What

If you stumbled onto this page, you might wonder what the deal is. On this blog, you'll generally find a few different types of posts. These can be any of the following:

Review: Since I tend to read a lot, I figured: ''why not make reviewing these books a habit and put that on my blog, so you know I am alive, at the very least?'' Well, I did just that. They come right from my Goodreads account.

Life: these are stories of my life, travels, or anything else that otherwise does not fit in any of the categories below. Currently about my adventures in Denmark.

Prompt: these are short posts, mostly meant for writing practice and made up of short, so-called ''creative writing prompts''. These can be found anywhere on the internet and forces me to write in ways, about characters and in genres or styles I might otherwise avoid. 

Novel: these are chapters, excerpts, or scenes from the novel I am working on. My undying hope, of course, is to have it published someday. To gain the interest of the general, interested, public, I sometimes post pieces of it here. They will be named accordingly. One caveat: they might be in Dutch. Luckily, there is always Google Translate.

Short story: these will be rare. They are longer pieces, at least several pages worth, and have more going for them than simple prompts. Most of the time, my brain abandons me when it comes to creativity. Every so often though, it manages to conjure up a flash of genius. I will then proceed to write these down in my very old-school notebook. Whenever I feel like the idea has matured enough in my head, I will try and turn it into a longer story. Those are not meant for publication (perhaps as a bundle sometime, who can tell), so I just put them here under the appropriate name.

Thoughts: like most people, I like to think that I am smart and important and that my thoughts and ideas matter. Sometimes, I have to write them out. They can be found under this header and can pertain to a broad spectrum of subjects, from politics to religion and from history to current affairs. Aside from this, writing out your thoughts forces you to articulate them and allows you puncture holes in their weak points. It's a great exercise.