Monthly Archives: August 2010

Aug
18

Pratts & LadyBirds: Thieves Cant and Other Bits of Userful Terminology

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 Just a little nod in the direction of a great resource for world-building and historical accuracy. If you’re don’t own this book and you write Steam Punk, Historical fiction, Time-travel, Fantasy, whatever  – you totally should. Essentially it’s a compilation of slang used by actual people, back in the day – circa 1790 to 1820. You’ll find bits of peasant cant, Romany and just the conversational words used by the average everyday Joe of the moment. And yes, some of the words *are* vulgar, but it’s just so interesting to see the history of the English language and how much of it is still used today (and with the same connotations.) The beauty of it is that the book was actually written in 1811, so copyrights don’t really apply. You can find it over at the Gutenberg Project for a quick look through electronically, or buy one of the many… Read more
Aug
17

I Can Haz Cover!!

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Here we go folks! The official cover for A Brush of Darkness!** I’ve noticed it’s been popping up in various places on the web, so since the cat’s out of the bag I get to pimp it here now.* (And oddly enough, it’s on Goodreads already…but not Amazon. Go figure.) Now forgive me while I run off to go squee madly. * Thank you Google Alerts! (and Sordid Fantasy for posting!) ** Official cover, but not technically final – there’s always a chance it could still be changed.… Read more
Aug
17

I Can Haz Cover!!

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Here we go folks! The official cover for A Brush of Darkness!** I’ve noticed it’s been popping up in various places on the web, so since the cat’s out of the bag I get to pimp it here now. 🙂 * (And oddly enough, it’s on Goodreads already…but not Amazon. Go figure.) Now forgive me while I run off to go squee madly. * Thank you Google Alerts! (and Sordid Fantasy for posting!) ** Official cover, but not technically final – there’s always a chance it could still be changed.… Read more
Aug
16

F*ck Me, Ray Bradbury!

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F*ck Me, Ray Bradbury – watch more funny videos Yeah, NSFW. But funny as hell. Thanks to @KLGrady for finding this bit of author awesomeness.… Read more
Aug
16

Harry Potter Earworm

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Brought to you by the awesome folks over at The Fifth District. And if you have no idea what’s going on here, the original can be found here –> https://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/badgers/… Read more