I don’t think Chinese is the only culture that fictionalises historical figures. I mean, this is a practice that is still ongoing when we think about historical fiction as a genre whenever it leverages a well known historical figure. But this is the focus of this post given the nature of this blog. I’m notContinue reading “Fictionalising Historical Figures in Chinese culture”
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GM attempt for Spelljammer, Gaming and Travel
I did mention GMing previously but the truth was that I basically just managed to run two single session games of the episodic nature before one of the players (the same person every time) had to quit for real life reasons. But now due to what I’ve come to call the Fiasco due to theContinue reading “GM attempt for Spelljammer, Gaming and Travel”
Leveraging Gaming in Fiction Writing
In a bid to rejuvenate my WIP, I have started to leverage gaming into fiction by turning all of the main characters in the novel into character sheets under FATE Core (more on this in the post next week), a particular system for text based roleplaying. So far, my protagonists went without hitch and IContinue reading “Leveraging Gaming in Fiction Writing”
Oriental Fantasy 2025
I am now eyeing Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao and Strike the Zither by Joan He. The former is apparently more romantic fantasy/historical fiction/mystery whereas the latter is more reimagined Romance of the Three Kingdoms with female characters. I’m actually leaning towards the latter right now. Since I am goingContinue reading “Oriental Fantasy 2025”
Let’s take an inventory of obsessions:
Not sure where the jumping off line (let’s take an inventory of obsessions) is from but it says all about this piece. Let’s take an inventory of obsessions: Chinese lore, I know that’s too broad but hard to refine this. I mean, I’m interested in an assortment of stuff that I group in under it:Continue reading “Let’s take an inventory of obsessions:”
Writing Updates- March 2025
From about mid-January this year, I have had to pick up the itinerary planning for our upcoming European trip to Spain and Portugal. I was originally going to start on that much later given the original plan of going in October. But given my study plans and how my supervisor wants to work with meContinue reading “Writing Updates- March 2025”
Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- March 2025
Mystery 8 by James Phelan We are seeing a widening of the story that is set up nicely all along this series. Still with this series and reading on to find out what happens next. 7 by James Phelan Here we see a major game changer in this series and I find that refreshing. StillContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- March 2025”
23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- France part 3
We had the hotel arrange a taxi to Lyon Part-Dieu (we were living at a hotel near Lyon Perrache, the other train station) at 5am but we got out early because the room was stuffy so we ended up leaving the hotel at 4:30am and when we arrived, Lyon Part-Dieu was actually not open yetContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- France part 3”
Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (26)
This is the last post for this particular series. Lin Physical Description: A hound-like beast with tiger-like claws, scaled. Special Properties: It is good at jumping and pouncing. Consuming its meat can cure some health condition Gui Physical Description: A turtle-like creature with a red head and a white body. Special Properties: It has fireContinue reading “Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (26) “
Mini Reading Challenge
To be honest, I am running out of things to say about reading on this blog other than my Book Discoveries. Also, I’m feeling like changing things a bit with reading other than just relying on my whims. To this end, I’ve set myself a mini reading challenge which is this: I would read 4Continue reading “Mini Reading Challenge”
Moonlake's Fiction Space 