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Research Links: Stockholm

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I know that this is probably quite useless for the rest of you, but wedo have a wonderful collection of materials about Stockholm called…Continue

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Blog/website: http://baodaobooks.blogspot.com

Introduce yourself!: A first time NaNoWriMo-participant who likes steampunk and would really like to give writing a try. But not in English, since that's not my mother tounge.

What do you hope to find at The Steampunk Writers & Artists Guild?: Ideas! Inspiration!

How did you hear about us?: Found you Googleing.

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Photography mistakes in 1902

Posted on July 18, 2012 at 1:18am 2 Comments 0 Likes

A lovely book from 1902 on the mistakes that beginners make in photograpy.

World's oldest sound recording

Posted on July 18, 2012 at 1:15am 0 Comments 0 Likes

The world's oldest sound recording ressurected, from 1890.

Going to the gym in 1890

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:43am 0 Comments 2 Likes

Nice photos from an 1890s gym. Exercise in style!…

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The Electricians are Coming!

Posted on January 14, 2012 at 11:50pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Reading up on the Swedish author August Strindberg (1849-1912). In the late 1890s he suffered a mental breakdown and during this period he was convinced that he was threathened by an unknown group of "electricians, black magicians, and wizards". Wonderful stuff there for a writer. Like in this quote from "Excerpts from the Diary of a Damned Man":

As I draw back the curtain of the alcove where my…

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At 2:37pm on November 7, 2010, Lia Keyes said…: Anna, come and join me on Facebook's NaNoWriMo Warriors group! It's so different to write with company that is revved up and raring to go! Find it HERE

At 2:38pm on November 7, 2010, Lia Keyes said…: Btw - it says it's a 'closed group' but that just means it's private - so members' info doesn't get shared by Facebook. ;)

At 12:48pm on December 18, 2010, Jaymee Goh said…: Sweden! And Chinese! I see from your blog you actually do read Chinese as well? That's awesome. *am envious* Nice to meet you! (How did NaNoWriMo go for you?)

At 9:38am on December 19, 2010, Jaymee Goh said…: Still, being able to read Chinese and Swedish, translating in between both, AND English as well... I envy the European countries, seems so many of them encourage multilingualism.

At 9:38am on January 16, 2011, Lia Keyes said…: LOL Thanks so much for the 1890 yourself link! Had a laugh and uploaded one to my profile page here. Not sure how long I can stand to look at it, but thought it would amuse you!