I’ve recently discovered that the story in my WIP is actually larger than it currently is. Furthermore, I feel like my handle on the key structural elements of my story is not yet solid. So what this means is that I’m starting to feel that it might be awhile before I can actually finish thisContinue reading “Moonlake’s writing updates- June 2020”
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Random Town People
It’s been a long time since I last shared snippets of my writing on characters and I’m feeling slack today so I’ve dug out portions of my contributions towards an article called Town People which details characters that can be dropped into any medieval town. Matron Maranisha Hopsham of St. Margaret’s chapel Appearance:Matron Maranisha isContinue reading “Random Town People”
What Moves Me (1): Rewinding Time
In general, I don’t tend to display my emotions openly. In fact, it was my wont to suppress tears. But there are some exceptions so I thought it would be a worthwhile pursuit for me to record the sources behind such rare moments. I’ve previously blogged about the fast food consumption aspect of my reading.Continue reading “What Moves Me (1): Rewinding Time”
Evolution of Moonlake’s Writing Pile
This post is prompted by my whimsical exploration of the statistics to do with this blog. Specifically, I was looking at which of my posts had been shared and one of the top ones was Moonlake’s Work Pile (3) back in 2015. So in that post I had talked of 4 different writing projects andContinue reading “Evolution of Moonlake’s Writing Pile”
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (5)- Fu Hao
Who is she: A woman whose surname or first name was Hao (Fu is some kind of prestigious title) who was one of the sixty-odd wives to Wu Ding, the Emperor of the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) The first known female military commander in Chinese history, also a politician and overseer of rites/fortune telling ceremoniesContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (5)- Fu Hao”
Lockdown, Reading Promotion and Time Usage
The week before last, I blogged about how the lockdown and working from home is having an adverse effect on my writing. But surprisingly, it’s promoting my Kindle reading. Specifically, I’ve been able to consistently read one Kindle chapter per day on one of my broadening horizon reads for this year (they are both Kindles).Continue reading “Lockdown, Reading Promotion and Time Usage”
Chinese Punctuation
In general, I think of myself as pretty familiar with Chinese culture. But it was not until I read a Chinese online novel in the last few years that I learnt the following (you never know what you would learn randomly with novels!): in ancient days, there was no such thing as punctuation in Chinese!Continue reading “Chinese Punctuation”
Moonlake as a person and random life update
Ever since the Corona virus lock-down I’ve been working at home and I have to admit that it’s testing my self-discipline (then again, it’s coinciding with the structural edit on my WIP that I realise I have to do and I have to admit that I’m procrastinating because I dread the amount of work IContinue reading “Moonlake as a person and random life update”
Sidecast Fascination
Personally, I have got a fascination with sidecast, sometimes even more than the main characters. This is true whether I’m reading/writing a book or watching a TV series. But I will focus on books for this post since I exclusively watch Chinese TV (used to be Hong Kong TV cos that’s where I came from,Continue reading “Sidecast Fascination”
Reflection on Moonlake as a Writer- April 2020
I’m going to do another Q&A today with myself. It’s been a while since I last did a reflection on myself as a writer so it’s time for a revisit. At what level do you assess yourself to be as a writer now? Intermediate. Weren’t you calling yourself a beginning writer a few years ago?Continue reading “Reflection on Moonlake as a Writer- April 2020”
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