I’ve randomly come up with the following premise for a Chinese story but don’t intend to write it so I’m using it for the character challenge instead: The Kingdom was guarded by the Armies of the 4 Holy Beasts led by the 4 Guardians until an ambitious Emperor eliminated or forced away the 4 Guardians.Continue reading “CCC days 4 and 5- the 4 Holy Beast Guardians (1) [Fate Core]”
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CCC day 3- Strong willed Jack (Numenara)
I got a little bored with Fate so I moved onto making a character for Numenara. I pretty much followed the guide except that I skipped out on starting equipment: Strong-willed Jack Might: 11 Speed: 12 Intellect: 13 (Edge: 1) Effort: 1 2 Cyphers Skills: Inability: Tricks of the Trade: Background: Initial Link to theContinue reading “CCC day 3- Strong willed Jack (Numenara)”
Writing plans for 2026
I don’t tend to create new year resolutions but I had an idea yesterday which was to create a new novel project besides the WIP. To be honest, I really think that I should let it go but for now, I’m giving it the slow fade approach that I use for personal relationships. Meanwhile, IContinue reading “Writing plans for 2026”
Character Creation Challenge 2026
I’ve decided to take part in the 2026 character creation challenge. And I’m not going to post up every day but would rather combine two days at least because otherwise the post would be too sparse. Days 1 and 2: Lan and Chi, twin sisters for my new novel project Day 3: Strong willed, JackContinue reading “Character Creation Challenge 2026”
The Role of Etiquette in Chinese culture (3)- Ceremonial Rites
There used to be more ceremonial rites in ancient China but many have grown out of fashion. For example, the coming of age ceremony for the high born where males aged 20 are capped and given a courtesy name while girls’ hair is styled into a bun and given a hairpin at the age ofContinue reading “The Role of Etiquette in Chinese culture (3)- Ceremonial Rites “
Moonalake’s Writing Updates- December 2025
I have officially moved onto draft 0.84, which is somewhat of a milestone since I’ve been stuck at draft 0.83 for three years and a little bit over now. One of the main takeaways (well, I’ve always known this but the Excel exercise gave me a much clearer idea of the difference between my maleContinue reading “Moonalake’s Writing Updates- December 2025”
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (26)- Liang Hong Yu
Who is She? One of the known female generals in ancient China and potentially the only one that had spent some time in a humble situation Notable Life Events Why is She Remarkable? I didn’t actually know she was the one who started a trend of wives of officials earning a separate wage. I didn’tContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (26)- Liang Hong Yu “
Gaming Approach to Character and Utilisation in Fiction
I mentioned previously that I took “some time off” from the WIP by converting all my main characters into FATE character sheets. What I didn’t explicitly mention was that I had a second go at this recently after I understood FATE myself better after watching a long Youtube video from FATE SRD in conjunction withContinue reading “Gaming Approach to Character and Utilisation in Fiction “
Scene by Scene breakdown- Reflections to date
I did feel like my amended version of the scene by scene breakdown was more easy to fill out compared to the original version. In particular, it is certainly more suitable for my needs due to my tendency to lose access to my characters. Or rather, I should say that I’m mostly in contact withContinue reading “Scene by Scene breakdown- Reflections to date “
The Role of Etiquette in Chinese culture (2)- Left versus Right
There are two aspects to which left versus right is important in Chinese culture. The first is that unlike Western society where right is considered the power position, it’s the reverse in Chinese culture. By the power position, I mean both seating arrangements and whether you walk to the left or right of someone else.Continue reading “The Role of Etiquette in Chinese culture (2)- Left versus Right “
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