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Writing Goals 2025

The broad goal is to get to draft 0.84 which I didn’t get to last year. To be honest, it’s gotten to the point where the delineation between my decimal drafts is pretty arbitrary. I’m incrementing a draft whenever I see significant progress. As to what constitutes as significant, even I don’t have an answerContinue reading “Writing Goals 2025”

23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- France part 1

The first leg of our French journey was spent at Annecy. I felt a little anxious about this because I had bought the Geneve to Annecy train tickets online (and stupidly bought a specific connection rather than a normal point to point) but when I remembered about the Lausanne-Geneve tickets the day before, it wasContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- France part 1”

Sometimes I lose my way…

This is from Write New Headlines by Andy Stanley.  Sometimes I lose my way. Usually in the small things but then that’s usually how it goes.  Sometimes I lose my way. More often I stick to known paths. That’s what you do if you’re direction blind. And prudent.  Sometimes I lose my way, in time. Continue reading “Sometimes I lose my way…”

Moonlake’s Writing Updates- December 2024 

I have to be honest and say that I had to revisit my Writing Goals for 2024 post in order to write this. In short, I did not meet my broad goal at all. I’m still at draft 0.83.  In terms of the finer goals, the first is redundant. I had definitely gone past theContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates- December 2024 “

Moonlake’s Book Discoveries : December 2024

Fantasy The Sisters Mederos by Practice Sarath I do like this book in that the two Mederos sisters are well developed and you can easily throw in with the two of them in their quest to restore their family. An okay reading experience, not sure if I will come back for more.  Mystery  13 byContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries : December 2024”

23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Switzerland part 3

The last leg of our journey in Switzerland was based in Lausanne. By that stage, I was feeling like all Swiss cities looked remarkably similar and had no appetite for photos (my enthusiasm was not high in the first place compared to Mum). We tried to visit the Sauvabelin Tower but after getting off atContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Switzerland part 3”

Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (24)

Fei Fei Physical Description: Shaped like a racoon dog but a white tail. Special Properties: Adopting it as a pet removes anxieties. Long Chi Physical Description: Looks like a horned pig. Special Properties: Consuming its meat prevents nightmares. Flying Fish Physical Description: A pig-like fish with red patterns on its body. Special Properties: Consuming itsContinue reading “Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (24)”

Craft and Curiousity Reads 2024

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote I first learnt about this book through the UBC online novel writing courses and I was rather curious about it but the curiosity was not that acute that I searched for it straight away. In fact, it was only because I saw it in my library’s online catalogue thatContinue reading “Craft and Curiousity Reads 2024”