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Nanowrimo. Start of day 7.
Dear reader, Today starts day 7 of Nanowrimo. So far things are going well. I’m pleased with my progress, which at this point shows 18.150 words. Sabas and Reny are travelling, and to give you an idea...
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Nanowrimo. Day 10. Surprises for everyone.
Dear reader, It has taken me a considerable time to get all my pawns in place for the real problem of the book. The problem they will have to face. Yes, as any good writer can tell you, it is a lot of...
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Nanowrimo. Day 13. Not all is bad luck.
Dear reader, Let me give you another update on the progress of this wrimo. A wrimo is a person engaged in Nanowrimo – this for your learning pleasure. You can now say you learnt something today (unless...
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Nanowrimo, day 19. There be progress.
Dear reader, The first days (weeks) of this crazy month didn’t fill me with much confidence about the story I’m writing. I suspect that will show in the first 10 chapters that I produced, with the...
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Nanowrimo, day 25. Things mix up.
Dear reader, The month is almost over. Nanowrimo is coming to an end soon. I’m not worried about making the fifty thousand words – I managed that last week. There is however an unforeseen complication...
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Hilda – the movie. (I know… dream on, writer)
Dear reader, It’s not my intention to give you hopes that may never come true. I just want to share a dream with you. Perhaps a dream we can only dream, but at least I’ll be in good dreaming company....
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Book review – Terminal World, Alastair Reynolds.
Title: Terminal World Author: Alastair Reynolds Genre: Steampunk Rating: 5 of 5 stars Terminal World is classified as a steampunk book. I agree with that but it has a large amount of future in it so it...
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Perhaps you remember Lily Marin…
Dear reader, Yes, Lily Marin. After six short stories and a novel, there is news about this remarkable singer from the Victorian era we like to call Steampunk. It’s been a while, but I have finally...
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Everyday things of importance
Yes, dear reader. Everyday things can be of importance. Especially for writers who pay attention to detail. One of those occasions happened to me a few days ago as I walked home from the library. The...
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Language battle.
Dear reader, As you may know I write in two languages. English and Dutch. Usually not at the same time, but sometimes it happens. Now (not as in at this very moment, but lately and still) I do that. I...
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Hilda and her younger years
Dear reader, I am certain that many of you, who are Hilda fans or even Hildaholics, have by now read that infamous book about Hilda when she wasn’t yet the wicked witch she is now. You may have seen...
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Scifi, fantasy and portals
Food for happy thoughts. Recently I read a post online that made me happy. The post dealt with things that are often seen as bad things in scifi and fantasy writing. One of the ‘bad’ things discussed...
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A little update on… Hilda, book 18.
Dear reader. It may not come as a shock that there will actually be an 18th story about Hilda and William. A story full of surprises, I might add, but which ones will still be covered under a purple...
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Today is the big day
Dear reader, Today is the big day. The day of the 25 year anniversary of Museum Ceuclum (our local history museum) and the presentation of “In de ban van de stier”, which roughly translated means...
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Sometimes I don’t write.
Yes, that’s right, dear reader. There are times I don’t write. This doesn’t mean writing isn’t on my mind though. Last Sunday afternoon I discovered a problem in a story. Something crucial was missing...
View ArticleA shift in the way I write
Yes, dear reader, I am aware that this post might not be as intriguing as one about a new book but this is something so different and new I want to tell ‘the world’ about it. This is about writing....
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Plotting and planning and Hilda
Yes, dear reader, I’m still here. And let me explain about the title of this post. Plotting I’ve taken up this ‘plotting’ thing many writers are dedicated to. It means you sit down and first work out...
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Nanowrimo 2016
Yes, dear reader, I’m in the race of the mad folks again. This time is different. This time I write a story in Dutch. I’m Dutch so that shouldn’t be a problem. Let me tell you… it’s difficult. And I...
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The weirdest Nanowrimo ever.
Dear reader, I’ve been silent during this past month. I had aimed to write a new story, this time in Dutch. A story indeed happened but it was not what I had planned. Because, yes, I had planned this...
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The magic of doing nothing
Yes, dear reader. Sometimes (apparently) doing nothing can do a lot of things. As usual I’m working on a lot of stories at once (which has the added disadvantage that some books take very long, I’m...
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