Today’s post on the IWSG Anthology blog carries some of my fellow writers’ thoughts on their experiences with language. Be enthralled at: https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/
S for SWTOR
My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges. S for SWTOR (2018) Here is a game-world I spent many hours in with my partner. Plus, ever since I loved the first film, the movies keep going as well – our latest watch being The Mandalorian. … Continue reading
R for Rurikid Diarchy
My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges. R for Rurikid Diarchy 1933 (2017) Time for another shift in world history. And all because I couldn’t stop constructing my Kanata alternative history. The initial trigger, Leif Eriksson’s permanent colonisation of Vinland, inspired me to rewrite … Continue reading
Q for Quisling
My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges. Q for Quisling (2014) A word we often see, maybe use. But do you know how it originated? Shakespeare perhaps? Or??? In fact, it was a word originating in World War II and appropriate in many contexts. … Continue reading
P for Plague
My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges. P for Plague 1350 (2017) When I re-read this old post, I was reluctant to re-blog it. Is it topical or frightening when there’s a pandemic creating havoc? But my better half advised me that I couldn’t … Continue reading
O for Ontario
My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges. O for Ontario (2015) Lake Ontario was a distant vista when I spent a year at college in Toronto. But it proved a crucial area in the War of 1812 for Gregory Wendell. The author of the … Continue reading