Moonlake’s Approach to Writing Exercises

Those who followed my blog for a while should probably know that I’m a whimsical person when it comes to reading and writing. So that’s my approach to writing exercises if I have to sum it up with one word.  I bounce around with writing exercises in that if I grow tired of one, IContinue reading “Moonlake’s Approach to Writing Exercises”

Remarkable Women in Ancient China (21)- Yoshiko Kawashima

Who is she: Notable Life Events: Moonlake’s thoughts on her:  I think this is a woman that is worthy of being cast as a female lead for sure (there was definitely a HK movie about her where she was played by Anita Mui): she has outward charm and she knows what she is doing.  EnglishContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (21)- Yoshiko Kawashima”

Upcoming European trip in May- planning details and resources

This is not a travel blog per se but because I always obsessively plan my trips down to literally minutiae, I might as well collate the various bits of knowledge I’ve gathered for newbies like me.  Firstly, for itineraries, I’ve found the following sites very useful as templates and I can adapt them for myContinue reading “Upcoming European trip in May- planning details and resources”

The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?

For me, the short answer is no.  The long answer is well, writing could have changed it in a theoretical sense. Because, like a mechanic, a totally valid way for learning is to take a piece of writing apart and try to reverse engineer something of your own. In that sense, as a writer, oneContinue reading “The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?”