M. Thomas Kingsley

Words in Germanic languages for feathered avians

German: Vogel
Norwegian: Fugl
Swedish: Fågel
Danish: Fugl
Dutch: Vogel
Afrikaans: Voël
Frisian: Fûgel
Icelandic: Fugl
Faroese: Fuglur
Hunsrik: Fochel

English: Bird

PLOT TWIST

English: Fowl

I DID IT!

Obviously this is only the first draft but my God this feels good. Total word count comes in at 145,799

I’m now going to have the rest of October off, before coming back refreshed for the edits in November

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I should have been in bed hours ago, but I’ve managed nearly 1800 words of a quite frankly epic battle scene ⚔️

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Today marks the anniversary of the day that William of Normandy and his army landed at Pevensey in 1066

Excuse me while I grieve

On this day in History: 1066
Death of Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
Having two wives at the same time seems to have been fashionable in the 11th century. Here's a look at Thora, Harald Hardrada’s Other Wife

The Loki-inspired part of my brain wants to wander the streets of a busy UK city with my phone to my ear speaking Old English in what sounds like a conversational tone and seeing how long it is until someone accosts me for not speaking English

Today’s delivery

Rather more in-depth than the previous book, but perhaps a less comprehensive inventory of the artefacts discovered. Either way, excited to read

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Tenterden and District Local History Society Meetings - Tenterden, Kent Tenterden and District Local History Society (Founded 25th November 1955) T&DLHS Membership Calendar 2025 - 2026All events take place at Highbury Hall TN3...

This time next week I'll be in Tenterden to talk about the Anglo-Saxons: www.mytenterden.co.uk/events/tente...

It seems that after the abandonment of pagan burial practices, the place was turned to the enactment of criminal justice, and the execution of the condemned by the new regime

Post-Christianisation, it seems that Sutton Hoo was turned to another purpose. Some very-much-not high status burials have also been unearthed, as have the remains of a primitive gallows

Although not buried in mounds, these were also high status graves judging from some of the artefacts recovered when construction started on the foundations for the VC. It’s been hypothesised that these may be the graves of the extended family of the Wuffingas not directly connected to the royal line

Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. The mounds are theorised to have been the graves of the kings and princes of the Wuffingas, the royal family of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia

There’s also a second burial site located underneath what’s now the Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre.

Alongside the famous mound at Sutton Hoo - Mound 1 - there are 17 other burial mounds, some of which likewise contain the trace remains of grand ship burials. The reason you haven’t heard of these is that most of them had already been broken into and robbed of all their treasure during the

Not thrilled with the repetition of “Red” - “red death”, “swirled with darkest red” - but want to avoid “crimson” or “scarlet”. And given that I’m talking about blood any comparison with blood is entirely redundant

Any ideas?

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🎵 He remains an E-e-e-e-e-eng-LIIIIIIIIIISHMAN! 🎵

Sure puts my 6am-to-be-in-the-office-for-8am alarm into perspective

I might be wrestling to actually get the words down onto the page (“Get off Bluesky then!”) but I have had an absolute brainwave when it comes to the final chapter. I’m incredibly pleased with it, and hopefully soon I actually get to write it

For now, consider it filed away

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Oh believe me, I know

Me to my wife: Why is writing so bloody *hard*?

Wife: Because you’re making it good rather than just putting it all down

She’s never read a word I’ve written but I appreciate the support ❤️

Authors: drop the first line of your WIP

The sounds of slaughter followed Æscwine as he ran.

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Not a fan of Dark Souls then?

My mind went straight to Ghost of Tsushima for some reason

Thanks! Still figuring out the rules of the game here - what it is that gets the views and the engagement. Like being the new kid at school

Delivered this very evening! Excited to dive in and learn more about the individual artefacts that were discovered in the mound

The aim is to mention every single one of them at least once throughout what I hope will be a series of novels

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