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On Writing Short Stories with Devin Berglund

Today I’m giving the floor to my friend and fellow blogger, Devin Berglund, who will be talking about short stories and the proper way to go about them! Do read on and check out her website! * * * Do you want to write a short story? Did I just hear you say, yes? Yay!! […]

Birthday Week in Pictures

Last year I said something about the need for birthdays to be official holidays. I would like to amend that statement a bit, because my wish was granted – or rather, twisted a bit – this year. Rather than be a holiday of its own, my birthday fell on an actual (lunar) holiday, and that […]

Happy October!

Reblogged from Zen Scribbles: I've been waiting for this month for quite some time, it being the tenth month and all that. October is my favourite month of the whole year, and that's not only because it's my birthday month. ;) Why do I like October? Here are some of the reasons: 1. It marks […]

Don't skimp on the dialogue.

Reblogged from Official Blog of Cedaria: Blackout: There is nothing that can ruin a book, movie or game more than stiff dialogue. Well, okay, so that's not entirely true; there are also Mary Sues, love triangles, cliches, gaping plot holes... well, uh, you get the point. But dialogue is still a major pet peeve for […]

Happy International Day of Chocolate!

It doesn’t feel like it’s been a year since I made a post like this one, but the 13th of the September has come around again and I would not be a true chocoholic if I didn’t blog about it and celebrate it in style. I wasn’t so extravagant last year, merely picking up some […]

Fueling excitement with sugar.

My default modes during the last couple of week have ranged between excited, stressed, busy and just plain out frazzled. I’ve also gone through short bouts of total confusion, but those generally tend to come up after I’ve fallen victim to that evil, unproductive thing known as sleep. Mostly, however, I have been excited. It […]

Introductions are really not my thing.

Reblogged from Official Blog of Cedaria: Blackout: I am usually terrible when it comes to introducing myself or any subject I intend to talk about. In most cases I'm all too happy to let someone take the load off my shoulders and just take the stage, to the extent that I almost would not care […]

Slap my wrist and call me busy!

One of the perks of being a game writer is that I actually look forward to going to the office in the morning, as compared to my old job where I practically had to forcibly roll myself out of bed. It feels more like a fun activity than an actual job, which I really like; […]

Proudly presenting… my bookshelves!

I am quite proud of my shelves. Even though they’re overflowing right now and could do with some form of categorization, I am still filled with delight every time I look at them. So I’m taking a leaf out of Britt and Letizia‘s books and accepting the challenge posted by Jilane Hoffman … and showing […]

Puppet Parade - Zeinab Alayan [Book Review]

Reblogged from Of Musings and Wonderings: Sophie has never seen her face. Her step-mother keeps her locked in her bedroom, telling her it is for her own protection firstly due to the illness she suffered as a child and secondly to keep her from seeing her ugly deformed face. Oliver is a puppeteer obsessed with […]