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March 13, 2019 Carin Marais

The Art of Being Yourself

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November 13, 2018 Carin Marais

Writing Research: Victorian-era Mental Asylums

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 Carin Marais

Books about writing I’m currently reading

November 6, 2018November 5, 2018 Carin Marais

Rediscovering your passion, part 1

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October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Carin Marais

Final writing update for October

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October 19, 2018October 18, 2018 Carin Marais

Favourite Music Friday: River by Josh Groban

October 17, 2018 Carin Marais

Behind the fiction: The Book of Damnation

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October 11, 2018 Carin Marais

Writing Update: “Forgotten” – a short story

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October 1, 2018 Carin Marais

Of markets, sunburn, and writing

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September 21, 2018 Carin Marais

Tolkien Week 2018 – My journey with Tolkien’s works

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First nest completed! Seeing as how the @animalrescuecraftguild are all making pouches, nests, and more, I thought I'd also try to help out a bit. Once I have made a bunch they're off to Australia! 🐨🦘🥳 Check out their Instagram and Facebook page to see how you can maybe also help. They also have the patterns you need 😊 (For those who want to know, I'm using @elle_yarns Charity in Beige and whatever the Charity colour is of which I've lost the band.) #Sundaycrafting #crochet #wildlifehelp #australia
Finished the Eilian shawl by Jasmin Räsänen this morning 🥳🥳🥳 (Head over to my Stories to see the whole shawl.) Believe it or not, this is a free pattern on #Ravelry! Also be sure to check out her other gorgeous patterns like the Aranuir shawl 🥰 . Used about 450g @stylecraftyarns Baby DK in Humpty Dumpty and a 4mm @elle_yarns ergonomic crochet hook. 😊 Can't wait for winter! . #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #hotoffthehook #shawl #Sundaycrafting #handmade #hekel #handgemaak
Finished this opening page this morning... I may still put a gold highlight here and there, but I'm still deciding 🤭 . I've been trying to be a lot more mindful of having a moment of quiet time in the mornings while everything is still in bed. Okay except for Frodo and Sam who are twittering in their cage 😅😅😅 (They wake up at about 4am.) . I can see how manuscript illumination had been therapeutic to those who did it! Not to mention colouring in itself being therapeutic, of course. (I still hold that monks and nuns were the original bible journalers 😁😊🤭 . Using @typoshop, @staedtlermars, and @derwentartofficial coloured pencils, btw. . #promisebible #Bible #biblejournaling #colouredpencils #colouring
Well Sir Tristan definitely found his perfect spot - my crochet WIP! 🤣 It's one way of telling me to put it down and start on my writing 🤓 And, who am I kidding, he's far too cute to argue with! . #crochet #catsofinstagram #cats #crochetersofinstagram #crochetwip #hekel #handmade #handgemaak #DKyarn #crochetbuddy
New worldbuilding blogpost on the blog today! (Link in bio.) *During the Achtarion War between the Airus and Khaldun, the Knowledge Stone was found by the Airus Ira-laleth. Keeping the stone, which was imprinted with the very words of creation, secret from the Khaldun, Ira-laleth found that she had received the gift to add and imprint other knowledge on the stone as well.* *Safely sequestered for three thousand years, the Keepers of the Stone was at last attacked in their shrine — but not before the stone was broken into many pieces to be taken to safety. Given to Airus who fled into the wilderness in order to keep the stone’s knowledge secret, the Khaldun set out after them, slaying many and taking the slivers of stone for themselves. It was also at this time that Ira-laleth and her entire family was slaughtered by the Khaldun.* *The remaining Airus heeded a call in their dreams to flee to the Midlands and the Sanctuaries there and, so, most of the Knowledge Stone pieces were saved when the First Sundering tore through the lands of the Airus and Khaldun, and much of the land sank beneath the waves. After the Sundering, many of the Airus went into hiding throughout Airtha-Eyrassa, fearing that they would still be hunted by the Khaldun. Yet none forsook their oath to keep the stones safe.* *The Age of Blood and Sorrow dawned on the lands of Airtha-Eyrassa, only ending with the Second Sundering.* ***** *Many years pass while the Knowledge Stones become a part of Airtha-Eyrassa’s legends and folklore. With the pieces of knowledge stone now scattered throughout the lands, the long search of the lost Stones by the Seekers of Knowledge begins.* *When two Seekers find a Stone that contains knowledge about the Khaldun and how they could once and for all be defeated, a fire is kindled in Airtha-Eyrassa. What was only legends suddenly become truth and plunges Airtha-Eyrassa’s lands into war.* #worldbuilding #fantasy #epicfantasy #TheRuonChronicles #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #amwriting
A happy birthday to The Professor! Which book to indulge in to celebrate the day, I wonder? 🤔🤔🤔 #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #birthday #celebrate #books #bookcase #bookshelf #shelfie #middleearth #lordoftherings #Silmarillion #hobbit #hobbitforming #frodolives #becausephilologistsarecool #fairylights
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. — Seneca. I've spoken about how 2019 has been a difficult year, however, I am looking forward to 2020 and trying to make this an amazing year and beginning to a fab decade. New Year's 2010 is a bit of a blur as I'd just lost my mum to Cancer in November of 2009. In 2012 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (Which is being treated and is under control and which is also why I'm celebrating with sparkling grape juice. Ok, who am I kidding, Pom Royal is delicious! 🤣🤣🤣) The 10s have been a difficult time, but also a wonderful time. My family and I - small as it is - is closer than before. I went on awesome trips around the country (here's to more!), and I'm now a full-time writer. In 2020 I want to focus more on my faith, my fiction, as well as creative non-fiction, and documenting things a bit more. I seem to suck at that. And I really need to finish that Mermaid Shawl already! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 May everyone have a blessed and wonderful 2020. Gelukkige nuwejaar! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 #2020 #NewYear #NewYear2020 #newbeginnings #nuwejaar
Looking back at the end of the year is as important to me as planning for the next. After all, if we don't keep track of everything that had happened and we have learned, how can we step into the future as better and stronger people? 2019 was a difficult and trying year for me. While I did do a lot of writing and creation (though not as much as I would have liked), I also suffered from burnout and was booked off of work in September. While this rest was something that I obviously needed — as was the changes to my meds — I did find myself taking longer that I thought to get back into a space where I feel like myself again. I ended up stepping away from almost all blogging and social media and saw in November that I needed more rest when NaNoWriMo turned into a giant flop word count wise. Could I say that "what didn't kill me made me stronger"? or that I was put through the wringer to teach me a bigger lesson — to find the quality of my faith and love in Lewis' words — the answer is a sincere "yes". You see, I have learned (among other things) that I do need to take better care of myself. This includes making sure that I don't burn out three quarters of the way through the year and facing up to the fact that I am not great at asking for help. I can even admit that my faith has grown throughout the year and its difficulties. Sometimes you need to be forced to stand still and take stock even though it is everything but fun. That's not to say that I'm not looking forward to the new year, because I definitely am! (And that's not just because I get to start using a new planner!) . #CSLewis #quote #2019 #endoftheyear #lookingback #lookingforward #2020 #newyear #burnout #selfcare #writing #amwriting #planningahead #faith

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