Vast Geekery
So I decide to actually send in a report to our local newsletter, since I figure I should do that every couple months and I actually have something to report. I open an email and type 'Greetings' and then sit there and stare at it, 'cos I know it's all wrong.
So I pull up the Paston Letters and start reading them over for useful nuggets. I figure I'll swipe a salutation and maybe a closing, and write the rest in the usual way, and maybe put in a note about my sources.
About an hour and much giggling later, I send this off:
( Heraulde's Report )
The phrasing for fighter practice is Lewis's, and Eldrich supplied me with the Latin form of my name. I sent it to the chronicler and the Shire list just like that, no explanations. I figure I'll knock some people for a loop.
And now I have a setting for the story idea that's been bouncing around my head. :)
So I pull up the Paston Letters and start reading them over for useful nuggets. I figure I'll swipe a salutation and maybe a closing, and write the rest in the usual way, and maybe put in a note about my sources.
About an hour and much giggling later, I send this off:
( Heraulde's Report )
The phrasing for fighter practice is Lewis's, and Eldrich supplied me with the Latin form of my name. I sent it to the chronicler and the Shire list just like that, no explanations. I figure I'll knock some people for a loop.
And now I have a setting for the story idea that's been bouncing around my head. :)