I’m currently working on draft 0.82. To be honest, I’m not making major headways in the most recent few decimal drafts. More and more, it’s about letting go of scenes that were 70% done and acknowledging that I don’t have the mentality or whatever to push it through the 100% mark right now and choosingContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates- December 2021”
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Nuances of the Chinese language (3)- Sampled Dialect Differences
This is probably the last of this set of serial posts. So I’ve talked about how three different dialects of Chinese sound like to me in the very first post. Today I will provide some concrete examples so you can see for yourself how different each is. Example 1: Different units for a kiss TheContinue reading “Nuances of the Chinese language (3)- Sampled Dialect Differences”
Adventures aboard the Chen Xing- Chapter 11
I found some berries and tubers that were growing aplenty in the forest. They looked edible but I wasn’t sure so I collected enough for an afternoon tea for Estella to check back abroad the Xing. Then I went deeper yet into the forest, looking for game tracks. I found nothing. I wondered if theContinue reading “Adventures aboard the Chen Xing- Chapter 11”
No one said…
This prompt was from a poem titled No one said that it wouldn’t rain by Maya Stein. This piece was one of the few ones where what I’ve written wasn’t about myself. Instead, there was a distinctly male voice dictating what I’ve put down on paper that I can hear inside my head. Of course,Continue reading “No one said…”