Who is she? The nanny of Emperor Ling of Eastern Han dynasty, the last second Emperor of the dynasty Notable Life Events The only known fact about her origin is that she was a palace maid but eventually selected to be nanny to Emperor Ling In January of AD 168, the death of Emperor HuanContinue reading “Remarkable Women in ancient China (25)- Zhao Rao”
Category Archives: Writer’s Craft
Scene by Scene breakdown
I learnt the original form of the scene by scene summary from the UBC novel writing courses on EdX and it has the following elements: One line summary of events What do each character want in the scene? The emotion transitions for the characters involved (you can do the full transitions if you are reallyContinue reading “Scene by Scene breakdown”
Moonlake’s Writing Updates- June 2025
After a rest of about a week after my recent trip, I went back to my drafting but there was no juice to it. So sometimes towards the end of last week, I decided I would remake the WIP into a scene by scene summary on index cards. Why am I doing this and whatContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates- June 2025”
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (24)- Xun Guan
Who is She? A girl who lifted a siege at the age of 13 Notable Life Events The fifth generation grand-daughter of Xun Yu, a major advisor to the warlord Cao Cao who won the titanic struggle of the famous Three Kingdom period at the end of the Han dynasty, Xun Guan was born inContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (24)- Xun Guan”
Fictionalising Historical Figures in Chinese culture
I don’t think Chinese is the only culture that fictionalises historical figures. I mean, this is a practice that is still ongoing when we think about historical fiction as a genre whenever it leverages a well known historical figure. But this is the focus of this post given the nature of this blog. I’m notContinue reading “Fictionalising Historical Figures in Chinese culture”
Leveraging Gaming in Fiction Writing
In a bid to rejuvenate my WIP, I have started to leverage gaming into fiction by turning all of the main characters in the novel into character sheets under FATE Core (more on this in the post next week), a particular system for text based roleplaying. So far, my protagonists went without hitch and IContinue reading “Leveraging Gaming in Fiction Writing”
Writing Updates- March 2025
From about mid-January this year, I have had to pick up the itinerary planning for our upcoming European trip to Spain and Portugal. I was originally going to start on that much later given the original plan of going in October. But given my study plans and how my supervisor wants to work with meContinue reading “Writing Updates- March 2025”
Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (26)
This is the last post for this particular series. Lin Physical Description: A hound-like beast with tiger-like claws, scaled. Special Properties: It is good at jumping and pouncing. Consuming its meat can cure some health condition Gui Physical Description: A turtle-like creature with a red head and a white body. Special Properties: It has fireContinue reading “Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (26) “
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (23)- Qiu Jin
Who is She? A feminist, revolutionist and writer/poet Notable Life Events: Born in 1875 (end of the Qing dynasty) as Qiu Gui Jin, to a family of government officials- her great-grandfather was a provincial governor, her grandfather and father held official positions in Taiwan. She got married in 1896 which was considered late for herContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (23)- Qiu Jin”
Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (25)
Dai Bird Physical Description: An owl-like bird with three eyes and ears. Special Properties: Its call sounds like that of deers. Consuming its meat cures diseases to do with too much moisture. Yao Physical Description: A pheasant-like bird with a long tail, a red body and an indigo beak. Special Properties: The sound its makesContinue reading “Chinese Lore- a selection of mythical fauna (25)”
