th July 202017th July 2020

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order – Review

I love Star Wars (to a point). I love Souls-like games. But, most of all, I love a good story. Fallen Order has all of […] 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

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Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
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.
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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Starting something new
By J. M. W. Turner – The Athenaeum (http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=20906), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1511781
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
By Johannes Vermeer - Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
By Johannes Vermeer – Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
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
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884)
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Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
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Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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).
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Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
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)
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
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Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust

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