BOOKS I DIDN’T OR COULDN’T FINISH
D; THE WRITER’S WIKI. This is a slowly growing collection of glossary/wiki entries to help you understand, or learn more, about various terms, names, titles and abbreviations you may come across on this blog. For terms relating specifically to the Ulfrheim sagas, please check out the Ulfrheim Wiki here. Whenever…
VAMPIRES (UNEDITED)
DHAMPIR A dhampir (from Gheg Albanian dham = tooth and pir = drinker) is a half vampire/half human creature from Balkan folklore. They are the result of (predominantly male) vampires mating with humans. Male vampires have a sexual craving for humans. Female vampires not so much, but it does happen. Dhampirs can pass as human, but…
SHADOWHUNTERS REPOSITORY
DOWNWORLD Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Downworld is the realm of supernatural creatures and hybrids who have some degree of demon blood in them. They are generally part human and part demon, or afflicted with some kind of demon disease. This includes warlocks, vampires, fairies, werewolves and pretty much any creature from…
HUMAN CHARACTERS A – Z
HUMANS A – Z is like a Who’s Who of humans I’ve come across in storytelling. I list the main/central human characters from books, tv-series, films and games. Because there are so many of them, I won’t be able to list every single human I meet in the stories. Without…
ANIMAL CHARACTERS A – Z
ANIMAL CHARACTERS A – Z is like a Who’s Who of animals I’ve come across in storytelling. I list the main/central animal characters from books, tv-series, films and games. Because there are so many of them, I won’t be able to list every single animal I’ve spotted in the stories. …
BEAT PROCRASTINATION
Better Under Pressure?HEY WRITER, do you know that the idea that you work better under pressure is a myth? It’s actually a misguided belief a lot of us tell ourselves. Studies show that no one works better under pressure, so why do we hold on to this belief? Psychologists say it’s a…
STRIGOI A – Z
STRIGOI A – Z is like a Who’s Who of strigoi I’ve come across in storytelling. I list strigoi from books, tv-series, films and games, and it doesn’t matter if they are the main characters of the story or not. So, without further ado, here’s the list as it stands…
LET’S READ NEW SPRING, (p1)
LET’S READ: New Spring is the prequel, or Book 0 if you like, to Robert Jordan‘s high fantasy series, Wheel of Time. There’s a total of 15 books in the series, plus two companion books and a few short stories. To my great disappointment, when I first came across Wheel…
BEAT PROCRASTINATION
Don’t Let It Ruin Your LifeHEY WRITER, did you know that people tend to think of procrastination as something personal? Yep, it’s true. They also tend to believe that avoiding and/or putting off tasks is a solitary decision that doesn’t have much of an impact besides creating something of a time crunch. But guess what?…