Joanna Bourne

Jerusalema Haven't though about this one in a bit, but it cheered me up today. Lyrics in translation here . Jerusalem ...

I'm thinking tonight about how characters deal with the acquisition and use of immense magical power. How do you write this? Ilona Andre...

I read Middlegame by Seanan McGuire over these last few days and enjoyed it. An intricate book with good and interesting worldbuilding. Fan...

I had a little problem with the comment aspect of my blog. I pursued research on the net. Then I did stuff that will probably make it worse....

I'm drinking a cup of coffee before dawn and listening to my recently-booted furnace wheeze into life.  When I get up in these transitio...

 Did my good deed for the day. I saw on my local Next Door loop that somebody had spotted a lost rabbit near me. White bunny with b ears. ...

I was talking to a friend who is looking at the final stages of her Southern Gothic manuscript. She says, kinda doubtful, "What do I do...

 Learned a new word today:   viridian.   This is a bluish-green pigment consisting of hydrated chromium hydroxide or, simply, the color itse...

Watched Mulan -- the live action movie, not the cartoon. It works, and the story message is one a lot of young girls and women want to hear....

I spent today thinking about sacrifice and resolve. These are not among my strengths, unfortunately.   I have written characters who just bu...

Wikipedia says " The word biscotto, used in modern Italian to refer to a biscuit (or cookie) of any kind, originates from the medieva...

Today is one of the four cardinal points of the solar year. The Vernal Equinox .Night balances day. Darkness balances light. It's a good...

Joanna Bourne's  Useful Bibliography for Writing Historical Language Especially of the English Regency General Resourc...

A kindly reader has asked a few questions.  I paraphrase the questions and answer them below, in case anyone is interested. Lucille s...

Here's an old post of mine, pulled up from Word Wenches, because it's rainy and I am tired tired tired of the scene I'm working...

Here's the publication order of the six books of the Spymaster Fictive Universe. It's a perfectly fine order to read them ...