https://liviajelliot.com/tags/tales-of-the-bookshelves/ Recent content in tales-of-the-bookshelves on Livia J. Elliot Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/05-turning-hurt-into-story/ Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/05-turning-hurt-into-story/ It was mid-2022, and I was depressed. The type of depression that makes me remember that time as if it were a black-and-white silent film. There was no motion, just stagnation; no sounds, no music, no nothing—not even sadness or despair. I remember the few moments of joy like bright, soundful photos that I hold on dearly because they kept me going. Quiet, yet powerful images that now, in hindsight, still cheer me up. https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/04-dwm-analysis/ Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/04-dwm-analysis/ She didn’t mean that… or did she? ~Never mind.~ Let’s analyse how strike-through text can tease a hidden narrative—one not even the narrator can accept. Can text formatting have meaning? At first glance, the answer is: yes, it does. Books use formatting for a number of goals, such as italics for character thoughts (in a third-person narrative), or even “Quotes and italics,” for dialogue that is not spoken (for example, hand-signalling). https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/03-dwm-kickstarter/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +1000 https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/03-dwm-kickstarter/ I did it. I finally dared to launch a Kickstarter! There are several reasons as to why I wanted to do this, and I want to share a bit of the behind-the-scenes and all the preparations that went into it. The Reasons Incredible as it sounds—in other words, time flies—May 2025 is the second anniversary of Unearthed Stories and we wanted to celebrate. For those who don’t know, Unearthed Stories is a joint venture between my significant other (the developer behind Prowess Games) and myself—and so it is quite an special app.