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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

How to Write Posted on7th September 20207th September 2020

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

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

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

Reaching New Worlds
Dungeons & Dragons, RPG, Writing Posted on5th September 20195th September 2019

Creating Worlds

Worldbuilding and Playing Games Whether you are writing a fantasy epic or creating your own RPG campaign setting, Worldbuilding is an important aspect. The adventures […] Read More

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

Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
How to Write Posted on8th August 201817th March 2020

How to use Latin (Part 3)

Latin words and phrases in English writing – the final round This time we look at some slightly unusual Latin terms. They might not be […] 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

Writing Journal Posted on10th March 2018

What I am Working on

The Work I am currently working on a novel. It has been under construction for the last three (and a bit) years. It has been […] Read More

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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
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Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
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Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
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By Johannes Vermeer – Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
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)
Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Starting something new
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Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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)
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
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Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
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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
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884)
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Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward

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