Hi friends! Welcome to the first WIP Wednesday of 2021! For the uninitiated, WIP Wednesday happens on the first Wednesday of every month. I share a snippet of a work in progress and I invite you to do the same in the comments. It’s fine if it’s rough…that’s the “in progress” part, and I’m always sharing bits of first drafts,
Here’s my approach to manifestation journal ideas… There are a lot of people wondering, “How does manifestation work?”, and there’s a lot of wild advice out there about how to manifest something. I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, and near the beginning of a new year seemed like a good time to do it…though honestly, it’s
Hi all! This list of medieval English surnames includes patronyms, occupational names, and place names. You can always make up a place name by using a specific place in England, e.g. “Richard Mersey” for a Richard who lives by the Mersey River (or whose parents or grandparents did), or “Joan Ludlow” for a Joan who lives in the town of
Hi friends! I compiled these medieval male names from England using research from primary historical documents, including battle records and subsidy rolls, and I threw in just a few names from the King Arthur legends. So you can feel confident in using them for a story set in the British Middle Ages. These male names used to be part of
Hi friends! This used to be a part of a huge master list of old medieval names, but because that one was a lot for people to scroll through, I’ve divided it up into a few separate posts. You can also use my list of Medieval Male Names and my list of Medieval Last Names . Just a few of
If you read this blog regularly, you’re probably not surprised that I’m writing about vision board ideas. Right now, I’m feeling especially hopeful about the future, and making a vision board online is a good way to find fresh motivation. Be sure to pin or bookmark this post if you think you might want to try it out later!
Hey friends! For a while now, people have been asking me to do writing prompts for kids. This year, more busy teachers and homeschoolers are looking for easy creative writing lesson plans, and some of them have used my summer writing prompts and my Christmas writing prompts . So I put together this list of story ideas for kids. They