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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Things in Scots #10: Maukit (and other filthy words)
Welcome to day ten of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) It?s wet and wild today in Glasgow, and with that comes boots coated in mud. The potential for having to clean up after said boots got me to thinking of some of the words…
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Things in Scots #9: Swither
Welcome to day nine of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) With the tens of thousands of words in the Scots Leid?maist o which flee aboot ma heid oft mixed wi Inglis?it?s not surprising that I get a wee bit confused. At least once a…
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Things in Scots #8: Nummers
Welcome to day eight of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) Following up with the basics of Days and Months, today?s post is all about nummers (numbers).
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Original Recipe Irn Bru!
That?s us set for the day!
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Things in Scots #7: Stookie
Welcome to day seven of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) This post is inspired by a comment left by Chris. She mentioned a couple of her fave Scots words, one of which is one of mine. That word is stookie.
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #24 ? Lake
Welcome to Week 24 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here?s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in. I?d like to open this week?s post with a huge thanks to Chris and Violet for their excellent responses to last week?s prompt. This week?s random word is: Lake
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Things in Scots #6: Months
Welcome to day six of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) In keeping with yesterday?s days of the week, here are the months in Scots.
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Fan of… Duolingo
It?s been a while since I?ve joined in with?Jez?s Fan Of??One day I?ll get around to doing one on Scrivener (writing software), but that?s going to be a heck of a post. So, instead, I thought I?d share my love of the Duolingo app.
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Things in Scots #5: Days o the Wick
Welcome to day five of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) It occurred to me that I hadn?t shared what the days of the week are in Scots. With Scots being closely related to English?just like Norwegian is closely related to Danish?some of the days…