THE JOYS OF SWYVING
Lavinia's Medieval Word of the Week Swyving for Pleasure and Profit This week's word is: Swyve. What does it mean? The MED defines it as ‘(a) To have sexual intercourse, copulate; smal-swivinge [...]
A TWIST OF LEMMAN
An Old Feature with a New Twist On this blog, we often used to like to feature particular words that we thought might be of use to proofreaders and copy-editors. We [...]
Lavinia’s Book of the Month: August 2016
Hello! Those amongst you that are the noticing kind might have noticed that we’ve been a bit quiet recently. Well noticed! Having had a good summer break, we’re back and [...]
Lavinia’s Books: May and June 2016
Every month, our friend Lavinia Collins is going to share with you a book she’s read and recommends. As Lavinia has been busy with the release of the last part of her Queen [...]
Lavinia’s Book of the Month: April 2016
Every month, our friend Lavinia Collins is going to share with you a book she’s read and recommends. The Lady and the Unicorn – Tracy Chevalier Just like her famous novel, Girl with a Pearl [...]
Lavinia’s Book of the Month: March 2016
Every month, our friend Lavinia Collins is going to share with you a book she’s read and recommends. The Grave – Diane Dickson I couldn’t tell how much I was enjoying Diane Dickson’s The [...]
THE EDITING DIARIES (PART 8)
Bestselling author Lavinia Collins talks about the process of editing the second part of her third trilogy, published with Not So Noble Books, out now! Book II, Part III: Fighting in [...]
Lavinia’s Book of the Month: February 2016
Our new feature. Every month, our friend Lavinia Collins is going to share with you a book she’s read and recommends. The Seduction of Sophie Seacrest – Mary Campisi I got this book [...]
THE EDITING DIARIES (PART 7)
Bestselling author Lavinia Collins talks about the process of editing the second part of her third trilogy, published with Not So Noble Books, out now! Book II, Part II: Dialogue Sometimes [...]
THE EDITING DIARIES (PART 6)
Bestselling author Lavinia Collins talks about the process of editing the second part of her third trilogy, published with Not So Noble Books, out now! Book II, Part I: Show and [...]