Tonight, I am wondering about the impact a story can have on our life! On our world view.How much they can or cannot shape the eyes we watch through.What we take from them wherever we go next. This keeps bothering, because recently I struggled more than before with representations I saw consumed so easily byContinue reading “Stories in mind – why representation matters!”
Category Archives: About writing!
A writing tip I dislike and what my novel may be made of!
„Written word is prohibited from dictating any rhythm or tempo“, I remember a writer once tell me. Writer as in not a famous author, but able to make a living in parts from writing, over here in Germany. At least, once he did. Even if I wanted to name him, I couldn’t forgot. I forgotContinue reading “A writing tip I dislike and what my novel may be made of!”
Still crashing worlds! Or, update on the witching novel.
I am still done with letting her world crash. I mean, the first part of the witching novel, of course.My goal of telling the whole life story of a witch in central Europe in the 17th century has the challenge of including all the different stages of life. That does not just pose the difficultyContinue reading “Still crashing worlds! Or, update on the witching novel.”
Writing voices!
The voice of my witch is much sweeter than mine. Sweeter, but sometimes breaking, only stirring the vocal chords just so enough to move and creak, cozy and intimate. Having found the voice of my witch in my head made me say things I have always wanted to say but did not know how to.Continue reading “Writing voices!”
Witching writing struggle
Witches know their recipes, right?“Then, why am I so bad at summoning my perfect week?”, I ask my witch on the last train home. Home.Coming home means fairy lights and tastes like cinnamon. No home without a cat meowing!Waiting for me was waiting pots to clean and a kitchen to renovate.“Maybe, it’s just that oldContinue reading “Witching writing struggle”
Voices of the witching novel – an update!
A character from the witching novel started speaking to me the other night. It was her first time, and it also was not too long ago that I had even thought her into existence. In a very tired, rainy and cold writing sessions in the early hours, she suddenly found her voice, and she letContinue reading “Voices of the witching novel – an update!”
Chaotic leaking of a soul
„I need this to focus“, I explain to my witch after trying out the fourth flavour of tea this night and empty chocolate wrapping paper rustles as I put the cup on my desk. Sometimes, I cannot catch a single thought in my head. It is something I already know by now, but still cannotContinue reading “Chaotic leaking of a soul”
The intimacy of novel writing
While looking deeper into the childhood of my witch, I wonder how close I am supposed to feel towards any character I‘m writing about. Well,of course I have as close to me as stealing my cupcakes and wearing my dead grandmothers night dress can be, but here I am having more general thoughts. Thinking ofContinue reading “The intimacy of novel writing”
Creating drama!
I have wondered why anybody would enjoy reading a Dystopia diary.Why waste hours on words only describing the darkest moments?The things we don‘t really want to go through?Is it creating drama? Repeating negative emotions and causing them in others? Is it all just displaying the big mess I am making in my head? It isContinue reading “Creating drama!”
Some magical thoughts on books!
I like to imagine how its pages would feel between my fingers, how they would whisper, and how the words that I had been leaking out would be organized on them – One day, I want to hold the witching novel in my hands!Just as I have once been holding so many books that savedContinue reading “Some magical thoughts on books!”
Thoughts on 18 months of witching blogging!
Witching thoughts do look just like the photo I chose for this blog post. They are chaotic, blur out easily and are in general not made to exist in this world. Good luck catching them! It can be exhausting, I know what I‘m talking about … Still, I have been thinking for a while nowContinue reading “Thoughts on 18 months of witching blogging!”
Thoughts on novel writing!
One thing I have always enjoyed about novels in reading as in writing is the possibility to narrate the whole life span of a person. To tell the events of several years or decades, and to explore how these different stages of a life might have felt, how big changes might have happened, and allContinue reading “Thoughts on novel writing!”
Update on not so much writing
It has been a while since I posted an update on the witching novel or an writing in general.I originally started this blog to document myself researching, writing, exploring the life of a woman ending up as a witch in the 17th century in Europe, remember? Oh, you do? Great, because lately I tend toContinue reading “Update on not so much writing”
Update on the witching novel
I have to remind myself what I started this blog for, from time to time.Besides making sense of a situation that I suddenly found myself in and having somewhere to go to with certain thoughts and feelings, I wanted to document my writing process while working on my novel about a witch in Europe inContinue reading “Update on the witching novel”
Thoughts on writing
I write for my blog / witching novel everyday, and I think about writing everyday because for someone like me in this strange new world there is not much left to do. But tiring and distasteful lockdown jokes aside – I have some thoughts on writing which I would like to share. Never before inContinue reading “Thoughts on writing”
More thoughts on historical fiction!
Living through history is no fun. I read that in countless tweets and found a lot of memes about it, and I think that many people will agree, especially after last year. Seeing every social aspect of life and big parts of infrastructure breaking down and always having in mind that doing the things youContinue reading “More thoughts on historical fiction!”
Thoughts on writing historical fiction
Why are there even people still alive in this world? No, that is not my only thought on writing historical fiction, but it were thoughts like that which in the end led to starting this project. For a very long time, I had mostly been interested in writing science fiction. I dreamed of mega citiesContinue reading “Thoughts on writing historical fiction”
Why I write about witches
I have already written about how I summoned Layla, the witch living in my kitchen during the pandemic, with chocolate and wine, and sometimes with ice cream, and how we had the dark kind of fun, and were missing our boys, always good for a tale about surviving Dystopia. But I think, this might beContinue reading “Why I write about witches”
Mistress witch writes 