Scottish author Susan Tippett Braithwaite crafts narratives where danger and desire merge. With a screenwriting background from UCLA and a journey marked by resilience, her Deniable Unit series reflects a blend of passion, creativity, and the spirit of Scotland.
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#Scotstober Day 4 #Shoogle
Today’s word is shoogle. It means to shake, sway, jiggle. This isn’t the first time the word shoogle has appeared on my site. I used it in a Genre Scribes piece called Program, and seeing as I’d used it before, I thought why the hell don’t I do the whole bit in Scots. Here it…
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#Scotstober Day 3 #Nicht
Today’s word is nicht. It means night. I was a wee bit short of time today and ended up stealing from Running The Asset‘s first draft. Anyway, here’s my response to the prompt: ?Five meenits intae the op an she ort the script. She?s nae got ony upbring tae dae whit she did the nicht.…
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Word Count 2nd October 2021
I haven’t done a word count update for Running The Asset in an age, so why not do one with a big number? I’ll try to post more word count updates more regularly than once in a Blue Moon ? Thanks for joining me on this adventure! Stay safe.
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#Scotstober Day 2 #Seelie
Today’s word is seelie. It means happy, lucky, blessed. And, here’s my response to the prompt: ?Dae ye huv tae staun sae close?? Evie skelt awa fae Cole, the eesome bastirt. Cole wis gowlie. ?Jist mak on thit ye dinnae wint tae fell me. Hit?s nae at defeeckwalt,? he luikit it hir, ?A?m daen hit…
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It’s #Scotstober
Back in 2019, I started a series of posts called Thing in Scots. The series has languished for a while, and I’ve been wanting to get it up and running again. Cue Scotstober. Scotstober is a challenge on Twitter where there’s a Scots word prompt for each day of October. You can follow it by…