Dear reader, Today I found a few amazing reviews on Hilda – Cats that I just have to share with the world. This one, rated 5.0 out of 5 stars: One of the best series out there!, By JohnR (OH USA): I really love this series of books. They are extremely entertaining. When I see a new one, I drop everything, get it, and… (more…)
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The devil and his diary
Dear reader, Long time ago I wrote a very silly thing in 30 chapters. It was my work for Nanowrimo, and I had decided to write 30 days of the Devil’s Diary. What started out as a what do I care, as long as it’s words project, turned into a ‘story’ with lots of details about all kinds of things, mixed… (more…)
Occasional doubt
Dear reader, Doubt? Yes. Doubt. Sometimes I am not sure if there is more to write. I should refine that, I guess. Sometimes, it is hard for me to be certain that there is still more to write that fascinates and attracts the people who read my work. It doesn’t happen often, and that is a good thing, because I… (more…)
The soul of a reader
Dear reader, I sometimes wonder about what makes the difference between people who like to read and those who don’t. A non-reader once told me that reading is a waste of his time; he would rather go outside and explore the world, to experience things first-hand. People like that are of course entitled to their opinion, but I am convinced… (more…)
One hundred and fifty thousand
Dear reader, Please allow me this little brag-moment. As of today, the number of downloads and sales of all my books and stories has officially passed the US 150,000 mark. (This is 150.000 for Europeans, we do things differently.) Thank you!
The Park.
Dear reader. Forgive me for this strange start. I have written a short, yet very disturbing piece. It’s based on a song by Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, called “Down in the park”. First, here is a Youtube video with the song. Next, if you care to find out what I wrote, inspired by this song, do follow the link to the… (more…)
Writing and such
Dear reader, Even though I am trying to commit to writing something in one of the stories in progress every day, I hardly got anything done yesterday. The temperatures were extreme for this country. Waking up to -18C / 0F was already shocking. Going shopping when it had “heated up” to -12C/10F was quite draining. The hot moment of the… (more…)
Top 10 grammar peeves
Enough said, I am sure.
tl;dr
Have you encountered this one, dear reader? “tl;dr”. More and more, the world is becoming overloaded with acronyms and abbreviations, everything is thrown in to make life and communication as fast as possible. (And while writing this, again I wonder why nobody has ever made a decent abbreviation for the word abbreviation, which is quite long for what it stands… (more…)
Just a sunrise.
A few days ago, dear reader, I looked out the window and I was struck by the view you see above. Granted, in a picture it may not look like much (even when you click it to see a larger version), but… to see this, to behold the many colours and shades, to see the shifting pattern in the clouds… (more…)
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