Category: Musing
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Taking it slower
I reached my 100th blog post just 2 weeks ago, and I am so happy about it. I really worked hard despite everything at making this blog more alive, sharing my ideas and interests and hopefully giving good advice to people looking for their next read. Now I’ll be taking things a little slower. Two…
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How to get back into reading?
Are you in one of those stages in your life when you can’t find the time to read? Are you missing books? Do you grieve for the intimacy of novels and their stories? Do you long for this time when you could crank up your imagination and live through the exciting lives of other people? If you…
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Struggling artists and free comics
For some reason this quarantine is hard on artists. I really thought that with large numbers of people forced inside, there would be a large boom of art consumption. And some platforms report great sales. The video games industry has never been so good, with everyone indulging, and sports fan falling back on e-sports… but…
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Pandemic Sci-Fi reality and short stories
About 5 years ago I read this fascinating short story about a worldwide pandemic, and it had a very interesting angle on the whole thing. It focused on the pantry. I thought it was such a strange choice to tell the tale from the perspective of a food blog. I really liked it, it felt…
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Fantasy Tropes, the good the bad and the ugly
There are many fantasy tropes, from the chosen one, the orphan rising to the helpless princess, the unbeatable hero, the ugly villain… Some are really horrible, seen so many times they make you sick, reflecting close-minded times, belittling an entire group of people… take your pick, there is many cliches we REALLY don’t want to…
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Indie game festival
With corona virus confinement everyone is throwing in their own little word to help, and activity lists to fight boredom. I don’t know how anyone can be bored, I don’t have nearly enough time in the day to do half of what I want. And one of those things would be to dig in and…
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Cooking fantasy
I love food. I love cooking. I love fiction. How could I not love the combination? Years ago, when I was just a teenager, I heard about this Spanish novel that introduced each chapter with a recipe that embodied all the emotions of it’s main character. Who was that wonderful writer who had deciphered my…
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Do what you love, love what you do
I guess this is THE philosophy behind an artist and artisan lifestyle. Writers write because they can’t help themselves, whether they are recognised or not, in any case it drives their lives and they love words, scribbling them, reading them, making them sing… It is a dream for aspiring writers that one day they will…
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Revenge from beyond the grave
Photo by Brady Knoll from Pexels I always have fun exploring the web articles of Atlas Obscura, which is all about the world’s hidden wonders, no less. They write historical, anthropological, cultural anecdotes that just brighten my day. Some articles really make me want to walk into the place they dug up, and some just make great material…
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Inspiration in a fantasy name generator
A few years ago, I heard about websites that came out with a random story titles and I thought that was such an intriguing idea. I obviously had to test it out immediately. I can’t remember what word jumble I got, but I remember they sent me on real creative trips. If two incongruous words…
Sholm Pearly 