The opening line is from You Can’t Have it All by Barbara Ras. It wasn’t a prompt that I took well but I did manage to move into it after the first two paragraphs. I wrote this about one year or two years back. I had been moving away from Wild Writing because to beContinue reading “You can’t have it all but there is this…”
Monthly Archives: November 2025
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (26)- Liang Hong Yu
Who is She? One of the known female generals in ancient China and potentially the only one that had spent some time in a humble situation Notable Life Events Why is She Remarkable? I didn’t actually know she was the one who started a trend of wives of officials earning a separate wage. I didn’tContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (26)- Liang Hong Yu “
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 3
The final leg of the trip overall is at Lisbon. Since we travelled there via train, the first day was dedicated to visiting the Alfama neighbourhood. We lived in a hotel in the Rossio neighbourhood very close to the Rossio train station and Alfama neighbourhood is actually just the next neighbourhood over so we caughtContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 3”
Gaming Approach to Character and Utilisation in Fiction
I mentioned previously that I took “some time off” from the WIP by converting all my main characters into FATE character sheets. What I didn’t explicitly mention was that I had a second go at this recently after I understood FATE myself better after watching a long Youtube video from FATE SRD in conjunction withContinue reading “Gaming Approach to Character and Utilisation in Fiction “
Mini Reading Challenge 2025
Overall, I’m quite pleased that I had undertaken the themed mini reading challenge this year. It took me to different types of books outside my usual reading habits and I had some quite pleasant surprises. I think my favourite out of the 4 books for the Constellation theme would be Defy the Stars which hookedContinue reading “Mini Reading Challenge 2025”
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