I shivered while I waited. Peering up at the castle window, I wondered if he’d keep his promise. My cold fingers had gone numb–my breath a frosty cloud. A movement caught my eye, and I held my breath and chewed my fingers. A dark shape descended the castle wall. What if the …
The Septimus Heap books are a young adult fantasy series written by Angie Sage. The books follow the Magykal Heap family – parents and seven children – through the trials and tribulations of their life in The Castle. The first book is about the origins of Septimus himself, separated from his …
I like noting new words as I come across them. “Avuncular” is one of those words that I thought I knew what it meant, and I was happy reading it, but when I thought about it, I realised actually I didn’t know precisely what it meant! The way to determine …
A while ago, @QuillWriters did a Tuesday Twitter game called Words of Unusual Sizes. I wanted to share some of the best words that people came up with: Long words: The longest place name in the UK: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Longest words with no repeated letters: Dermatoglyphics, Misconjugatedly, Uncopyrightables Name of a hill …
In this post in the worldbuilding series I’ll be considering currency. Every society needs some kind of money, trade or barter system in order to function. My current work-in-progress doesn’t feature money as a high priority item for my main characters, but, from time to time, I need to refer to …
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