I’ve been spending this year editing my novel. Again. So far, I’ve been writing and re-writing my novel for 18 months. Currently, I’m on the fourth major rewrite, which should be the last. By the time I reach the two year mark in September, I should be almost there. Of that …
Every country needs a political system. Let’s have a think about how you can develop the right system for your country. Who’s in charge? Firstly, you need to ask who is in charge of your country? One person, a few people, or a large group of people? A country with …
Time to look at the new words I’ve come across recently. Louche I read a book that described a man as being “louche”. The Google dictionary defines this to mean “disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way”. Louche was derived from Old French and Latin words referring …
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 …
I’ve been trying to pin down my process for outlining a novel. There are many, many different methods out there, and the method that’s best is the one that works for you, not the one that works for everyone else. Unfortunately, when you’re just starting out, this means the process …