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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

Writing Journal Posted on1st December 2017

My December Writing Challenge

Dear Readers, Believe it or not, we’ve entered the final month of 2017. While many of you are looking forward to rest and holiday madness, I […] 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

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Calliope’s Inspiration

The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
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
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
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_Writing_a_Letter_by_Gabri%C3%ABl_Metsu.jpg
Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
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Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
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.
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [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
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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)
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
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
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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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
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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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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphs_finding_the_Head_of_Orpheus.jpg
Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
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Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
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Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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