Tag: long post
a sub-selection of blog posts
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Gloamwood: Post-Publishing Retrospective
Summary & Timeline It’s now been about a month since I self-published my fantasy adventure novel, Into the Gloamwood. I’ve already discussed aspects of writing the manuscript, illustrating the cover, and the like in other blog posts, but now that it’s out in the world and some time has passed, I wanted to compile a…
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Status Update 2025-04-04: Springing Forward
Hello! I’ve been busy, but I’m still here. I’ll note the general life news below, then move on to writing-related news. Firstly, I moved into a new apartment last September. (Well. New to me.) The move was exhausting and stressful, but it was worth it. My new place is so much nicer and quieter than…
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Looseleaf Tea: A Quick-Start Guide
I promise I have interests other than tea (an aside: tea-drinking goes rather well with reading and writing, I must say), but as a follow-up to my previous ramble, here’s a quick-start guide to looseleaf tea. This is for anyone who wants to try steeping looseleaf but doesn’t know where to start or lacks the…
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Let’s Talk About Tea
Rambling time! All true tea originates from a plant species called Camellia sinensis. The leaves are processed in different ways to produce green, black, white, oolong, and pu-erh. Fully oxidizing the leaves produces black tea, while green is heated promptly after harvest to prevent oxidation. Oolongs cover a range of partial oxidations, with some nearing…