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Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- March 2026

Mystery The Perfect Alibi by Blake Pierce I vaguely recalled that I had read this author before (of a different protagonist) and I was so-so about it. And the second read still makes me feel the same. It’s not really bad but I’m just not engaged with either the main character or the plot. ForContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- March 2026”

Upcoming trip to Greece and Italy 

I have an upcoming trip to Greece and Italy in October and my home bases this time are: Greece- Athens, Santorini, Chania, Thessaloníki Italy- Naples, Ortigia, Catania Our main interest in Greece would be Santorini and we are only doing 1 beach in Chania, the one with pink sand. We feel like we wouldn’t likeContinue reading “Upcoming trip to Greece and Italy “

Remarkable Women in Ancient China (27)- Deng Sui 

Who is She? An Empress of the Eastern Han dynasty One of the few capable female regents with a positive reputation  Notable Life Events Born in 81 AD, grand daughter to Deng Yu, a government official who participated the founding of the Eastern Han dynasty  Entered the Imperial Palace in 95 AD, received the titleContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (27)- Deng Sui “

Gaming and writing- Fate session planning adapted to novel outline

Since I last blogged about GMing, I’ve actually started a brand new Fate game rather than dragging the carcass of that old game left by the Fiasco. But that’s not the main point of this post.  In outlining the twin sister story, I’ve kind of hit a wall in the sense that I can summariseContinue reading “Gaming and writing- Fate session planning adapted to novel outline”

Mini Reading Challenge 2026- Waterlily 

This is my set theme for this year. A cursory search on my local library catalogue turns up a memoir, a couple mysteries and the remaining spot is still empty.  The memoir is The Dressmaker’s Daughter by Kate Llewellyn. The mysteries are Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lyn Barnes and Deep Water by Peter Corris.Continue reading “Mini Reading Challenge 2026- Waterlily “

Writing pile 2026

I am going to bring back the concept of having a writing pile for myself. As my last post referred to, I’ve now decided to run three rather than two projects side by side. The twin sister story is still going to be the primary project since I’ve already started to outline it since theContinue reading “Writing pile 2026”

CCC day 31- Thieving Friends (Fate Accelerated) 

For the last day of CCC, I’m really short on the premise so I’m just going to grab a novel idea that is not active, generated by ChatGPT, about two thieves who escaped an executioneer’s wagon and then was cursed to age differently.  Ye (Night) Aspects:  Perceptive thinker (High Concept) Ageless in appearance but notContinue reading “CCC day 31- Thieving Friends (Fate Accelerated) “

CCC days 27, 28, 29 and 30- Time Line Protectors Team 2 (Fate Accelerated)

I can’t think of more premise for my character so I’m going to create an alternative team of characters for the same premise as the last post  Melinda Howl, The Alpha Aspects:  Mock werewolf (High Concept) I enter with a Bang! (Trouble) I’ve always got a cool gadget with me Approaches: Flashy +3, Quick andContinue reading “CCC days 27, 28, 29 and 30- Time Line Protectors Team 2 (Fate Accelerated)”

CCC days 23, 24, 25 and 26- Time Line Protectors (Fate Accelerated) 

This is a game I started but abandoned after one session because one player in our gaming group consistently claimed that he had no energy to run a game for us and then whenever one of us tried to cover for him gave really convincing reasons of why real life took him away.  Anyway, theContinue reading “CCC days 23, 24, 25 and 26- Time Line Protectors (Fate Accelerated) “