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

Hitting the groove #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,679 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1200 from Old French, though with local mingling. #etymology

Morten is the best.

Wordle 1,678 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩14c. unknown origin. #etymology

Wordle 1,677 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩mid-15c from Greek via Old French. #etymology

Hard to catch them at it, though

It’s all in the structure. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Lovely to catch up with everything that's been going on, and a great precis of Black Library launches over the last couple of years.

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

Meanwhile - serious news brings Henry IV (of France)/Henry of Navarre's voice back to life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAl2...

Folks mentioned this week include: Chris Wraight, @justinhillauthor.bsky.social @evandicken.bsky.social Mitchel Scanlon, Darius Hinks, Robbie MacNiven, Dan Abnett, C L Werner, @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @jmswallow.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Getting the order right… #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,676 5/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1570s from French, with Middle English influence. #etymology

It’s all about the consequences. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,675 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English, and meaning and spelling largely unchanged. #etymology

Combining multiple accounts of the same thing. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,672 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Northern English dialect from Old Norse, dating from Late Old English. This useage, 1640s. #etymology

Celebrating the 4th book birthday to THE BOOKKEEPER’S SKULL Gambol is one of my most loved/feared/hated (for good reasons) creations! 🤡🤡🤡 #authorslife #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #minkalesk #warhammerhorror

Wordle 1,671 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1590s, from Greek, via Latin. #etymology

Characters & rental cars… #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Mastodon WIP for my new Templar Brethren force. #warhammer30k #horusheresy #hardforheresy #imperialfists

What makes writing good? #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,670 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 14c. Latin, via Old French into Middle English. Many Middle English meanings now obsolete. #etymology

Audio dramas from the past. solstice: www.audible.co.uk/podcast/S4E3... the king must die: www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-King-... #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,669 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Bantu dialect, via Louisiana French into English. #etymology

Found this brilliant Radio 4 play from 1985...! Resonated deeply. Still the perfect time to listen. Here on audible, but also on @FolkwaysPodcast #solstice www.audible.co.uk/podcast/S4E3...

Paragraphs - a simple guide. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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In Our Time returns this week. Thanks for waiting patiently and/or impatiently www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Iran today 🇮🇷🔥

Do join me for the Rock Paper Swords podcast. @matthewharffy.bsky.social and @justinhillauthor.bsky.social are brilliant hosts.

Free Iran!

Yes, killing peaceful protesters is a sign of tyranny. www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...

Two skills a writer needs. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,665 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 14c from Old English. #etymology

Turning scenes into a novel. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,664 5/6 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English word for wind, still in use today, spelling unchanged, though it has gathered a few more meanings over the centuries. #etymology

A pleasant surprise for the start of 2026. #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Wordle 1,663 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1712 from Algonquian. #etymology

2026! Where to start…? #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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

Ealdred, archbishop of York, consecrated Harold Godwineson as king of the English at Westminster Abbey, London, #OTD in 1066. Despite having a hand-fast wife, the king later wed Ealdgyth, sister of Edwin and Morcar, earls of Mercia and Northumbria respectively. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

Wordle 1,662 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1937, with this spelling from a 1939 Hollywood film. #etymology

Wordle 1,661 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1400 from Old Norse. Still in use today. #etymology

The Bookkeeper's Skull (2022) was a delicious little slice of rustic horror, and I'll never tire of singing its praises for all the authentic little touches Hill wove into it that jumped out to those of us who have lived on a farm. #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Happy Book Birthday to CADIAN HONOUR! Released as the Christmas Special back in 2018! The second Minka Lesk novel - and first showing for Rudgard Howe, later star of The Bookkeeper's Skull. #MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity

Final recap of the year… #authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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Wordle 1,647 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Greek, via Latin, with meaning shifting species. #etymology