Who is Belinda? A few years ago, during NaNoWriMo, I started to write a story based on a tale my dad used to tell me when I was young. A tale filled with mythic monsters, a sea-goddess, an up coming doom's day, a curse, a sacrifice and so on. It seems like my father had…
It's been a while since I posted an excerpt of any kind. But I am all about sharing right now. So for your pleasure only. Mysterious ways is a working title. It may change or it may not. Belinda left the corner of her window were she was hiding and motioned inside her room with…
In a previous post (A note on research) I talked about getting inspiration from pictures. This time it's like if I've been struck by lightning. I love (that's an understatement!!) to browse over some old photos. This morning I came across this one : It is a rare vintage photograph of an onna-bugeisha, one of the…
I love to do research when I start a new story. Most of the time I look for portrait to be inspired and create my characters. I look for expressions and feelings as I watch those picture. So the portrait of the day is this one : A lady who supposedly…
Last night, I read a few excerpt of my NaNoWriMo novel to my youngest daughter (the other one, not the one doing NaNo). She reads a lot and she is very critical about what she reads. Most of the time, I fear her opinion because she is ruthlessly sharp and vindictive, even though she is…
Happy Hour with Pablo and Lolaz 