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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

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

Time to Learn
Cruel and Unusual Punctuation, How to Write Posted on16th July 201823rd July 2018

How to Use a Comma

Let’s eat, grandma! Commas can be tricky things. In this post, I will give you a crash course in using a comma in your writing. […] 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

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Marcel M. du Plessis's books on Goodreads
The Curse of Balar The Curse of Balar (Balar, #1)
reviews: 14
ratings: 29 (avg rating 4.07)

The Bright Report The Bright Report (Bright Report, #1)
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ratings: 13 (avg rating 4.69)

The Silent Symphony The Silent Symphony
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ratings: 15 (avg rating 3.73)

The Bright Report Volume 3 The Bright Report Volume 3 (Bright Report, #3)
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ratings: 7 (avg rating 4.00)

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

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Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
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Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [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
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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
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_The_Ambassadors_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [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.
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
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The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
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)
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
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
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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

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