Truculent - definition: 1) fierce, cruel, or savagely brutal 2) brutally harsh, vitriolic, scathing Flawed characters can be difficult to write on occasion as they are far removed from our own personality (well I certainly hope so!)My antagonist in Life in Slake...
Today's word - Neologism - a new word, meaning, usage or phrase. Kathleen has written a great post so I'm sharing it... Enjoy. Related articles Monday word of the week - Neologism (lifeofdeb.wordpress.com)
Iota - definition: a tiny amount I have been nominated for the ABC Blog Award by http://eyedancers.wordpress.com/ - thank you! So as the rules dictate I use every letter of the alphabet - eeek! - I am sharing iota's of things that mean something to me. Here goes: a -...
Apologies to everyone for missing the snippets recently. My back problems are making sitting, standing or even lying down difficult! I'm on the mend so hopefully back to normal soon. Please visit these other authors excellent blogs:...
Ineluctable - definition: impossible to avoid or evade : inevitable As our writing journey begins we are immersed in our words, characters and plots - this is the honeymoon stage of writing. Our creativity runs free, there are no obstacles, anything is possible. Once...
I've been interviewed to discuss my writing space over at No Wasted Ink by Wendy Van Camp - pop on over. http://nowastedink.com/2013/05/17/writing-space-mandy-eve-barnett/ Thanks to Wendy for including me. How do you feel about your space? Care to share? Today's word...
Bluster - definition: to talk or act in a noisy, boastful way. One way to 'turn people off' around you is boasting about your accomplishments, it is seriously uncool! If you share your triumphs and give back with them then that is much more acceptable. Therefore I am...
Disabuse - definition: to be free from mistakes or false beliefs. We are all familiar with the editing stage of the writing journey. In some ways it is harder than creating the story in the first place. Reading our work out loud is a good way of not only finding...
Pittance - definition: a small portion; allowance, especially of money The publishing industry is in the midst of radical changes as they compete with the increase in self publishing . I could site story after story of authors managing their own novels and being...