Who is she? A female rebel leader of the White Lotus Sect (which had command of fourteen or fifteen thousand individuals) Notable Life Events: Born in 1777 to a mother who was a performing acrobat on the street (father died when she was young), from which she learnt the trade and the mother and daughterContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (17)- Wang Cong Er”
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Chinese Lore- A selection of mythical fauna (11)
Qi Tu Physical Description: A bird that looks like a crow except for having three heads and six tails and likes to laugh. Special Properties: Consuming its meat safeguards you from having nightmares and evil. Shen Chi Physical Description: A creature with a human’s head and a beast’s body, only one hand and one foot.Continue reading “Chinese Lore- A selection of mythical fauna (11)”
Chinese Lore- A selection of mythical fauna (10)
Red Ru Physical Description: A fish with a human’s face Special Properties: Its call is like that of Yuan Yang (a type of water bird that always appears in couples). Eating its meat can cure scabies. Ran Yi Fish Physical Description: A six-legged fish with a snake’s head Special Properties: Eating this fish can preventContinue reading “Chinese Lore- A selection of mythical fauna (10)”
Moonlake’s Writing Updates- Mar 2023
As of the time of writing, I’m delving into enneagrams in an attempt to get closer to my characters, an idea I had taken from K. M Weiland (I bought a Humble bundle containing two of her books last year and I recently read them). I’m quite confident that I have my male protagonist peggedContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates- Mar 2023”
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (16)- Xu Fu
Who is she? The most renowned female fortune teller in ancient China Notable Life Events: Born in 221 BC to a county governor father She saw Liu Bang (the founder of the Han dynasty) in her home county when he was en route to attacking the Qin capital and concocted a plan for her fatherContinue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (16)- Xu Fu”
Moonlake’s Writing Updates- Jan 2023
I am still battling on for the WIP. Currently, I am working on adding more obstacles to Act 2 and potentially Act 3 of my story. I continue to be in my low energy phase with the WIP and I have cut down to one session per weeking day (5 times a week now) withContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Updates- Jan 2023”
Chinese Lore- A selection of Mythical Fauna (9)
Ju Fu Physical Description: An ape-like creature with patterned arms. Special Properties: It is good at throwing at tigers and leopards. Translation Quirks: A more mundane alternative translation was that it is just good at throwing with striped arms like tigers and leopards. I went with the more unusual translation. Xi Qu Physical Description: AContinue reading “Chinese Lore- A selection of Mythical Fauna (9)”
Chinese Lore- A selection of Mythical Fauna (8)
Zhu Tun Snake Physical Description: A meter-long snake that has four feet and is hairy throughout its body Special Properties: Its call is like that of pigs. Lore: Legend tells that in the Song Dynasty, a Zhu Tun Snake had appeared in front of a soldier who was undergoing training and had swallows him whole.Continue reading “Chinese Lore- A selection of Mythical Fauna (8)”
Remarkable Women in Ancient China (15)- Chi Zhao Ping
Who is she: Essentially a female Robin Hood A renowned peasant rebel leader against the Xin dynasty (or New Dynasty, its literal meaning) that separates the Western Han from the Eastern Han (the Western Han precedes the Eastern Han, I think the direction delineation probably signifies a change in the capital as these things go).Continue reading “Remarkable Women in Ancient China (15)- Chi Zhao Ping”
Moonlake’s Writing Update- October 2022
To be honest, my WIP hasn’t been going well at all. I’ve lost energy for more than a year now but I’m still inching along on it. And in September, I finally found the cause! Basically, I have a bunch of missing content that doesn’t support the book structurally. Practically, that means I’m back toContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Update- October 2022”
