Katherine Frances's Blog, page 48
April 14, 2018
gracebabcockwrites:
“Clad in ink-stained sleeves and petrichor
we make the journey together,...
“Clad in ink-stained sleeves and petrichor
we make the journey together, stepping in iambic time. We walk to the hill that swallowed Persephone whole
and call her sister. We too can’t always tell if this earth
is helping us grow or burying us,
if we’re in love with the darkness
or trapped by the night. We cast shells into the sea in remembrance
of Icarus, but we can’t decide whether to praise him for that instant–
grasping a god’s light–
or to mourn him for losing himself
to the path we too are doomed to fly.
We leave roses at Aphrodite’s shrine
and try to ignore the whispers of the muses.
The roses should be redder, they tell us,
thornier and bloodstained, for Aphrodite and Ares are one and to capture hearts with our words
we must please them both.”— In Mythic Footsteps (via gracebabcockwrites)
kristensnotebook:
“Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.” — A. P. J. Abdul...
“Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.”— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
April 13, 2018
itstartswithablankpage:
Person: Hey, how is that book going? Have you finished it yet? When can I
...
Person: Hey, how is that book going? Have you finished it yet? When can I
read it? Why is it taking so long? When are you getting it published?
Me:
the-final-sentence:
“He jerked away as if her touch had burned him, and without a backward glance...
“He jerked away as if her touch had burned him, and without a backward glance he turned and hurried down the crowded corridor.”— Francine Pascal, from On the Edge
April 12, 2018
andtheotherwriter:
Do y’all ever experience that thing while editing, where you think a certain...
Do y’all ever experience that thing while editing, where you think a certain part is shitty so you delete it but then a few pages later you made a reference to that shitty part, and the reference is actually so well-written that you go back and put that shitty part in again?
I've been trying to write something for years but I can never seem to commit to one idea. Any tips for sticking to one project?
Hello Nonny!
So, managing one idea is something that people have asked me quite a few times in the past, and I like to give the same answer each time: you don’t have to. Having two, three - (or more) - projects on the go at once is a great way to keep your productivity and creativity flowing.
If however you want to stick to one exclusive project, then I would reccomend a few things
Digital savings - keep a file on word, google docs, evernote or whatever else you like to use and save all of your ideas. You can add to them when the inspiration comes back, but they’re only notes. This allows you to continue with one main project while not losing sight of the ones that you also have inspiration for.Change your focus - are you trying to write full-length novels or novellas? Then perhaps you’ll find that short stories are the way that you want to go. Authors like Niel Gaiman churn out books of short stories and enjoy just as much success as more traditional novellists.
Dip a toe in first - there isn’t any pressure to launch in and write a full book or anthology of short stories straight off the bat. You might find it helpful to go back and focus on the basics first, rather than putting everything into one project. Find workshops, chat with fellow writers, submit stories to magazines and enter writing competetions. Get a feel for the market and the community, and take your mind off that One Idea for a while.
Sharing - Try putting some of your ideas on a site like Wattpad, and see how they are accepted. Having feedback and finding people to bounce ideas off of is incredibly useful.
Merging - Can you combine any of your ideas? Take the elements that you like best from each one and mash them together. You have draft after draft to figure out all of the kinks and see what works and what doesn’t. It’s trial and error, with no consequences for the error.
Patience - This last is often the hardest to accept, but it’s true. You do have to be patient. The ability to stick with just one or two ideas is something that comes only as you mature as a writer. I’ve been writing for almost eleven years and still, I’ve only just begun to develop the patience, maturity and dedication needed to stick with a project.
Thinking about maturing: you’re likely to hit a turning point or a learning curve, but it’s so important that you don’t stop writing just because you can’t stick to one thing, and never get rid of your old projects. I said that I’ve only learned how to settle down on one idea recently, and by that I mean early 2017/end of 2016. I realised that the way that I had been working my entire life wasn’t right for me, scrapped all of my ideas (but didn’t get rid of them. They’re in a box) and started again.
Everyone’s process is different however, and what worked for me may not work for you. Although I can advise you of different steps that you can take to grow as a writer, a lot of the discovery is up to you. On writeblr alone there are hundreds upon thousands of resources and advice blogs like myself willing to help, and I’d bet you my last packet of Walkers that almost all of them have been (or still are) in the same position that you’re in now.
Good luck! I hope that at least something here will be helpful for you ^^
Common Occupations in the Middle Ages
Almoners: ensured the poor received alms.
Atilliator: skilled castle worker who made crossbows.
Baliff: in charge of allotting jobs to the peasants, building repair, and repair of tools used by the peasants.
Barber: someone who cut hair. Also served as dentists, surgeons and blood-letters.
Blacksmith: forged and sharpened tools and weapons, beat
out dents in armor, made hinges for doors, and window grills. Also
referred to as Smiths.
Bottler: in charge of the buttery or bottlery.
Butler: cared for the cellar and was in charge of large
butts and little butts (bottles) of wine and beer. Under him a staff of
people might consist of brewers, tapsters, cellarers, dispensers,
cupbearers and dapifer.
Carder: someone who brushed cloth during its manufacture.
Carpenter: built flooring, roofing, siege engines, furniture, panelling for rooms, and scaffoling for building.
Carters: workmen who brought wood and stone to the site of a castle under construction.
Castellan: resident owner or person in charge of a castle (custodian).
Chamberlain: responsible for the great chamber and for the personal finances of the castellan.
Chaplain: provided spirtual welfare for laborers and the
castle garrison. The duties might also include supervising building
operations, clerk, and keeping accounts. He also tended to the chapel.
Clerk: a person who checked material costs, wages, and kept accounts.
Constable: a person who took care (the governor or
warden) of a castle in the absence of the owner. This was sometimes
bestowed upon a great baron as an honor and some royal castles had
hereditary constables.
Cook: roasted, broiled, and baked food in the fireplaces and ovens.
Cottars: the lowest of the peasantry. Worked as swine-herds, prison guards, and did odd jobs.
Ditcher: worker who dug moats, vaults, foundations and mines.
Dyer: someone who dyed cloth in huge heated vats during its manufacture.
Ewerer: worker who brought and heated water for the nobles.
Falconer: highly skilled expert responsible for the care and training of hawks for the sport of falconry.
Fuller: worker who shrinks & thickens cloth fibers through wetting & beating the material.
Glaziers: a person who cut and shaped glass.
Gong Farmer: a latrine pit emptier.
Hayward: someone who tended the hedges.
Herald: knights assistant and an expert advisor on heraldry.
Keeper of the Wardrobe: in charge of the tailors and laundress.
Knight: a professional soldier. This was achieved only after long and arduous training which began in infancy.
Laird: minor baron or small landlord.
Marshal: officer in charge of a household’s horses,
carts, wagons, and containers. His staff included farriers, grooms,
carters, smiths and clerks. He also oversaw the transporting of goods.
Master Mason: responsible for the designing and overseeing the building of a structure.
Messengers: servants of the lord who carried receipts, letters, and commodities.
Miner: skilled professional who dug tunnels for the purpose of undermining a castle.
Minstrels: part of of the castle staff who provided entertainment in the form of singing and playing musical instruments.
Porter: took care of the doors (janitor), particularly
the main entrance. Responsible for the guardrooms. The person also
insured that no one entered or left the castle withour permission. Also
known as the door-ward.
Reeve: supervised the work on lord’s property. He
checked that everyone began and stopped work on time, and insured
nothing was stolen. Senior officer of a borough.
Sapper: an unskilled person who dug a mine or approach tunnel.
Scullions: responsible for washing and cleaning in the kitchen.
Shearmen: a person who trimmed the cloth during its manufacture.
Shoemaker: a craftsman who made shoes. Known also as Cordwainers.
Spinster: a name given to a woman who earned her living
spinning yarn. Later this was expanded and any unmarried woman was
called a spinster.
Steward: took care of the estate and domestic
administration. Supervised the household and events in the great hall.
Also referred to as a Seneschal.
Squire: attained at the age of 14 while training as a
knight. He would be assigned to a knight to carry and care for the
weapons and horse.
Watchmen: an official at the castle responsible for security. Assited by lookouts (the garrison).
Weaver: someone who cleaned and compacted cloth, in association with the Walker and Fuller.
Woodworkers: tradesmen called Board-hewers who worked in the forest, producing joists and beams.Other medieval jobs included:
tanners, soap makers, cask makers, cloth makers, candle makers
(chandlers), gold and silver smiths, laundresses, bakers, grooms, pages,
huntsmen, doctors, painters, plasterers, and painters, potters, brick
and tile makers, glass makers, shipwrights, sailors, butchers,
fishmongers, farmers, herdsmen, millers, the clergy, parish priests,
members of the monastic orders, innkeepers, roadmenders, woodwards (for
the
forests). slingers.
Other Domestic jobs inside the castle or manor:
Personal atendants- ladies-in-waiting, chamber maids, doctor.
The myriad of people involved in the preparation and serving
of meals- brewers, poulterer, fruiterers, slaughterers, dispensers, cooks and the cupbearers.
andrxnmeda:
@femmefatalenet | event eight | idunn
Idun, also...
@femmefatalenet | event eight | idunn
Idun, also spelled Idunn, or Iduna, in Norse mythology, the goddess of spring or rejuvenation and the wife of Bragi, the god of poetry. She was the keeper of the magic apples of immortality, which the gods must eat to preserve their youth.
lovelustquotes:
“At night, l curl myself into this nest of moon shaped pillows, my spine half...
“At night, l curl myself into this nest of moon shaped pillows, my spine half feline, and let the longing for you I’ve fought back all day consume me the way your body would if you were here. This missing you feels so much like drowning & so much like a life jacket at the exact same time that I don’t know if I want to be rescued. (Please rescue me.)”— Kat Savage
