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Geralt of Rivia
Book Reviews Posted on6th January 20216th January 2021

The Last Wish (Witcher) – Review

If you’re still tossing coins to your Witcher (sorry) and you can’t wait for the next season the the Netflix adaptation, you might be tempted […] 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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How to Write, Series Reviews, Writing Analysis Posted on28th February 20187th March 2018

Altered Carbon, or How Not to Start Your Story

How Not to Start Your Story Lessons from the Pilot Episode of Altered Carbon I went into Netflix‘s cyberpunk extravaganza, Altered Carbon, as blind as […] Read More

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Book Reviews Posted on3rd February 201811th December 2019

Book Review: La Belle Sauvage by Phillip Pullman

Review of La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust #1) by Philip Pullman Twenty years after the publication of Northern Lights, Philip Pullman returns to his parallel […] Read More

Short Stories Posted on29th January 201817th January 2021

Short Story: Heart Storm

Heart Storm by Marcel M du Plessis Rain filled the café. Droplets fell from the spaces between the ceiling tiles and splattered on the floor. […] Read More

How to Write, Writing Journal Posted on18th January 201829th January 2018

Creating Characters for Fiction

How to develop characters for your novel Getting to know the voices in your head As a budding writer you might feel pressured into plotting […] Read More

Entries & Topics, Flash Fiction Posted on12th January 201829th January 2018

Flash Fiction Friday Prompt #1

The First Flash Fiction Friday Prompt! This is the first prompt with Calliope’s Prisoner’s weekly flash fiction Friday. Each Friday I will post a topic, […] 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

Short Stories Posted on31st December 20178th September 2020

Short Story: Jargon

Jargon by Marcel M du Plessis Otto Linton met his killer at the Blue Sky Leadership Training Workshop in Johannesburg. It was held on a […] Read More

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