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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · Mar 6

As it's World Book Day - this book changed my life.

...was ten years old and Lord of the Rings made me want to grow up and become and author.

#JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRings #AuthorsLife #WorldBookDay

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 7h

lol! yes.

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 8h

On this day in 1066 - the end of Anglo Saxon England.

#amwriting #battleofhastings #haroldgodwinson #normanconquest

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 8h

The heart of conflict.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 8h

mid-15c., "place of assembly in ancient Rome," from Latin ****m "marketplace, open space, public place," apparently akin to foris, foras "out of doors, outside" (from PIE root *dhwer- "door, doorway"). The sense of "assembly, place for public discussion" is recorded by 1680s.

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 8h

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#Etymology

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 20h

All the news from your favourite publishing house...!

The Black Librarian @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, folks mentioned this week also include:

@strangehorizons.bsky.social @ruadanbooks.bsky.social @paulkane.bsky.social @justinhillauthor.bsky.social @markalatham.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Goonhammer @goonhammer.com · 1d

The Black Library Weekly is here with Jay looking at the upcoming schedule from GW fiction and also sharing a six-pack this week with Noah Van Nguyen.

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 1d

"close growth of **** on the chin and lower face, normally characteristic of an adult male" (distinguished in Modern English from the ***tache), Old English ***rd "**ard," from Proto-Germanic *bard (source also of Old Frisian berd, Middle Dutch baert, Old High German bart, German bart).

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 1d

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 1d

The joy of saying exactly what you mean.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Imperial Fists vs Night Lords

#warhammercommunity #hardforheresy #warhammer30k

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Editorial ping pong

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 4d

mid-14c., "tool to indicate a horizontal line," from Old French ***el "a ***el" (13c.), ultimately from Latin libella "a balance, ***el" (also a monetary unit), diminutive of libra "balance, scale, unit of weight" (see Libra).

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 4d

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩mid 14c. from Old French.

#etymology

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Keep it simple stupid.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 6d

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 6d

Half way point?

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 6d

late 13c., **oien, **nuien, "to harm, hurt, injure; be troublesome or vexatious to, disquiet, upset," from Anglo-French anuier, Old French enoiier "to weary, vex, anger," anuier "be troublesome or irksome to..."

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 13c. from Late Latin, via Old French.

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 6d

TERMINAL OVERKILL - hits 150!

Thank you dear readers! I think my second novel for BL - and one that taught me a lot. And brought scrape to the underhive.

#Necromunda #warhammercommunity #scrape #fatbergs

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 6d

To reach this moment…

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 7d

Always exciting to his this moment.

#authorslife #amwriting

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Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 7d

The core talent you need.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 7d

1938, coined, according to DuPont, from a random generic syllable **l- + -on, a common ending in fiber names (compare rayon and later Dacron), said to be ultimately from cotton.

Justin Hill @justinhillauthor.bsky.social · 7d

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1938. A made up word.

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