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Moonlake’s Writer Home

Since I mentioned it in my last post, I might as well write up where I frequent as a hobby writer, a place that I think of as my virtual home. It might come as a surprise to some but it is neither a writers’ site as people think of it nor someone like WattpadContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writer Home”

Moonlake’s Reading List (1)

This is not an actual new serial that I’m not starting, merely a teaser/foreshadowing thread for the Moonlake’s Book Discoveries series that I had promised to do every three months. I had just finished a non-fiction about falconry and Mongolia. It was really research for the fantasy novel based upon the Mongolians that I’m tryingContinue reading “Moonlake’s Reading List (1)”

Moonlake’s Lyrics (2)

Another making-up-for-word-count post. This one is a little morose but I love it because it contains one-liners that touches on the human truism about choice and again, the theme of gain and loss. It’s another Chinese old song (truth be told, the lyrics of old songs appeal to me more. 90% of new songs areContinue reading “Moonlake’s Lyrics (2)”

Moonlake’s Lyrics (1)

I have quite a fetish for good song lyrics, so much so that I sometimes am taken with a song not because of the tune but purely because of the lyrics. For that matter, I actually prefer instrumentals to a song with meaningless/bad lyrics. So I am starting a new series of posts titled Moonlake’sContinue reading “Moonlake’s Lyrics (1)”

Random writing (5)

Same as last time, two posts for today to compensate for lack of length. After the conflicting emotion/facial expression series, I started using lyrics from Chinese songs as prompts. I would take a single passage at a time and then play the S+7 game on it, which basically replaces either all the verbs/nouns/adjectives with aContinue reading “Random writing (5)”

Random writing (4)

Another 30+ degree day over in Australia so I’m going to be slack and re-cycle previous efforts i.e. share the products of my previous writing exercises. This is the last of my series of my conflicting facial expressions with emotions. Topic: I have to cry whenever I feel angry…. I have to cry whenever IContinue reading “Random writing (4)”

Random writing (3)

To compensate for the shorter than normal post today, I will post the third of my conflicting facial expression with emotion random writing series. Topic: I have to cry whenever I feel happy…. I have to cry whenever I feel happy. Good events are so few and far between in my life that I lookContinue reading “Random writing (3)”

Moonlake’s Book Tastes (5)

My light reading list covers the following that were not already discussed in previous posts of this series: Robert Aspirin’s Myth Adventures series which is hilarious, covering the adventures of a magician’s apprentice after he had acquired a ‘demon’ that his master had summoned. It stands out because its main selling point is the introductionContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Tastes (5)”

Moonlake’s Book Tastes (4)

So today I had promised to share some of the ‘unusual reads’ speaking from the perspective of my own tastes. I’m not going by any order of personal preference but first up is….. Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa. It is a historical fiction that tells the story of one man’s rise from a low starting pointContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Tastes (4)”

Moonlake’s Book Tastes (3)

Today, I’m going to change the tone slightly by talking about the mystery books that I’ve read and enjoyed. While not the main staple of my reading (mystery books to me are more like side dishes or desert, they serve as in-betweens for my trips into long serious fantasy epics), I do frequently read mysteryContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Tastes (3)”