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30 Chinese Archaic Names By: Moonlake

An companion to my 101 Chinese Modern Names sub, but for an ancient setting. This is an etymology centred piece with more extended entries compared to the earlier one which is in list form. Spelling is based on Mandarin unless otherwise indicated (the other variation offered is Cantonese which is easier to pronounce given that it is spelt from the English alphabet, at least the HK version that I'm using, rather than the Chinese pinyin)

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101 Chinese Modern names By: Moonlake

A list of 101 Chinese names in Modern day setting (mostly), with meanings provided. All spellings are based on Mandarin (minus inflections). The contents here have been converted into a Chinese Name generator.

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Trash and Treasure of Ideas By: Moonlake

Random passages coming from my less than daily attempts at writing exercises. In particular, some of them came about since I had come across what is known as the S+7 game where you replace all the nouns/adjectives/verbs with another word of the corresponding class that is the first one encountered counting 7 or more spaces in a dictionary. Mine this trove of trash or treasure of ideas at your pleasure.

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World Creation and the Citadel By: Moonlake

Tips on how to utilise resources on and functions of the Citadel to Develop and Maintain World settings

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General Posting Advice By: Moonlake

Tips on posting and writing in general

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Posting Societies By: Moonlake

tips on posting Societies (part of the Codex Posting Advice)

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