Writing

Feather name 2

Writing by LoisJanuary 11, 2013February 20, 2021

Grab the shears!

Writing by LoisJanuary 10, 2013September 15, 2018

What do you do?

Writing by LoisJanuary 10, 2013September 16, 2018

Writing by LoisJanuary 5, 2013February 20, 2021

I came across a lovely phrase today in my Gaelic class, ainm cleite; ainm (pronounced anum/anim) means name, and cleite which means feather… feather name which translates as pen name, and like the French ‘nom de plume’ it derives from the use of a quill to write with. I’ve never been tempted to use a […]

Hopeless at accents…

Writing by LoisJanuary 3, 2013September 15, 2018

Radwinter or Redwinter?

Writing by LoisDecember 5, 2012September 16, 2018

Writing by LoisNovember 24, 2012September 28, 2013

Three brothers

For quite a while I’ve had a character lurking in my busy writing brain .. now he has been joined by two brothers. I can see them so clearly the three of them, but as yet they have no story, and apart from being related to each other, they have no other connections like wives or parents. They have no names […]

Writing by LoisNovember 22, 2012September 24, 2013

I’ve got the people, what’s their next story?

I become so involved with my characters that when I have finished writing about them when the last full stop is stopped, their story keeps running in my head; sometimes as I’ve said before, their new story develops into an actual new story for me to write, with new people. I think I mentioned how the dramatic events Jaz and David suffered […]