Dai Bird Physical Description: An owl-like bird with three eyes and ears. Special Properties: Its call sounds like that of deers. Consuming its meat cures diseases to do with too much moisture. Yao Physical Description: A pheasant-like bird with a long tail, a red body and an indigo beak. Special Properties: The sound its makesContinue reading “Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (25)”
Monthly Archives: January 2025
TBR list for 2025
I am yet to read the Doom of Odin and the new Black Jewel trilogy that I mentioned last year. I know I will definitely want to finish the Griminir trilogy but to be honest I am a bit iffy about the new Black Jewel trilogy given the new relationship developments (don’t want to giveContinue reading “TBR list for 2025”
Writing Goals 2025
The broad goal is to get to draft 0.84 which I didn’t get to last year. To be honest, it’s gotten to the point where the delineation between my decimal drafts is pretty arbitrary. I’m incrementing a draft whenever I see significant progress. As to what constitutes as significant, even I don’t have an answerContinue reading “Writing Goals 2025”
23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- France part 1
The first leg of our French journey was spent at Annecy. I felt a little anxious about this because I had bought the Geneve to Annecy train tickets online (and stupidly bought a specific connection rather than a normal point to point) but when I remembered about the Lausanne-Geneve tickets the day before, it wasContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- France part 1”
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