Sooo this is pretty cool. IDK if you know or not, but inventing actual blue pigments that work and don’t kill you is actually SUPER hard. Blue isn’t very common in nature, and throughout history it’s been a pretty rare and valuable pigment as a result. That’s not the REASON I used blue as the […]
Introducing YinMn Blue (Now I Need To Revise The Witch Blue Universe) Read More »
Stumbled across this video earlier in the week and thought it was interesting enough to share. The video sliiiiightly simplifies the situation – I actually did a paper on this during university! – but it’s a clear enough introduction to the topic if it’s not something you’re familiar with. So. Why DIDN’T Ancient Greek have
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Middles are hard, y’all. For many, many years and many, many stories, I really struggled to know WHAT went in the middle of a story. Like, yeah, okay, it’s supposed to exacerbate the conflict. It’s supposed to complicate things. It’s supposed to get the protag. to the climax and there should be a reversal in
My Absolute Favourite Resource On Story Structure Read More »
Been watching a lot of art stuff on YouTube lately, thanks to my lovely copics, the time I had over the holidays to actually spend some time on art, and three gorgeous, gorgeous art books I have recently acquired. So here’s a fun way to end our weeks: with a photoshop genius who takes people’s
Realistified Drawings, Or, #PhotoshopLifeGoals Read More »
Heyyaaaaa! Just a quick note today to let you know that I was on a podcast/video interview thingy earlier this week with the lovely Barney from StoryComic! The slightly-abbreviated version is now up and available for freebies on YouTube, so if you want to go hear me chat about writing and books and overscheduling my
Podcast Interview With Yours Truly, Courtesy Of StoryComic! Read More »
I’ve finished formatting the collection of short stories that will come out in early April next year (and have ordered the proof copy, whee!). These are the stories that I wrote THIS year in April as part of my ten-stories-in-twenty-days challenge (spoiler, I wrote six stories in fourteen days) and, as you can imagine since
Explaining The Pandemic To My Past Self Read More »
I’ve seen glimpses before of the series Back In Time For Dinner, but after a conversation with my sister this week, I’m finally sitting down to actually watch the series. I’m watching the Australian version and I can’t link to the episodes for the internationals among you, but if you live in Australia, the whole
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What are you watching lately? Hubs & I are making our way through Cobra Kai and I am loving it with glorious, unashamed glee. Mr 8 introduced the fam to The Inbestigators yesterday, and I am also loving and adoring this. It’s a group of kids in Year 5 (second last year of primary school
The Inbestigators Is Actually The Best Read More »
So, this is grand. How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer. I love all the comments where people are like, “I can’t believe I’m so hyped now for a movie that doesn’t even exist!” :’D What cool things have you found this week? <3 Read more:To Dis or En CouragePlease Don't Give UpOops, Dropped Off
Every Movie Trailer Ever: A Perfect Formula Read More »
Honestly, if you haven’t a) been around foxes or b) spent hours researching them on YouTube for a book you’re writing (hi, I’ll let you guess which one applied to me), you will be SHOCKED by the sheer, amazing range of noises they can make. Especially creepy noises, ermagersh. Anyway, today, in honour of the
Laughing Foxes Are Kind Of Creepy, TBH Read More »
