Author: Gabriel De Palo
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Show, don’t tell
Writing is hard. It takes practice, as do all forms of art. It’s difficult for someone who has never written before to pick up a pen (or keyboard) and write a story that is compelling and coherent. When I started writing, there were way too many “and then”-s, “she said”-s, and just overcomplicating my sentences…
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Introducing: Poppy
Poppy Somniferum, a red-haired, aloof and curious Elvish girl is one of many main characters in my series The Forsworn Cycle, and has an especially prevalent role in the first book of the series, Children of the Sun. Poppy hails from the small mining town of Jyde in the western reaches of Aurelius, one of…
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Who’s the girl?
If you’ve been to my blog, or if you’ve seen posts about my blog (or shared it), you’d notice that the thumbnail for the embedded content is some pink-haired anime girl. You might also be wondering why that is. If you don’t want to read the entire post and you’re just interested in the who,…
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Writer’s first blog
I’ve never written a blog before. I’ve never written a diary, or a journal, or anything of the sort, so this is very new to me. I even looked up “what is a blog” before actually making one, because I had no idea what they were for. I got a few different, and conflicting, answers.…
A Forsworn Fantasy 