Viand This is another uncommon word and again, I simply love the sound of it. It means food, or a piece of food. It’s usually used in the plural in the way we’d use foodstuffs or provisions. For example: The viands of the king were always abundant and delicious. The word comes to us, rather appropriately, …
Welkin This word means simply “sky” or “the heavens”. It is an antiquated word that descends from the Old English wolcen. I doubt you’ll get much practical use out of it, but it is occasionally used in the phrase, “the ringing of the welkin” to signal when something momentous is occurring or is about to occur. …
Welcome to a new feature for the site- “Wednesday’s Word”. This represents something new for me, something a little more “practical” to allow me to post things here more regularly when there are not book-related updates. Since my site is available as a subscription on Amazon I thought it might be good to actually give people …
So far spring has been a season for editing for me with a little time off woven in as well so I haven’t updated the site in a while. But I just wanted to throw out a quick announcement about the free promotion currently running for Into the Vast. The book is getting a lot of …
For some reason you’ve awoken in the desert. You’re weak. Your memory is fuzzy, even about the things you think you know. And then this man steps out of the shadows. He claims to have the answers you’re looking for, but there’s a catch. He needs you to do something, only you’re not sure exactly …
I’ve written before about how much I enjoy writing to music and how the songs I listen to often become the unofficial soundtrack to the words I am putting down, but in the case of my short story, Spirit of Caledonia, music played an even more integral role. The story, if you haven’t read it, was released …
It is in the nature of authors to take the pictures that they see in their heads and transform them into words. But with cinematic artists it is usually the opposite. And yet there is often some cross-pollination going on in this area where the writer may find his work traveling backwards into pictures and vice …
As a first-time author, it is not easy to create awareness about your book. Sometimes what you write gets lost in the kudzu. But with the advent of ebooks and online stores, there are some great ways you can support your favorite authors on Amazon.com. I recently came across a great article by fellow author …
