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Fun for Friday: Seattle Etymology

| May 3, 2019

The Etymology Nerd is a fantastic site for those of us who love etymology and infographics! Here, you can find a BUNCH of etymology infographics, with a focus on place names in cities. But there are plenty of other etymology infographics too, dealing with a wide variety of topics. I particularly like this infographic with […]

April 2019 Recap

| May 2, 2019

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 58 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 44 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 58 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 74 April was a busy month on the submission front. No new acceptances, but I had a lot of pieces […]

Site Recommendation: Medieval Fantasy City Generator

| May 1, 2019

If you’re in need of a randomly generated medieval fantasy city for writing or gaming, check out Medieval Fantasy City Generator. I could easily lose HOURS playing around with all of the functions here–I’m particularly in love with the “Warp” feature right now, which lets you do weird things like extend the city out into […]