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Novel
Writing Journal Posted on6th September 2018

Novel Progress Update 2

Writing the Silent Symphony I am three chapters up since my last novel update. Three out of the four movements (yes, movements, not acts, this […] Read More

Cruel and Unusual Punctuation, How to Write Posted on23rd July 201823rd July 2018

How to use a Semicolon

More than a wink The semicolon is a stifling little piece of punctuation. In fact, it makes some of us uncomfortable. If you’ve only used the […] Read More

Writing Journal Posted on15th July 201815th July 2018

Novel Progress Update (July 2018)

Finishing my novel, The Silent Symphony Dear Readers, The past few months I have been hard at work on my novel, The Silent Symphony. I am rewriting […] Read More

Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich
How to Write Posted on5th June 201819th September 2018

How to Write a Successful Backstory

How to Write a Successful Backstory Few stories start with a backstory, unless it is a dull info-dump. Page one, chapter one, you find characters […] Read More

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How to Write Posted on13th April 2018

A Sure-Fire Way of Creating Tension

Creating Tension in Your Fiction There’s a lot of advice out there about creating tension in your writing. As far as I can tell, quite […] Read More

How to Write Posted on9th January 201829th January 2018

Rewriting a Manuscript

Rewriting, or saving your manuscript from obscurity. Writing is rewriting. It is an old adage – almost overused. Unfortunately, this is an inescapable part of […] Read More

NaNoWriMo, Writing Journal Posted on28th November 201728th November 2017

NaNoWriMo 2017

Dear Readers, November is drawing to a close and – for many of us – it was another year of chasing the NaNoWriMo word count. For […] Read More

General, Writing Journal Posted on27th November 2017

First Blog Post!

Dear Readers, Welcome to my new website! Here you will find some of my work, my blog, some reviews, and other information about me and […] Read More

Chapters Completed (Writing, Rewriting, Editing)

The Silent Symphony
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30 of 33 chapters
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Calliope’s Inspiration

Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
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
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
woman reading a book
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
Gather your party
Gather your party
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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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.
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
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
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)
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
Beholder
Behold the Beholder!
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
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Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
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