Quite a number of psychopaths have made names for themselves. Hitler, Napoleon, Stalin. Ted Bundy is another, more recent, example, as is Hannibal Lecter, featured in the movie The Silence of the Lambs. What about Jeronimus Cornelisz, erstwhile under merchant on the merchantship Batavia, who for a few short months in 1629, strode his tiny…
This is a list of articles I’ve written about the Batavia shipwreck, explaining some of the torture used and other historical facts. I’ve also included some notes on why I wrote some passages, extrapolating on known facts to the how and why. The wreck of the ‘Batavia‘ – a different point of view Many books…
It’s June, according to the calendar the beginning of Winter in Australia. For us it’s a time of cool-cold nights (by our standards) and warm days, low humidity and light winds. It’s our favourite time of year here on the East Coast. Walks on the beach are a pleasure. It’s different on the West Coast….
If your hero is up against a villain, better make sure that villain’s powerful. Sure, you need conflict to make a story. Or should I say, an interesting story. But the writer of a post iI just read used Voldemort and Sauron as her two examples of good villains.