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January 2025 | Newsletter
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Please find our latest news below.
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Don't forget; on our website you are able to use translate function on top of the website, for example to read our blogs.
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Writing a first draft. In my first blog, I talked a little about writing the first draft, though it is fair to say I skipped over a few steps. Writing a first draft is way more complicated than what I previously wrote down. So, to give a little more insight in my upcoming book, Gravity Goat, I will take you …
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I made the necessary adjustments to the concept, which were necessary because of the changed main character (from father Hendrik to daughter Aaltje). In addition, I set out the stakes by identifying the plot points, midpoint and pinches. I now have a schematic layout of the chapters that are to come, based on these points. I supplement this schema with …
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To start, Donkey Books would like to wish everyone a happy new year! A new year means new sneak peeks, events, books, and much more! Donkey Books has been working hard behind the scenes, and we have loads of exciting things coming this year! In fact, we have something to share with you right now! At the start of this year, a …
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Getting an idea. I thought it was best to start my blogs where every book starts. Getting an idea. An idea that grows a little out of hand. Needing more and more words to be told. A world that comes to life, characters that do things you don't always see coming. Before you know it, a first draft is finished, …
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I have done enough research on my main character to be able to determine the storyline of the fictional part. I have an overview of blood relatives, I currently have more than forty documents in which Hendrik and/or his wife are mentioned and I have a chronological list of events.I have decided to delve deeper into the theory of writing …
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Upcoming announcement
On February 1st we will reach a new milestone with Donkey Books.
Keep an eye on social media!
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Missing piece…
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A lot of research preceded the book ‘Uitgevlogen Ziel’ about the rye bread baker Hendrik Baalman. Various archive documents from the Westfries Archief in Hoorn were consulted. Sometimes on a hunch, sometimes very specifically.
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One of the archive documents mentions that Hendrik’s household effects were sold publicly. Copies of this were searched for a long time, but they have not (yet) been found. That is a great pity, because we would have liked to know what Hendrik and his wife Neeltje had in their home.
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Activities
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Wednesday afternoon, March 26, 2025
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Location: IJmond-Noord library, Cultuurhuis Heemskerk.
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Ronald will give a lecture about the making of his book 'Uitgevlogen Ziel'
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More details will follow soon on Social Media.
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Social Media
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You can also find us on Social Media!
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