Month: May 2016

• Japan Day (and other stuff) – WIP

  

  Japan Day is a big thing in Düsseldorf every year. Massive crowds of people dressed as their favourite anime / manga characters (or even some characters that don’t fall into that category), good food, fireworks and a lot of fun is to be expected. It’s a highlight on the calendar! But then, going out to…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 23, 2016

  Immigration

  Anime, Cosplay, Düsseldorf, Dress-up, Fun, Japan Day, New Experiences, Photo Diary, The German Chronicles

• Visit to Werden

  

  On Ascension Day, we hopped a train to Werden. This picturesque place is a suburb of Essen and is seriously gorgeous. The buildings are still in the old style and there’s almost a fantasy-type vibe to the old taverns turned cafés. Walking through those cobblestone ways certainly piqued my creative flow. Then, there’s the parks…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 9, 2016

  Immigration

  Family, First Times, Fun, Germany, Nature, New Experiences, Personal, Photo Diary, Sightseeing, The German Chronicles, Werden

• Writing Process

  One of the things I get asked most often is what my writing process is like. How do I work? How do I outline? How do I order my thoughts? Friend, it goes about like this : I’m on my fourth novel now. I’ve written so much in the past five or so years that…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 8, 2016

  Personal

  Author, Current Chaos, Edit, Editing, Personal, Typeface, Writer’s Life, Writing