Magic wands vs reality. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,629 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1570s from Persian, via Turkish and Dutch or German or French. #Etmology

Black Library Book of the Year. Many great books to choose from! www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Wordle 1,628 4/6 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 13c. from Old French. A Treebeard word. #etymology

Ending a novel. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,627 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1600 from Greek, via Latin. #etymology

Christmas is coming… 😱😱😱 #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,626 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English, with a bit of Old Norse influence. #etymology

A bit of a cheat's post today... While I sleep/eat/find things to keep my youngest occupied today, you get some quick thoughts on Rob Sanders' 'Archaon: Everchosen' graemesff.blogspot.com/2014/07/archaon-everchosen-rob-sanders-black.html

When authors chat… #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Some of my favourite days end like this…

Wordle 1,621 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mid 14c. of unknown origin. Idea that it is Old English diminutive "etymologically and chronologically inadmissible" [OED]. Meaning has evolved somewhat. #etymology

A lot on this week: none of it writing. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Wordle 1,620 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Anglo French legal language derived from Latin. #etymology

A little shellshocked after yesterday. But the story goes on. ##authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Picking up the threads #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,619 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English, pronunciation and meaning unchanged through time. #etymology

Hell's Last paperback, on sale today. Cadia has fallen. Last to escape the hell that was the Thirteenth Black Crusade's destruction of their home world, the Cadian 101st are bloodied... www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/m... #MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k

Signed editions at Warhammer World! #minkalesk #cadiastands

The things I do to get ideas… #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

day for inspiration. @exhibitiononscreen #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Minka Lesk: HELL'S LAST in paperback - pre orders this Saturday. 'When a new threat surges through the Gallows Cluster, jeopardising the stability of the entire warfront, the 101st are thrown into the breach... #MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity

First Q&A coming up... Sign up for free on Patreon. www.patreon.com/cw/JustinHil...

Wordle 1,613 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩mid-15c. from Latin, via Old French. #etymology

The novel is good. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

St clouds tonight

‘the latest Minka Lesk book, Hell’s Last by Justin D. Hill, is also up for preorder. While the amazing miniatures set is no longer available on Warhammer.com, it’s a terrific box that I’ve paired with my Hell’s Last Limited Edition in the Museum.’ #minkalesk #cadiastands

When your book looks like a book. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,612 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1300, from Middle Dutch, replacing OE word. #etymology

Wordle 1,609 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1650s from Latin. #etymonline

Wordle 1,608 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 15c. from Latin. #etymology

Putting barriers in the way. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

youtu.be/D6APCGuq4Yk?... Vanessa Tsehaye on Eritrea.

Wordle 1,607 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 15c from Old French. #etymology

Leaving the subconscious to do its thing. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,606 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1942, of unknown origin. #etymology

The day a novel is born… #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

I started a Patreon page - and you can join me for my regular post-writing walk through the Yorkshire countryside. www.patreon.com/cw/JustinHil...

Wordle 1,605 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1630s, from Arabic, and ultimately the name for a neighbourhood of Baghdad. #etymology

The end of the beginning. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Found some old pictures... here, being presented the Somerset Maugham Award by Sandi Toksvig for Passing Under Heaven.

Wordle 1,602 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1200 from Old French. #etymology

Confession time…. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #warhammer40k #confessions

A glorious evening to look down across the Vale of York and watch the fireworks. #authorslife #bonfirenight #fullmoon #yorkshire

Wordle 1,601 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 13c. from Old French. #etymology

This is a big one. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,600 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English. #etymology

Finding the size and shape of a novel. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,599 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1300, from Old French, though meaning has evolved from verb to noun. #etymology