Tumbling into Tumblr

I posted last week that Storylane was acquired by Facebook and I decided that I would rather move my articles, sketches, etc. to another platform. I’ve decided on using Tumblr as my “secondary posting place”; where I’ll also link to other inspirational, cool, or just plain weird stuff I like. I did have a look at Medium.com, but it doesn’t seem like my cup of tea for the moment.

I’ve set up a page over at Tumblr – Coffee Stainsand Brainwaves. It’s a bit sparse at the moment, but I’ll rather not bombard the poor page too quickly!

I can like to talk English

Okay, that heading is probably only funny in South Africa; but this is a shout-out to my South African – and specifically my Afrikaans – readers.

I’ll probably be posting more Afrikaans stuff on Tumblr than on Hersenskim.

Maar ek bly vreeslik lief vir Afrikaans!

Afrikaans Language Monument

A New Road (in a way)

Starting this week, I’m giving the blog a little facelift content wise. Rather than limit the subject matter to a fixed pattern, I have decided to branch it out to include more ruminations and short articles like those I had posted over at Storylane.

Taking a good look at the stats of Hersenskim, I have noted those entries which have the most views and shares and will steer more towards talking about a variety of books, interests, mythology, and folklore. Music also plays a huge part in my life and I enjoy sharing those songs and bands which make an impression on me – and those that make great writing/study music.

In other news

Storylane has informed me that they are closing the site. I don’t want to switch my posts to Facebook – I only have a private page at the moment – and so I am looking at other possible sites. Once I decide on one, I’ll post the link over here.

Hope to see you back here soon!

Until then,

Á Agrai tellarias or s'agrélar silássa.

’n Onderhoud en “Om middelmatigheid aanvaarbaar te maak”

Laas week het omtrent verby gevlieg in ’n warrelwind van werk en (ongelukkig) sinusitis. Alhowel ek nie veel studeer of geskryf het nie, het ek darem ’n bietjie wêreldbou kon doen en het vir myself gesê dat om Thor te kyk ’n goeie manier is om te sien hoe Noorse mitologie verander word om by ’n spesifieke storie te pas*. Maar ek kon nou nie juis aan ’n produktiewe rede dink om al die ander flieks te kyk nie…

’n Verhaal en ’n onderhoud

Maar, terug by die interessante nuus – een van die lede van die Anomalous Sandbox (die skryfgroep waarvan ek deel is) het ’n storie in Desember gepubliseer en die storie – saam met ’n onderhoud – is nou beskikbaar om op die webwerf te lees. Gaan lees gerus sy“Deprescience” hier en lees die onderhoud hier.

Om middelmatigheid aanvaarbaar te maak

Ek het ook begin om stadig maar seker inskrywings op Story Lane te gaan plaas. Ek beplan om daar meer nie-fiksie en opinie stukke te plaas. Die eerste stuk lê my na aan die hart en is getiteld “Making Mediocrity Acceptable”. 

*Indien jy dalk nuut is hierso – my verhandeling handel oor die gebruik van Noorse mitologie in Afrikaanse en Nederlandse letterkunde.

An interview and Making Mediocrity Acceptable

The last week truly passed in a whirlwind of work and (unfortunately) sinusitis. Although I did not get much studying or writing done, I did do some worldbuilding and told myself that watching Thor was a good way to look at the way in which Norse myths are changed to fit a specific story. I couldn’t think of a productive reason for watching all the other films, though…

A story and an interview

But, back to interesting stuff – one of the members of the Anomalous Sandbox (the writing group I am part of) had a story published in December and his interview is now available at the site as well. Read his story “Deprescience” over here and the interview over here.

Making Mediocrity Acceptable and other musings

I’ve also started to slowly but surely post over at Storylane. I am planning to do more non-fiction and opinion pieces over there. The first piece is quite close to my heart, and is titled “Making MediocrityAcceptable”.

*If you’re new to the blog – my dissertation is about the use of Norse mythology in Afrikaans and Dutch literature.