Skip to content
  • Writing Tips
    • How to Write
    • Cruel and Unusual Punctuation
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • Series Reviews
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Marcel’s Work
    • Novels
    • Short Stories
    • Writing Journal
  • About Marcel
    • About Marcel
    • My Patreon Page
    • Privacy Policy

Calliope's Prisoner

Official Site of Author Marcel M Du Plessis

  • Writing Tips
    • How to Write
    • Cruel and Unusual Punctuation
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • Series Reviews
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Marcel’s Work
    • Novels
    • Short Stories
    • Writing Journal
  • About Marcel
    • About Marcel
    • My Patreon Page
    • Privacy Policy

Tag: writing

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

The Watch tv series
Series Reviews, Writing Journal Posted on12th October 202012th October 2020

Bad Adaptations: The Watch

What were they thinking? The trailer for the BBC America’s adaptation of The Watch – based on sir Terry Pratchett’s City Watch Discworld books – […] 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

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

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

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

Stuck at Home
General, Inspiration, Writing Journal Posted on23rd March 202023rd March 2020

At Home Survival Guide – Part 1

To us social distancing experts (A.K.A. introverts), staying at home is a time of fun and productivity. For writers especially, this is where we do […] 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

Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
Writing Journal Posted on24th June 201924th June 2019

On Submitting and the Infinite Wait…

This waiting time should not be waiting time at all. Instead, you should keep working. Whether you are improving/editing the submitted manuscript or starting a new one, the important thing is that you keep working.

What Writers can Learn from Umbrella Academy
How to Write, Series Reviews Posted on8th March 20198th March 2019

What Writers Can Learn from the Umbrella Academy

Each of the characters in Umbrella Academy is lonely in some way. Each of them fights an internal conflict. The reasons for their isolation and the reasons for their internal conflict are linked to the various mysteries in the series.

Valentine's Day
Inspiration Posted on14th February 201914th February 2019

Letters for your Valentine

Words are the best gift for Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day – the most romantic day of the year. Valentine’s Day – a day of heartbreak. […] Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts

Follow Me

  • Twitch
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn

Search

Subscribe to Calliope's Prisoner via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Top Posts

The Blade Itself - Review
Bad Adaptations: The Watch
Short Story: Heart Storm

Calliope’s Links

  • Writing Tips
    • How to Write
    • Cruel and Unusual Punctuation
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • Series Reviews
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Marcel’s Work
    • Novels
    • Short Stories
    • Writing Journal
  • About Marcel
    • About Marcel
    • My Patreon Page
    • Privacy Policy

Become a Patron!

Help build the inspiration!

Become a Patron!

Follow Me

  • Twitch
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest

Subscribe to Calliope's Prisoner

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Stray Thoughts

#amediting #amreviewing #amwriting #dungeonsanddragons advice author blog book review books characters connect D&D Dungeons and Dragons fantasy fiction first grammar guide help How to Write instructions journal Latin Locke Lemora my work NaNoWriMo novel plot process reading review rewriting RPG share short story start stories story The Silent Symphony word count words WorldAnvil world building writer writing

Blog Stats

  • 10,827 hits

Calliope’s Inspiration

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
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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.
0aa9aa106de1c0ac4a24500a85632160
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]
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)
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
171934c30b47f79aeb554bee644b8afd
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAdolf_Eberle_Der_gelunge_Brief.jpg
Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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
Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
fc4d05df38af89e5d383ce9540749e6f
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Silo_(attr)_-_A_seascape_with_Tall_ships.jpg
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
d0f4928e056fd108a5d20d65491ef1ed
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
grzegorz-rutkowski-geralt-yennefer-size-1920x1200-en
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
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]
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
f481e0e85151b99091e335f311be3ad2
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Snyders_(Attr.)_-_Concert_of_Birds.jpg
Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanGogh-starry_night_ballance1.jpg
Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALa_farandole_de_P%C3%A9trarque.jpg
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)
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
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
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
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse

Recent Posts

  • The Last Wish (Witcher) – Review
  • Book Announcement – The Bright Report
  • Where do writers get their ideas?
  • Bad Adaptations: The Watch
  • Writer’s Block – Getting Unstuck

Categories

  • General
    • Gaming
    • Patreon
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Game Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • Series Reviews
  • Understanding Poetry
    • Poetry Analysis
      • Poetry Analysis Examples
  • Writing
    • Flash Fiction
      • Entries & Topics
    • How to Write
      • Cruel and Unusual Punctuation
    • Short Stories
      • 100 Word Stories
    • Writing Analysis
  • Writing Journal
    • Inspiration
    • NaNoWriMo
    • RPG
      • Dungeons & Dragons
        • D&D Chardovia Campaign Diary 1
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

© 2021 Calliope's Prisoner
Powered by WordPress / Theme by Design Lab