I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. Her name is Sun li. She’s the main character in The Jammer and the Blade. She’s the “Blade” part of the title. Only her blades are not crafted in some smithy, they’re energy blades, locus energy to be exact. Never heard of it? That’s ok, it hasn’t been …
virid If you’ve been reading this series for any length of time, you probably know that I have a penchant for older sounding words. I just find them generally more eloquent and expressive than more modern sounding phrases, I suppose. I also feel that they broaden my horizon as a writer and allow me to …
inflammable One of the things about being a writer is that you have to pay attention to things like grammar and punctuation. And some days with English it feels like you can’t see the forest for the weeds. I’m actually fluent in Spanish and I can tell you that it seems a lot more well-behaved …
I decided to snap this picture recently, thinking it might be fun to share the books I currently have on my nightstand. I confess that I cleaned everything up for this shot. It’s not normally so neat and tidy, but that’s what it would look like if we had company over and if you’re reading …
Testing…testing…one…two…three…Is this on? Okay, this post is an experiment. I’ve never had comments before on my site, but I’m going to give it a shot. As far as I can tell, traffic to these pages hasn’t exactly been breaking any records and this is my attempt to open the door a little wider and invite …
glaive Unless you read historical fiction or fantasy or have an interest in ancient weapons, you might not be familiar with this word. It refers to a long bladed spear or lance which might look something like this: The word comes from the French, however it was probably taken from the Latin word gladius which means simply, …
charity This is another word that is very familiar. We typically think of it as relating to organizations or activities involving helping those who are less fortunate, who are needy. We give money to charity, we perform acts of charity, or we attend charitable functions to raise awareness or resources for various causes. And yet, …
set Well, here’s a word I’m sure you already know. It’s a very pedestrian word which most of us probably use more days than not, and yet these three little letters hold a distinction you might not be aware of and this the fact that the word set happens to be the English word with …
