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Remarkable Women in Ancient China (2)- Empress Dou

Who is she: Wife to Emperor Wen, mother to Emperor Jing and grandmother to Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) A woman who has risen from a root of poverty to have influence across three different reigns Notable life events: Born into a poor family in the province of Qinghe in theContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (2)- Empress Dou”

What am I not writing?

Yes, you’ve read it correctly, in this post I am going to talk about what I am not writing. This is my attempt to set out expectations for my future/prospective readers *wink* Let’s start with genre (and for those who need a reminder, mine is Chinese fantasy or fantasy in a Chinese setting with ChineseContinue reading “What am I not writing?”

Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year

Besides my Broadening Horizon reads and others that took my whims, I’ve dubbed this year my Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year. In short, this year I am going to read up on all the key Chinese fantasy novels there are (those I’ve identified anyway). I might or might not branch into Japanese fantasy, hence the bracketContinue reading “Chinese (Oriental) Fantasy year”

Labour of an Empress by Christine Ku & Robert K Peterson Sr.

“Gnats Giant gnats in stately robes calling Me to this and that Buzzing sapping my will ‘Lady, You Must….’ ‘But the Flood…..’ ‘The coffers are nearly……!’ ‘You must judge…..’ I slam the doors shut The roar of the fire The Smells of the Forge The Gnats hammer at the doors ‘Lady….’ ‘Lady….’ Nothing will clearContinue reading “Labour of an Empress by Christine Ku & Robert K Peterson Sr.”

The Closing of a Chapter

Happy New Year! Those of you who have followed my blog for a while would have known that I pulled out of an anthology series before and well, this is the closure post on that. After all, to move forward, we need to close the chapter on some of the stuff from the past holdingContinue reading “The Closing of a Chapter”

Moonlake’s Book Discovery- Dec 2018

I was going to do another book discovery back in Oct but then I decided I wanted to save it for end of the year so that I can do book discoveries in Mar, Jun etc. as opposed to odd months like this year. It appeals to my sense for order. Anyway, below is whatContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discovery- Dec 2018”

What I learnt from my Broadening Horizon Reads- 2018

My Broadening Horizon Reads this year are a YA vampire/werewolf fantasy and a chick lit. Both are genres I tend to stay away from and both are written in first person (the latter is more of coincidence than design though). Below are summaries of my main take-away from each of them: Silence Fallen by PatriciaContinue reading “What I learnt from my Broadening Horizon Reads- 2018”

Moonlake’s Writing updates (6)

So I had previously alluded to the fact that I’m working on a first draft (well, I’m calling it a 0.5 draft now, that gives me much more room to be rough and not use perfectionism as an excuse for procrastination). In this post, I thought I would elaborate a bit more on it. First,Continue reading “Moonlake’s Writing updates (6)”

Jigsaw Puzzles, Writing and Me

So I just came back from my holidays and I wanted to write about something a little different from my usual focus: jigsaw puzzles. Actually, it was one of my childhood hobbies that I only recently picked back up. So what has it got to do with writing at all? Well, jigsaw puzzles: Trained myContinue reading “Jigsaw Puzzles, Writing and Me”

Remarkable Females in Ancient China (1)- Dugu Qieluo

If you are curious why I’m doing this series because you missed last week’s post, check it out here. Who is she: Wife to Yang Jian, founder of the Sui dynasty (581-618 AD) which was built on the demise of the Northern Zhou dynasty when Yang Jian made its last Emperor yield the throne toContinue reading “Remarkable Females in Ancient China (1)- Dugu Qieluo”