Diagnosis: Writer

As I promised, here is an essay that went public on this link. The rough translation goes something like this. Perhaps you will agree, perhaps you won't.    You start out as a hobby, you want to see if you can write a novel. You read the book and it changed your life, so you're …

Night time blabbering 300 meets Tomatoes

Every year, I pick the biggest, the ripest tomato I can find in my garden, carefully cut it open and pull the seeds out. I leave it on a piece of paper to dry out in the sun, scrape the seeds into an envelope and store it until the spring. This is how we save …

Help a brother out – Bedtime Stories for Arborea

Today, I am presenting you a book, a collection of short stories written in English. It is a work made through the years by the new upcoming author Bojan Djeanovic. Stories are very engaging, fun to read and interesting. Genre isn't fixed for all of them, but you can see a certain note of fiction …

The big announcement

Finally here. I am happy to say that I just created a YouTube channel and Patreon account. Now, I need to wait for it to be approved and start chasing my goals. I am well aware of the work ahead of me and I am also willing to give my best. This means, that most …

“The guy from another league” by Kristina Gallo – book review

From the start, the author is playing with the motives of acceptable, and then it misleads us into thinking that everything is normal and sheds light on a rarely discussed topic of sex diseases. This segment is used to clarify the plot of the novella, shows us the vivid imagery of how it looks like …

Legends of Sokobanja – The haunted lake of Bovan

Bovan Lake is positioned between the town of Sokobanja in the west and Aleksinac in the east, pressed into the gorge of the hills and mountains that separate the towns. This lake connects the village of Trubarevac and village Bovan which has its own ruined fortress on the opposite hill where lake is based. The …

Legends of Sokobanja – An Alien Mountain Rtanj

Near Sokobanja is a mountain with very interesting features. I'm talking about Rtanj mountain (pronounced [r̩̂ːtaɲ]). A cone shaped terrain with naturally straight sides, it almost looks like it’s man-made. The highest peak is called Šiljak (the Pike) and it's decorated with a demolished chapel of Saint George the Dragon Slayer. On the northern side, …

Legends of Sokobanja – Cursed treasure of Žučkovac

Village Žučkovac (zhuchKovats) is based in a gorge between the hills with a river running in the middle. Unique rose of winds and meadows are in optimal climate for growing fruits that is a primary source of income. There is even a huge orchard where locals go for work and kids help for a pocket …

Legends of Sokobanja – Siege of Vrmdža

Stories of this place speak of an ancient Roman town built as an outpost on the Emperor’s road to Naisus (current location of Niš). The garrison stationed there were the guards of that road, protectors of the surrounding villages, until it was won by the Serbian forces and transformed into a town. The name Vrmdža …

Legends of Sokobanja – Banja Jošanica

This village is settled in between the hills on the slopes of Bukovik Mountain, just at the beginning of the forests that stretch over the whole mountain size and connect with its hills with the Bovan Lake. Primary source of income originates from lumbering and making lime by melting the limestone from the Mountain. At …