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Author: harmamae

  • How Not to Write About Brazil (Several Tips)

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    Let’s just say you’re going to write a novel set in Brazil. I know, I know, there’s not a whole ton of novels out there set in Brazil, but I think the world could use a few more set in South America. If you’re going to go that route, or even if you just want…

  • Love In Friendship*

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    Today is Monday, so it should be Quotables Day, but I am writing a longer post because I’ve been MIA for about three weeks now. Nice to be back, by the way! While I was travelling, I came to the realization that friendship love doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Sure, people go on and…

  • Jet Lag

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    I can’t believe I thought I’d be aware enough to write a post today. The sad thing is, I know what I want to write, but I can’t put the words together coherently right now. So once I recover from two days of traveling back to Canada, I will update. See you then!

  • The Mother of Your Memory

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    “A repetição é a mãe da memória.”   Yes, a Portuguese quote this time (add this to that French quote, and we’ll have a start on going through all the language in my Quotables section!) Anyway, it means, “repetition is the mother of memory.” I am currently in Brazil, so I hope to be repeating…

  • Of Cellar Doors, and Naming Characters

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    “Most English-speaking people … will admit that cellar door is ‘beautiful,’ especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful that, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful…” –         Tolkien, again, in English and Welsh  Funny how some words sound nice, but when written, look ugly. I never would’ve thought of…

  • When is a Novel not Like a Painting?

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    To value a work of art by the degree of its realism, by the accuracy of the details reproduced, is as strange as to judge of the nutritive quality of food by its external appearance. – Leo Tolstoy This quote got me thinking – in art, people have pretty much detached themselves from expecting a…

  • Why Travel?

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    “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Yes, I did a Google search for “travel quotes,” and these two great quotes came up. They sum up so nicely what I love about travelling. Being…

  • I Read the Appendices

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    OR, Geeking Out Over Author’s Supplements If I read something and like it, I tend to read absolutely everything related to it. I never realized how pronounced this tendency has been throughout my whole life, until this week I looked up Little House on the Prairie on Wikipedia. I read the series as a kid,…

  • About Risks, in French

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    Qui ne risque rien n’a rien. – French proverb Literally, “who risks nothing, gains nothing”. I got this proverb out of a really terrible novel about a girl who ‘finds herself’ in Paris (so terribly I don’t even remember the title), but I liked the proverb enough to paint it on a t-shirt. It’s true…

  • 2 Things That Scare Me About Going (Back) to Brazil

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    I’m doing better this time – last year I wrote about the 3 Things That Scare Me About Travelling to Brazil, and this year it’s only two things! Two minor things, as you’ll see below. The real reason for this post was to let all my lovely readers know I will be leaving in a…