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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Gat a Shewin Machine — Got a Sewing Machine
A wee post in Scots Ower e last twa-three month, Ah?ve been barkin an fleein oan e eBay wabstaid. Dinnae fash, Ah?m fendie an bocht athin saicant-handit. The day, Ah gat aroon tae yuisin ma new-tae-iz shewin machine. Ah goat it fur wanworth ?20 plus P&P. Whit e bairgin! Noo, time tae git a wheen…
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #20 ? Estate
Welcome to Week 20 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here?s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in. This week?s random word is: Estate This was a fun one! I thought about all the different types of estate: money, land, housing estates, cars (in the UK station wagons…
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Posting in Scots
A few months ago, I used the Scots word?shoogle?in one of the Genre Fiction challenge posts. In that post, I quickly explained that it?s sometimes challenging to go from thinking in Scots (one of Scotland?s three indigenous languages?the others being Scottish English and Gaelic) to putting those thoughts onto the page in English. Well, Scottish…
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Ane o oor daily skwurrel veesitors. (One of our daily #squirrel visitors.) Promised masel Ah’d post mair in #Scots.
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Trolling through my photos and found this picture jumped out at me.
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #19 ? Shopping
Welcome to Week 19 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here?s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in. This week?s random word is: Shopping As hobbies and pastimes go, shopping is not on my list. It?s more of a need to do than a like to do. With…
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #18 ? Airport
Welcome to Week 18 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here?s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in. This week?s random word is: Airport For some reason this was a tough one. I went through three different scenarios before I went with the one below. It?s difficult to…
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #17 ? Family
Welcome to Week 17 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here?s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in. This week?s random word is: Family I cheated a little this week. Mainly in the form of using characters I?ve been working on for a while now. Matt is the…
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I kept meaning to update last week’s writing challenge, but I got caught up fixing plot holes in my outline. So, I set time aside this morning to post my response to the prompt: crime. #amwriting