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Happy Holidays!

24. December 2015
by Cicilie

It’s Christmas Eve, and here in Norway, this is when we celebrate. The tree has been decorated, and the pinnekjøtt is cooking on the stove. If you’re wondering what that is, I found an excellent explanation in English on this blog. Directly translated, it means “stick meat”, and it’s the traditional Christmas dinner in my part of the country. We got it ready cut this year, but previous years we’ve just bought the salted and dried rib-side (basically, half the ribcage) and cut it into the sticks ourselves. Requires a saw and really sharp knife though, and this year we just didn’t want to have to deal with that on top of everything else.

pinnekjott — Pinnekjøtt. Not quite ready yet, but getting there.

I’ve taken two weeks off work this holiday, which was much-needed. It also gives me plenty of time to both read Catrine’s book, as well as continue editing The Afterlife Occurrence. I may also continue writing on Remnants, so I can have that finished in January, and ready for some edits before I start sharing that with everyone. I’ll just have to see how much I have time for, in between reading and spending time with my family. My sister is visiting with her family, so we’ll be a full house tonight.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday, and wish you all the best.

Happy Holidays!

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Resources and the home stretch

15. June 2015
by Cicilie

I’ve added a few new worldbuilding resources to the Resource page, and also decided to organize that a bit better. As I continue to find new ones, or old ones that I lot when my computer crashed a few years back, I’ll be adding to that list. It is looking a bit short right now, but it will get better. Recommendations are more than welcome, feel free to email me or just comment with your go-to guides for all things fantasy.

In writing news, I am on the very last chapter of Memories!! I had hoped to finish that before I go off on vacation on Thursday, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to. It’s a massive thing, written from three different points of view, or possibly four or five. I’ll have to see what works best for the story. It’s planned out in detail, and in my head it’s perfect.

Now I just gotta get it typed up and looking nicely in Scrivener. Then I can devote my summer to worldbuilding for the series, as well as finishing my second draft of TAO. On top of that I just started a new fulltime job, and will be working most of the summer. Gonna be hard to fit everything in there, but I will find a way.

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Information overload

14. May 201514. May 2015
by Cicilie

Or rather, information, period. Basically, I’ve added new info on my writing projects, escpecially The Afterlife Occurrence. I’ve also started adding information about Vinternatt Studio, my Etsy store. The rest of the information, including how you can get a cutsom notebook made (like the awesome A4 sized one above), will be adding over the weekend.

It’s our national day on Sunday, so we have a long weekend of sorts. Since I am only spending it with my mother this year, and we plan on taking things easy and not head downtown for the parade, I hope to get some writing done. As well as getting the finishing touches down for the new blog.

With summer coming, I have too many projects I want to work on,a nd not enough time. But hopefully, I’ll at least be more active on the blog from now on. That’s what new beginnings are for after all.

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A new beginning

5. May 2015
by Cicilie

This is a new beginning for this blog. Out with the old, inn with the new. I am still in the process of adding information here, so things aren’t all shiny just yet.

I’ll be adding more information about my writing projects, and maybe even a small quote or two. I’m also adding infomrmation about my Etsy store, Vinternatt Studio. There I sell handmade notebooks for the most part, but new items are coming in May, including a few small pieces of art. Check back for more on that later.

This blog will remain a writing blog, for the most part, but I will also be taking about my other creative ventures, like the bookmaking. I do need a break from endless editing every now and than after all.

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Testing

2. May 20152. May 2015
by Cicilie

Am redesigning things here, which is why things are looking wonky.

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Happy Holidays!

Resources and the home stretch

Information overload

A new beginning

Testing