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NJ Holden

May 28
2 min

Books of The Year 2023

Um. Can someone tell me where did the first five months of the year go? Seriously. It felt like just yesterday I wrote the summary of my...

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NJ Holden

Jan 22, 2023
2 min

Books of the year 2022

Last year was a bit better than the previous one for my reading. At least page-wise, even though I read fewer books. I did a lot of...

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NJ Holden

Jan 17, 2022
3 min

Technomagical progress

Somehow I wonder how bizarre technological and cultural progress in my universe must have been. For those of you who don’t know, in my...

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NJ Holden

Dec 30, 2021
3 min

Book of The Year 2021

Goodreads have sent me a yearly update, so let’s take a moment to reflect. That was a shitty year for reading. GR says I’ve read 49...

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NJ Holden

Oct 2, 2021
6 min

Weirdest Worlds

As you may know, my stories take place in a universe that spans hundreds of worlds. That is, hundreds of worlds that I made up. Here are...

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NJ Holden

Feb 27, 2021
2 min

Female protagonists

I have a confession to make: I don’t like female protagonists in fantasy. I know, shocking; especially given that I’m, at least...

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NJ Holden

Jan 28, 2021
1 min

Aldeaith the Explorer

I won’t lie, I came from nowhere. But in the last two cycles, while serving in Mespana, I’ve seen things. I’ve been to Casirod with its...

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NJ Holden

Jan 6, 2021
3 min

How to write character descriptions

Many writers, especially beginners, seem obsessed with hair and eye color. My advice? Don’t. This is the most cliched way to describe a...

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NJ Holden

Dec 15, 2020
3 min

Personal Book of the Year

As the year draws to a close, I decided to make a list of the best books that I read. I have Goodreads now to help me keep track and a...

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NJ Holden

Aug 10, 2020
6 min

Adventure in Futility

I'm reading a lot of old stories by H.P Lovecraft and C.A. Smith recently. I love the imagination of those earlier authors. I think it's...

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NJ Holden

Jul 20, 2020
1 min

Writing Advice Is Bullshit

The Internet is ripe with writing advice. It seems like everyone and their mother know what and how you should and shouldn't write....

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