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A year’s work and just 80 pages to go. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,784 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1590s,, from Latin, though with an original meaning I wasn't aware of. #etymology

TRAITOR ROCK breaks 400! Thank you dear readers! (And for those who don’t know it’s the third & one of the best loved of the Minka Lesk novels… ) #minkalesk #warhammer40k #cadiastands

Wordle 1,783 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1580s, from Vulgar Latin, via Old French. #etymology

Making sure nothing breaks the spell. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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When is a novel ever done? #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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Wordle 1,777 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Latin, via Old French into English. Related, distantly, and through a couple of sound changes to the English word 'fleece.' #etymology

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Letting go is never easy. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,776 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English, although the meaning has changed somewhat. #etymology

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An abrupt change of direction. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,775 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old French, 14c. from Latin.

CADIAN HONOUR hits 700! Thank you dear readers! 👊👊👊 #minkalesk #warhammer40k #cadiastands

Too close to it all? #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,774 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1610s varient of early 14c. word of echoic origin. #etymology

Delighted to announce that I'll be teaching on the Deledda Master in Creative Writing & Translation - a low-residency international MFA based in Sardinia, inspired by Grazia Deledda. Applications open now @ deleddamaster.com #creativewriting #MFACreativeWriting

Look at this well appointed knob. Have we run out of things to show you? Possibly. However this knob or fixing is actually rather interesting…🧵

Well this is a lovely surprise! 'Minka Lesk: Hero of the Imperium Each will feature one of the heroes (or villains!) that have been brought to life in the pages of the Black Library, and today we'll be looking at the journey of Minka Lesk, Captain of the Cadian 101st...' #MinkaLesk

So, what do you do? #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,772 5/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1530s, prob from Scandinavian source. #etymology

So when I said we were cooking up new #BlackLibrary content over at TTB (formerly Goonhammer), this is what I was referring to. Delighted to start a new series on the characters that make up the stories we love, starting with @justinhillauthor.bsky.social 's Minka Lesk. #Warhammer #BookSky

How it feels to deliver a novel. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Delivery day. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,767 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1300, Dutch word that replaced the Old English. #etymology

Two days to finish this novel. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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Wordle 1,766 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English, with a curious case of a shifting part tense. #etymology

Deadline approaching. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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Time to read.

A lucky place to pause. at least for me. maybe not for the characters involved.

Just as good in Black & White #MinkaLesk

Delicate novel surgery. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,760 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩via Old French and Late Latin to a Greek. The word entered English in the late 14c., initially tied to astronomical observation, then expanded steadily across centuries into mechanics, literary theory, and everyday life. #etymology

I’ve just heard that one of the true greats of SF writing, Ian Watson, has passed away. A huge figure of the genre and an enormously entertaining character. A real loss.

Same Black Library Weekly, brand new home! Here's what's in the frame this week, including a giveaway and an author Six-Pack of book recommendations. blacklibrarian.substack.com/p/black-libr... #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Minka Lesk: The Last Whiteshield hits a century! Thank you dear readers! #MinkaLesk #warhammer40k #warhammercomunity

Wordle 1,759 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This useage 1590s, from Spencer, through from Old English, though Tolkien would not approve of this spelling, that did not reflect its Middle English antecedent. #Etymology

Back to the rewrite. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Amazing what you find on the internet... here a cover from my first novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse, in French. Proof copy, I think, as in true french style - the cover (see below) had a man on the front, smoking. Up there with the US hb, also below. #Bookcover #Firstnovel #Writinglife