I had turned up a book for Oriental fantasy this year- a reimagining of the Romance of Three Kingdoms in female form. The book is called Strike the Zither by Joan He. I had read loads of online novels written in Chinese set in this period, making this one of the most known historical periodsContinue reading “Oriental fantasy 2025 (1)”
Monthly Archives: July 2025
The 4 Great Chinese Classics and historical fantasy
None of the 4 Great Chinese Classics are strictly historical fantasy but I think they all have elements of both genres, just in very skewed proportions relative to a historical fantasy written in English. Now let’s look at each of them in turn. The Journey to the West is a fantasy adventure inspired off theContinue reading “The 4 Great Chinese Classics and historical fantasy “
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Spain part 2
The second leg of our Spanish trip was based in Madrid. I chose an aparhotel to offset the cost of our Barcelona accommodation but I still chose a central location. The first day was just Almudena Cathedral plus Royal Palace of Madrid since the train trip from Barcelona was almost 3 hours. We had lunchContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Spain part 2”
Scene by Scene breakdown
I learnt the original form of the scene by scene summary from the UBC novel writing courses on EdX and it has the following elements: As time goes by and I read more writer craft books I had come to think that for me at least, what the characters want is often not foremost onContinue reading “Scene by Scene breakdown”
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