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A post about cats

Dear reader, This is not about writing and books directly. It is about cats. A few years ago I introduced cats in the Hilda the Wicked Witch series, and since then cats have become more and more fascinating to me. The Hilda fans who follow my ramblings on Facebook by now know that Obsi and Grim are no longer just… (more…)


Workload ahead.

Dear reader, sometimes it is hard to decide what to do next. Do you share that view? For me at this point in time the decision runs along the following: start with the next Hilda the Wicked Witch story (number 11); continue and finish “Bristol Dream”; continue and finish “Daniel and Rayko”, the sequel to “Bactine”; continue and finish a… (more…)


Libraries

Dear reader, This is about libraries. Who has not spent hours and hours in libraries? Perusing the thousands of books on the shelves, exploring the many different categories and styles? I know I have done that a lot in the past, when there was no Internet, when there were no e-books (yes, I am one of those e-book fanatics). Very… (more…)


Two years

Dear reader, It’s amazing but true. Two years ago I published my first little book, about a wicked witch called Grimhilda. Hilda for friends. When I pressed that “publish” button for the first time, little did I know… What followed was a small avalanche of books (at least that is how it seems to me). More Hilda books, and people… (more…)


I am going ask you for your age

Dear reader, You saw correctly. I am going to ask you for your age. No need to add more specifics, and it is fine if you say it is the age of someone else. So where does this sudden curiosity come from? Earlier I found a most endearing comment from someone on one of the pages of this website. Let… (more…)


Lily Marin’s steampunk adventures

Dear reader, I am wondering about something. I’ve written a set of short steampunk stories, 3 are out in a book, 3 are pending for that. I discovered however that writing these stories is very… difficult. Cumbersome. Slow. I really like the stories how they come out, but they drive me insane. Also, the number of downloads is not that… (more…)


How I got to writing

Dear reader, In this post I am going to share a little about how I got into writing. This did not happen from one day to the next, as if one flips the switch of a light. I’ve started, of course, with reading. I read a lot. More times than I care to remember, my parents had to warn me… (more…)


Tales of writing

Dear reader, Today I thought I’d share a few things with you that are off the regular posts that you can find here. A bit more personal, although nothing too revealing (I hope). It’s about characters. And yes, I refer to the characters that appear in some of my books. More precisely the Hilda the Wicked Witch books. In each… (more…)


Sometimes I just need to brag

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…)


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…)


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