The word sublime has travelled a fascinating linguistic journey, from the physical world of ancient Rome to the heights of artistic and philosophical expression. It derives from the Latin sublimis, meaning “lofty,” “elevated,” or “raised high.” Its precise etymology...

Can it be true that attention to good grammar in our writing makes us glamorous? The Greek word graphein (γραʹφειν), to write, is the root of the word grammar. At first glance, the words glamour and grammar seem to have little in common. One conjures images of beauty,...

I recently posted about Book 7. I will be publishing Book 5 of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Serpent’s Teeth, on the 1st of November. Book 6, Cade’s Point, is awaiting Claire’s scrutiny, and I have just written the first scene of Book 7, working title - Slave....

The word drone has a history stretching back many centuries, although its modern technological meaning is surprisingly recent. It began not with aircraft, but with bees. In Old English, the male honeybee was called a drān, which developed into the Middle English...

The word asylum has travelled an unusually long way: from an ancient Greek religious sanctuary, through medieval churches, to psychiatric hospitals and modern refugee law. It derives from the Greek asylon (ἄσυλον), meaning “inviolable place” or “sanctuary.” The word...

Now one of the things you can do with word of the day is enhance your hit rate by choosing words that search engines are looking for. Now I may be mistaken but I think Trump will get a few views. The Oxford Shorter English Dictionary (SOD) gives me four definitions...

My book publicist insisted that I have a website and that I post something every day. Whenever I have something relevant to my books, I will obviously post about that. I have been running an on this day series because as a writer of historical crime fiction I have an...

Things are gradually clicking into place for publication of Serpent’s Teeth, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, on the 1st of November. Meanwhile Cade’s Point, the sixth book, is in first draft awaiting Claire’s scrutiny. Unfortunately not only has...

From the 8th of October, to the 1st of November, 451CE, hundreds of bishops gathered at Chalcedon, across the Bosporus from Constantinople, for one of the most consequential meetings in the history of Christianity. The Council of Chalcedon attempted to settle a...

The word sublime has travelled a fascinating linguistic journey, from the physical world of ancient Rome to the heights of artistic and philosophical expression. It derives from the Latin sublimis, meaning “lofty,” “elevated,” or “raised high.” Its precise etymology...

Can it be true that attention to good grammar in our writing makes us glamorous? The Greek word graphein (γραʹφειν), to write, is the root of the word grammar. At first glance, the words glamour and grammar seem to have little in common. One conjures images of beauty,...

I recently posted about Book 7. I will be publishing Book 5 of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Serpent’s Teeth, on the 1st of November. Book 6, Cade’s Point, is awaiting Claire’s scrutiny, and I have just written the first scene of Book 7, working title - Slave....

The word drone has a history stretching back many centuries, although its modern technological meaning is surprisingly recent. It began not with aircraft, but with bees. In Old English, the male honeybee was called a drān, which developed into the Middle English...

The word asylum has travelled an unusually long way: from an ancient Greek religious sanctuary, through medieval churches, to psychiatric hospitals and modern refugee law. It derives from the Greek asylon (ἄσυλον), meaning “inviolable place” or “sanctuary.” The word...

Now one of the things you can do with word of the day is enhance your hit rate by choosing words that search engines are looking for. Now I may be mistaken but I think Trump will get a few views. The Oxford Shorter English Dictionary (SOD) gives me four definitions...

My book publicist insisted that I have a website and that I post something every day. Whenever I have something relevant to my books, I will obviously post about that. I have been running an on this day series because as a writer of historical crime fiction I have an...

Things are gradually clicking into place for publication of Serpent’s Teeth, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, on the 1st of November. Meanwhile Cade’s Point, the sixth book, is in first draft awaiting Claire’s scrutiny. Unfortunately not only has...

From the 8th of October, to the 1st of November, 451CE, hundreds of bishops gathered at Chalcedon, across the Bosporus from Constantinople, for one of the most consequential meetings in the history of Christianity. The Council of Chalcedon attempted to settle a...