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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

Stories in Games
Game Reviews, Inspiration, Writing, Writing Analysis Posted on12th September 20198th January 2020

Writing Lessons from Games (Top 8)

This post is not about writing games, rather games that have good stories or structures that writers might enjoy. Please note that there is a […] Read More

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Marcel M. du Plessis's books on Goodreads
The Bright Report The Bright Report (Bright Report, #1)
reviews: 6
ratings: 12 (avg rating 4.75)

The Silent Symphony The Silent Symphony
reviews: 2
ratings: 12 (avg rating 3.83)

The Bright Report Volume 3 The Bright Report Volume 3
reviews: 3
ratings: 7 (avg rating 4.14)

Awkward Phrasing Awkward Phrasing (Bright Report, #0)
reviews: 3
ratings: 4 (avg rating 5.00)

The Bright Report Volume 2 The Bright Report Volume 2 (Bright Report, #2)
reviews: 5
ratings: 9 (avg rating 4.67)

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Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
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Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
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)
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAdolf_Eberle_Der_gelunge_Brief.jpg
Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
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
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 Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
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Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
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
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
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_The_Ambassadors_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
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Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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