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Category Archives: Books

Alethiometer Studies 101

by Eva, in category Books, Printables
Alethiometer Cards

To celebrate the launch of The Secret Commonwealth, I thought I would share this deck of alethiometer cards I created. As alethiometers are even rarer in our world than in Lyra’s, I hope these cards can help you hone your skills in their stead. Click here to download the cards (ZIP) Printing Your Cards I recommend… Read More

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discovering new reads…

by Eva, in category Another Writer's Diary, Books
The Magician - Rider Waite Tarot

It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to any podcasts, but when I received an email announcing that my favourite quarterly had started up the Slightly Foxed Podcast, I decided it was time for old habits and new reads. If you’re unfamiliar with Slightly Foxed, it’s a very down-to-earth publication that is all about the… Read More

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How to Read Ulysses

by Eva, in category Books

For this nicely, numerically repetitive Bloomsday (which happens to fall on a Thursday, like the original in 1904), I thought I would put together a list of resources for those who (like me) have been putting off the pleasure of reading James Joyce’s Ulysses. Bloomsday, in case you’ve forgotten, is the day on which the events… Read More

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20+ Free Writing Ebooks to Become a Better Writer

by Eva, in category Books, Promotion, Writing

There’s a wealth of valuable writing advice in this list of free writing ebooks. I’m sure that like me, you’ll be amazed at just how generous these writers are, and how much enthusiasm they have to help you reach your writing goals. I know we’re all enchanted by the idea of making a living with nothing but our words, but… Read More

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Steampunk Novellas I Love

by Eva, in category Books, Steampunk

I’m very picky with my contemporary reading choices, and my steampunk preferences tend to run contrary to the current paranormal trend, but happily there is now so much indie fiction available for consumption (combustion?), that I do find some great reads. Here are a couple of steampunk novellas (the first of their respective series) which… Read More

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🖤 my desk setup is looking more minimalistic th 🖤 my desk setup is looking more minimalistic these days…
❄️✒️ A few fountain pen snowflakes I was p ❄️✒️ A few fountain pen snowflakes I was playing around with last year after I discovered the symmetrical drawing assist feature in Procreate. 😊
This exercise definitely made me realise how EFFICIENT symmetry is, especially binary symmetry!
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📕 Current progress on my gothic/DA novel, 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗: SLOW.
✍🏻✨☕️ Current delight in sitting down at my desk to write: OFF THE CHARTS! 🥰
✍🏻☕️ Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year? ✍🏻☕️ Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?
If you’d like some help preparing, you can find a link to these Preptober prompts in my NaNo story highlights.
I think I’m going to be rebelling for the 2nd year in a row and working on my gothic/dark academia novel, 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗. 🖤
The thought of having the first draft printed and sitting on my desk before the end of the year is a super attractive one! 😍📚
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#writers #amwriting #wordcount #writingtips #creativewriting #writingmotivation #writinggoals #writingchallenge #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2022 #preptober #nanoprep
✨ "People who find resonant heroic themes of cha ✨ "People who find resonant heroic themes of challenges and questing in their own lives, in their goals, creative outpourings, in their day- and night-dreams— are being led to a single psychic fact. That is, that the creative and spiritual lives of individuals influence the outer world as much as the mythic world influences the individual." - Clarissa Pinkola Estés
✍🏻☕️ I've finished proofreading my looong article, and it's now available for students of the One Page Novel course. You can find it under, 'Advanced Lessons'. I hope it gives you some enticing new ideas to work with! 🖤📚🤯
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I asked the Midjourney AI to imagine a scene from I asked the Midjourney AI to imagine a scene from my gothic novel and I was blown away by the results! 🤯
This is so close to how I pictured the “Old Library” in my novel world. You can read a rough draft of the opening scene in my 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗 highlights.
If you’re a writer, there’s an abundance of inspiration to be found in the results of your own AI prompts, and also in scrolling (or searching) through others’ imaginations! 💎
( 👉🏻 swipe to see the unedited quartet that Midjourney returned)
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#midjourney #darkacademia #writing #author #writingmotivation #writinggoals #writinginspiration #writerproblems #fictionwriter #novelist #gothicliterature

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