Writer’s Corner has a good article on How to Find Interesting Words and Names for Your Fantasy Writing. The article covers the following points: Keep a small notebook of interesting names and words Maps are an excellent resource Dictionaries and encyclopedias Foreign languages Add a glossary to your novel Hearing… Read More »Create Unique Words and Names When Writing Fantasy
Scott Ginsberg has some good advice on disciplining yourself to be a more effective writer. His article 8 (More) Ways to Discipline Yourself to Write Every Single Day – Even When You’re Not in the Mood covers the following points: 1. Shift your attitude toward writing. 2. Rearrange your definition… Read More »8 Ways to Disciplined Writing, Even When You Don’t Feel Like It
Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (January 2, 2008) ISBN-10: 0061149047 The year is 878, and Uhtred is returning home to Northumbria at the hands of the Three Spinners. Lords of the North is the third book in the Saxon Chronicles series (following… Read More »Review of Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell
On this day, December 25, in medieval history: 800 – Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor 875 – Charles the Bald crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII 1066 – William the Conqueror crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London 1085 – William the Conqueror commissions the creation of… Read More »Medieval Timeline: Today in Middle Ages History
A new edition of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is being released in France with new cover art. Marc Simonetti is the artist. The four covers depict: Castle Black (A Game of Thrones), Tyrion and King’s Landing (A Clash of Kings), hunting the Stark children… Read More »A Song of Ice and Fire New Cover Art
Thanks to Anne Gilbert for showing me this site. The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England is a database which aims to cover all of the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the end of the eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written… Read More »Names in Anglo-Saxon England
West of Frome in Somerset, England, lies the ruins of the medieval castle of Nunney. Founded by Sir John Delamere, the castle consists of a single courtyard surrounded by a water moat fed by a natural stream. Delamere supposedly funded the construction through ransom money obtained from the wars with… Read More »Nunney Castle
I ordered a few medieval history books online yesterday from Barnes & Noble authorized sellers. Unfortunately, these weren’t books I could just walk into the bookstore and physically look at since they are all used books, so I had to rely on reviews, and the reviews were pretty limited. Has… Read More »Medieval History Books
After securing his hold over majority of England, William the Conqueror invaded Scotland in 1072. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: This year King William led a naval force and a land force to Scotland, and beset that land on the sea-side with ships, whilst he led his land-force in at… Read More »William the Conqueror vs. King Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland