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A collection of books, films, TV shows, music, games, and other discoveries that left a lasting impression on me. If I loved it, found it inspiring, or simply couldn’t stop thinking about it, you’ll probably find it here.

The Duke of Kielder wished me a happy birthday!

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Today is my birthday, and my twin sister has officially won the award for the best gift of the year!

She arranged a personal video message for me from Jake Stormoen, the actor who plays the Duke of Kielder in the adaptation of Sarah M. Eden’s novel Seeking Persephone, and I still get ridiculously excited every time I think about it!

Jake not only wished me a happy birthday, but also shared so many kind and encouraging words about my writing journey and asked about my books. I could never have imagined receiving a message like this one dayβ€”especially from someone whose work I genuinely admire.

And now I can’t help dreaming that perhaps one day we’ll meet again, but this time on a film set. We’re allowed to dream big, right? Clearly, I need to get back to writingβ€”and write even faster! ))))

I hope you’ll share this happy moment with me, because I’m honestly on cloud nine after such an incredible gift ❀️

You can watch the full birthday message on my Instagram: @juliashperova

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МСнС ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ²Ρ–Ρ‚Π°Π² Π· Π΄Π½Π΅ΠΌ народТСння Π³Π΅Ρ€Ρ†ΠΎΠ³ ΠšΠΈΠ»Π΄Π΅Ρ€!

Π‘ΡŒΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ΄Π½Ρ– Π² ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅ дСнь народТСння, Ρ– моя сСстра-Π±Π»ΠΈΠ·Π½ΡŽΡ‡ΠΊΠ°, Π·Π΄Π°Ρ”Ρ‚ΡŒΡΡ, ΠΎΡ„Ρ–Ρ†Ρ–ΠΉΠ½ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ³Ρ€Π°Π»Π° конкурс Π½Π° Π½Π°ΠΉΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‰ΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ€ΡƒΠ½ΠΎΠΊ Ρ€ΠΎΠΊΡƒ!

Π’ΠΎΠ½Π° Π·Π°ΠΌΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ»Π° для ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅ особистС відСопривітання Π²Ρ–Π΄ Π”ΠΆΠ΅ΠΉΠΊΠ° Π‘Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΠΎΠ΅Π½Π°, Π°ΠΊΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Π°, Ρ‰ΠΎ Π³Ρ€Π°Ρ” Π² Π΅ΠΊΡ€Π°Π½Ρ–Π·Π°Ρ†Ρ–Ρ— Ρ€ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½Ρƒ Π‘Π°Ρ€ΠΈ М. Π†Π΄Π΅Π½Β –Β Π£ ΠΏΠΎΡˆΡƒΠΊΠ°Ρ… ΠŸΠ΅Ρ€ΡΠ΅Ρ„ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ,Β Ρ– ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅ досі Π°ΠΆ ΠΏΡ–Π΄ΠΊΠΈΠ΄Π°Ρ” Π²Ρ–Π΄ радості, ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈ я просто ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ Ρ†Π΅ Π΄ΡƒΠΌΠ°ΡŽ!

Π”ΠΆΠ΅ΠΉΠΊ Π½Π΅ лишС ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ²Ρ–Ρ‚Π°Π² ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅, Π° ΠΉ сказав Π±Π°Π³Π°Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ‚Π΅ΠΏΠ»ΠΈΡ… слів Π½Π°Β ΠΏΡ–Π΄Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΠΊΡƒ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΎΒ ΠΏΠΈΡΡŒΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΈΡ†ΡŒΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡˆΠ»ΡΡ…Ρƒ, Π·Π°ΠΏΠΈΡ‚Π°Π² ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΡ— ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³ΠΈ. Π― Π½Π°Π²Ρ–Ρ‚ΡŒ уявити Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»Π°, Ρ‰ΠΎ колись ΠΎΡ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡŽ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠ΅ повідомлСння,Β Ρ‚ΠΈΠΌ Π±Ρ–Π»ΡŒΡˆΠ΅ Π²Ρ–Π΄ людини, Ρ‚Π²ΠΎΡ€Ρ‡Ρ–ΡΡ‚ΡŽ якої Ρ‰ΠΈΡ€ΠΎ Π·Π°Ρ…ΠΎΠΏΠ»ΡŽΡŽΡΡ.

Π† Ρ‚Π΅ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ– Π΄ΡƒΠΆΠ΅ Ρ…ΠΎΡ‡Π΅Ρ‚ΡŒΡΡ колись дорости Π΄ΠΎ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Ρƒ, ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈ зустрінСмося Π²ΠΆΠ΅ Π½Π° Π·Π½Ρ–ΠΌΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡƒ ΠΌΠ°ΠΉΠ΄Π°Π½Ρ‡ΠΈΠΊΡƒ ? МоТна ΠΆ мріяти ΠΌΠ°ΡΡˆΡ‚Π°Π±Π½ΠΎ, ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π΄Π°? Π’Ρ€Π΅Π±Π° ΠΉΡ‚ΠΈ швидшС писати Π΄Π°Π»Ρ–))))

Π‘ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ–Π²Π°ΡŽΡΡ, Π²ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡ€Π°Π΄Ρ–Ρ”Ρ‚Π΅ Ρ€Π°Π·ΠΎΠΌ Π·Ρ– мною, Π±ΠΎ я просто Π½Π° ΡΡŒΠΎΠΌΠΎΠΌΡƒ нСбі після Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ€ΡƒΠ½ΠΊΠ° ❀️

ПовнС відСопривітання ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Π° подивитися Π² ΠΌΠΎΡ”ΠΌΡƒ Instagram:Β @juliashperova

🌸 If You Haven’t Discovered “Blossoms in the Dark” Yet

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If you’ve been waiting for the story to be completed before starting it, that moment has finally arrived. πŸ’œ

Blossoms in the Dark is now fully available to read in Ukrainian from beginning to end on Booknet and Wattpad as well.

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This is the story of a young woman who lost her sight but never lost herself.

A story about building a new life far from home, finding your place in the world, friendship, support, inner strength, and the people who help us believe in the future again.

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πŸ’œ If you’re looking for a story about finding happiness after great loss, this book might be for you.

Thank you to everyone who reads, supports, and stays with me on this journey.

Your support inspires me to keep writing. 🌿

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🌸 Π―ΠΊΡ‰ΠΎ Π²ΠΈ Ρ‰Π΅ Π½Π΅ Π·Π½Π°ΠΉΠΎΠΌΡ– Π· “ΠšΠ²Ρ–Ρ‚Π°ΠΌΠΈ Π² тСмряві”

Π―ΠΊΡ‰ΠΎ Π²ΠΈ Ρ‡Π΅ΠΊΠ°Π»ΠΈ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈ історія Π±ΡƒΠ΄Π΅ Π·Π°Π²Π΅Ρ€ΡˆΠ΅Π½Π°, Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ†Π΅ΠΉ ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚ настав. πŸ’œ

ΠšΠ²Ρ–Ρ‚ΠΈ Π² тСмряві вТС ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ–ΡΡ‚ΡŽ доступна для читання Π½Π° Booknet Ρ‚Π° Wattpad.

Π¦Π΅ історія Π΄Ρ–Π²Ρ‡ΠΈΠ½ΠΈ, яка Π²Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ‚ΠΈΠ»Π° Π·Ρ–Ρ€, Π°Π»Π΅ Π½Π΅ Π²Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ‚ΠΈΠ»Π° сСбС. Π†ΡΡ‚орія ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π΅ Тиття Π½Π° Ρ‡ΡƒΠΆΠΈΠ½Ρ–, ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡˆΡƒΠΊ свого місця Ρƒ світі, ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ ΠΏΡ–Π΄Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΠΊΡƒ, Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠΆΠ±Ρƒ, силу Π΄ΡƒΡ…Ρƒ Ρ– ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ людСй, які Π΄ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ°Π³Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡŒ Π·Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρƒ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Ρ–Ρ€ΠΈΡ‚ΠΈ Π² ΠΌΠ°ΠΉΠ±ΡƒΡ‚Π½Ρ”.

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πŸ’œ Π―ΠΊΡ‰ΠΎ Π²ΠΈ ΡˆΡƒΠΊΠ°Ρ”Ρ‚Π΅ Ρ–ΡΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ–ΡŽ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ Ρ‚Π΅, як Π½Π°Π²Ρ–Ρ‚ΡŒ після Π½Π°ΠΉΠ±Ρ–Π»ΡŒΡˆΠΎΡ— Π²Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ‚ΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½Π° ΠΆΠΈΡ‚ΠΈ щасливо – ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΠΎ, ця ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° для вас.

Π”ΡΠΊΡƒΡŽ ΠΊΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡƒ, Ρ…Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚Π°Ρ”, ΠΏΡ–Π΄Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΡƒΡ” Ρ‚Π° Π·Π°Π»ΠΈΡˆΠ°Ρ”Ρ‚ΡŒΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡ€ΡƒΡ‡.

Π’Π°ΡˆΠ° ΠΏΡ–Π΄Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΠΊΠ° Π½Π°Π΄ΠΈΡ…Π°Ρ” ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ²ΠΆΡƒΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΠΈ писати. 🌿

~Blossoms in the Dark~

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I’m finally sharing something new β€” a story that feels very different from what I usually write.

β€œBlossoms in the Dark” is a novel about a young woman who gradually loses her sight and learns how to live in a world that suddenly begins to exist through sound, touch, scent, and memory instead of light. It’s a story about fear, acceptance, love, and the strange way people sometimes begin to see the most important things only after the world goes dark.

Honestly, I wasn’t planning to write this book right now. But this story arrived in my head and stayed there so stubbornly that every other project had to wait.

And maybe, as someone with very poor eyesight myself, I understand my heroine a little more than I would like to.

I hope you’ll love Jane and her story as much as I already do.

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Π’ΠΈΠΊΠ»Π°Π΄Π°ΡŽ Π·Π°Ρ€Π°Π· Π΄Π΅Ρ‰ΠΎ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π΅, Π·Π° ΠΊΡ–Π»ΡŒΠΊΠ° Π΄Π½Ρ–Π² Π²ΠΈΡΡ‚Π°Π²Π»ΡŽ всі Ρ€ΠΎΠ·Π΄Ρ–Π»ΠΈ. Π¦Π΅ історія, Ρ‰ΠΎ зовсім Π½Π΅ схоТа Π½Π° Ρ–Π½ΡˆΡ– ΠΌΠΎΡ— Ρ€ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈ.

“ΠšΠ²Ρ–Ρ‚ΠΈ Π² тСмряві”  – Ρ†Π΅ Ρ€ΠΎΠ·ΠΏΠΎΠ²Ρ–Π΄ΡŒ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ Π΄Ρ–Π²Ρ‡ΠΈΠ½Ρƒ, яка поступово Π²Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ‡Π°Ρ” Π·Ρ–Ρ€ Ρ– Π²Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒΡΡ ΠΆΠΈΡ‚ΠΈ Ρƒ світі, Π½Π°Π»Π°ΡˆΡ‚ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΎΠΌ Π½Π° людСй Π±Π΅Π· Π²Π°Π΄ Π·ΠΎΡ€Ρƒ. ΠŸΡ€ΠΎ страх. ΠŸΡ€ΠΎ прийняття. ΠŸΡ€ΠΎ любов. Π† ΠΏΡ€ΠΎ Ρ‚Π΅, Ρ‰ΠΎ Ρ–Π½ΠΎΠ΄Ρ– людина ΠΏΠΎΡ‡ΠΈΠ½Π°Ρ” Π±Π°Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚ΠΈ Π½Π°ΠΉΠ²Π°ΠΆΠ»ΠΈΠ²Ρ–ΡˆΠ΅ лишС Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ–, ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈ Π·Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ” світло.

ЧСсно ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΡƒΡ‡ΠΈ, я Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ΡƒΠ²Π°Π»Π° писати Ρ†ΡŽ ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Ρƒ самС Π·Π°Ρ€Π°Π·. АлС ця історія ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΉΡˆΠ»Π° ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ– Π² Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Ρƒ ΠΉ засіла Ρ‚Π°ΠΌ Π½Π°ΡΡ‚Ρ–Π»ΡŒΠΊΠΈ ΠΌΡ–Ρ†Π½ΠΎ, Ρ‰ΠΎ всі Ρ–Π½ΡˆΡ– ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ”ΠΊΡ‚ΠΈ довСлося змусити Ρ‡Π΅ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚ΠΈ.

Π†, ΠΌΠ°Π±ΡƒΡ‚ΡŒ, як людина Π· Π΄ΡƒΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ³Π°Π½ΠΈΠΌ Π·ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠΌ, я Ρ€ΠΎΠ·ΡƒΠΌΡ–ΡŽ свою Π³Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΡ—Π½ΡŽ Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΡ…ΠΈ Π±Ρ–Π»ΡŒΡˆΠ΅, Π½Ρ–ΠΆ Ρ…ΠΎΡ‚Ρ–Π»Π° Π±.

Π‘ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ–Π²Π°ΡŽΡΡ, Π”ΠΆΠ΅ΠΉΠ½ ΡΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Ρ”Ρ‚ΡŒΡΡ Π²Π°ΠΌ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊ само, як ΡƒΠΆΠ΅ встигла сподобатися ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ–.

Appreciation post

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There are soundtracks that don’t just accompany a story, but become its very heartbeat. The score for Dracula Untold by Ramin Djawadi is one such masterpiece. Every note, every crescendo, and every haunting melody carried me through the creation of both Chimera and Typhon. I cannot tell how much I owe him for that.

Ramin Djawadi’s compositions breathe life into worlds, giving them depth, power, and raw emotion. The way he blends darkness with triumph, sorrow with resilience, is nothing short of magic. His music doesn’t just inspireβ€”it shapes entire narratives. Dumbledore was rightβ€”music is the real magic compared to everything else.

For those who haven’t yet experienced the brilliance of Dracula Untold’s OST, I highly recommend it. It’s not just music; it’s an odyssey through sound. You are truly one of the best composers of our time.

pic is taken from free internet sources

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Π„ саундтрСки, які Π½Π΅ просто ΡΡƒΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΆΡƒΡŽΡ‚ΡŒ Ρ–ΡΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ–ΡŽ, Π° ΡΡ‚Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡŒ Ρ—Ρ— сСрцСм. Π‘Π°ΡƒΠ½Π΄Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅ΠΊ Π΄ΠΎ Dracula Untold Π²Ρ–Π΄ Π Π°ΠΌΡ–Π½Π° Π”ΠΆΠ°Π²Π°Π΄Ρ– – Ρ†Π΅ самС Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π»ΠΈΠ½Π°. КоТна Π½ΠΎΡ‚Π°, ΠΊΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ Π½Π°Ρ€ΠΎΡΡ‚Π°ΡŽΡ‡ΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ², ΠΊΠΎΠΆΠ½Π° ΠΌΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΡˆΠ½Π° мСлодія Π΄ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ– написати Ρ– Π₯Ρ–ΠΌΠ΅Ρ€Ρƒ, Ρ– Π’ΠΈΡ„ΠΎΠ½Π°. Π― Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΡƒ ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π΄Π°Ρ‚ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠΊΡ–Π»ΡŒΠΊΠΈ я вдячна ΠΉΠΎΠΌΡƒ Π·Π° Ρ†Π΅.

ΠœΡƒΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠ° Π Π°ΠΌΡ–Π½Π° Π”ΠΆΠ°Π²Π°Π΄Ρ– Π½Π°Π΄Π°Ρ” світам Тиття, Π³Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΈΠ½ΠΈ, сили Ρ– справТніх Π΅ΠΌΠΎΡ†Ρ–ΠΉ. Π’Π΅, як Π²Ρ–Π½ ΠΏΠΎΡ”Π΄Π½ΡƒΡ” тСмряву Π· Ρ‚Ρ€Ρ–ΡƒΠΌΡ„ΠΎΠΌ, Π±Ρ–Π»ΡŒ Ρ–Π· Π½Π΅Π·Π»Π°ΠΌΠ½Ρ–ΡΡ‚ΡŽ – справТня магія. Π™ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Ρ‚Π²ΠΎΡ€ΠΈ Π½Π΅ просто Π½Π°Π΄ΠΈΡ…Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡŒ – Π²ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΡƒΡŽΡ‚ΡŒ Ρ†Ρ–Π»Ρ– історії. Π”Π°ΠΌΠ±Π»Π΄ΠΎΡ€ Π±ΡƒΠ² ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²ΠΈΠΉ, ΠΌΡƒΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠ° – Ρ†Π΅ справТня магія, Π² порівнянні Π· усім Ρ–Π½ΡˆΠΈΠΌ.

Π―ΠΊΡ‰ΠΎ Π²ΠΈ Ρ‰Π΅ Π½Π΅ слухали Ρ†Ρ– саундтрСки, Ρ‰ΠΈΡ€ΠΎ Ρ€Π°Π΄ΠΆΡƒ. Π¦Π΅ Π½Π΅ просто ΠΌΡƒΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠ° – Ρ†Π΅ Π·Π²ΡƒΠΊΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠΆ.

Π”ΡΠΊΡƒΡŽ, Π Π°ΠΌΡ–Π½Π΅ Π”ΠΆΠ°Π²Π°Π΄Ρ–, Π·Π° створСння Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π½Π΅Π·Π°Π±ΡƒΡ‚Π½ΡŒΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΡƒΠ·ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ всСсвіту. Π’ΠΈ справді ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ Ρ–Π· Π½Π°ΠΉΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‰ΠΈΡ… ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ–Π² сучасності.

Deadline

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…failed! I promised myself I will have finished the 2nd draft of The Ice Beast Tale until the end of this Summer. But I didn’t. Still have 3 chapters to write πŸ™‚

Such a Tragedy! With a capital letter T.

But who cares πŸ™‚ I don’t.

Still, lately I’ve been reading Max Frei books:

“Labyrinths of Echo”
“Chronicles of Echo”
“Dreams of Echo”

Highly recommend ^^

As stories come to an end I am a bit sad. But I am about to find another stories to dive into.

the illustration is googled.