word of the month and other random thoughts

I love how I wrote 11 posts during August of last year, but none in the entire month of May this year. It was my one month off from school this year and I think my brain officially went on sabbatical.
I have a new favorite word: linguicide, noun, the action of killing one’s language. [...]

"What's in a name?"

“That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”
- Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Act II Scene II
Perhaps even sweeter…
There’s a great book out for writers called “The Character Naming Sourcebook” by Writers Digest. It’s great for finding the origins of names and their meanings – even if you have [...]

Helena Bonham-Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange

In any film, casting is huge. It ranks right up there with a good script. However I tend to think that in book adaptations casting is even more important. Because the actors need to be able to fulfill the expectations on readers – not just in terms of physical appearance, but actually in terms of [...]