Originally we were planning on a Greek trip at around October and the original pairing was with Turkey but after some back and forth from Mum, we decided to change the pairing to be Greece and Italy instead. The current plan is 12 days in Italy and 2 weeks in Greece. The 3 home basesContinue reading “Travel plan for 2026: Italy and Greece”
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CCC days 1 and 2: Lan and Chi, twin sisters (Fate Core)
For starters, I am using the FATE Core system for character generation which is a very quick process compared to alternative systems. I am not doing it all the way, just 4 aspects for each twin sister and their starting skill pyramid. But that is really just skipping 1 aspect and the stunts section (whichContinue reading “CCC days 1 and 2: Lan and Chi, twin sisters (Fate Core)”
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 3
The final leg of the trip overall is at Lisbon. Since we travelled there via train, the first day was dedicated to visiting the Alfama neighbourhood. We lived in a hotel in the Rossio neighbourhood very close to the Rossio train station and Alfama neighbourhood is actually just the next neighbourhood over so we caughtContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 3”
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 2
We chose to fly from Faro to Porto instead of taking the train because the trip would have been 6 hours. Unfortunately, the hotel I booked cancelled on me the last minute because apparently it actually tests my bank card for its remaining balance and found it not enough to cover the total payment evenContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 2”
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 1
We caught a Flibus from Seville to Faro and didn’t do much at all on the first day because once we moved to Portugal, my prepaid Spanish Orange 20 stopped working. And basically despite us receiving a printed out map at the hotel on how to get to the city, we ended up going onContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Portugal part 1”
Running a FB group for aspiring novelists
I am running out of writer craft insights to share and so I’m branching out to this other enterprise that I have been running for my fellow students from the UBC novel writing courses. I created this back in 2018, off this random idea I have of providing a platform for us all to gatherContinue reading “Running a FB group for aspiring novelists”
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Spain part 3
The last leg of the Spanish journey is based in Seville. My original itinerary would cover the Santa Cruz neighbourhood in the morning and the signature landmarks such as the Royal Alcazar, Cathedral de Sevilla and Plaza de Espana etc in the afternoon on the first day. But as is our norm, we skipped mostContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Spain part 3”
Oriental fantasy 2025 (1)
I had turned up a book for Oriental fantasy this year- a reimagining of the Romance of Three Kingdoms in female form. The book is called Strike the Zither by Joan He. I had read loads of online novels written in Chinese set in this period, making this one of the most known historical periodsContinue reading “Oriental fantasy 2025 (1)”
The 4 Great Chinese Classics and historical fantasy
None of the 4 Great Chinese Classics are strictly historical fantasy but I think they all have elements of both genres, just in very skewed proportions relative to a historical fantasy written in English. Now let’s look at each of them in turn. The Journey to the West is a fantasy adventure inspired off theContinue reading “The 4 Great Chinese Classics and historical fantasy “
22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Spain part 2
The second leg of our Spanish trip was based in Madrid. I chose an aparhotel to offset the cost of our Barcelona accommodation but I still chose a central location. The first day was just Almudena Cathedral plus Royal Palace of Madrid since the train trip from Barcelona was almost 3 hours. We had lunchContinue reading “22 days train trip in Spain and Portugal- Spain part 2”
Moonlake's Fiction Space 