Well, we know where we're going, but we don't know where we've been

I just made a Project To-Do List

Well.  It's good to be busy.

1  Finish collecting and collating the tyops.  End September 9

2  Proof The Wrong Lance ebook, collate it, and get it up for pre-order

2a  Take The Wrong Lance down from Patreon and Splinter Universe. September 12

3  Complete interview.  November 1

4  Write short story for DERELICT anthology.  December 1

5  Write short story to make the pair with "Galaxy Ballroom" for Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number, um...31? (eek!)  November 15

6  Decide if I'm Actually Going to Write another Archers Beach novel, or if I can scratch that itch by writing two novellas, instead.  Realsoonnow

7  Assist Steve as needed on the (two) Liaden books he's lead on.  July 2021, July 2022

8  Plot and write the next Liaden book, but one.  Um.  July 2023?

The really annoying thing is?  I feel like I'm missing something.

Well.  It'll come to me.

Today's blog title brought to you by The Talking Heads: The Road to Nowhere

Word Play

One of the. . .side effects of being simultaneously the author of a long-running series which contains quite a number of made-up words, and a long-time reader of Just About Anything is that. . .sometimes readers of the stuff I write don't know when I'm using a "real" word or a made-up word.

I hasten to say that this is not just something that I do -- use old words, or make up news ones.  Most writers indulge in word play.  We wouldn't be in this business, if we didn't love language.

From Trader's Leap, we have the following. . .odd. . .words:

brume -- (broom) mist or fog.  This is an English word

empyrean -- (em-PEER-ee-in) celestial. This is an English word

louche -- (loosh) disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way. This is an English word

wrapt -- (rapt) past participle of wrap. This is an English word, although it is an old English word

aequitas -- (ee-KWI-tis) This is a Latin word, the basis of the English word "equality".  It is also the name of a goddess: In Roman mythology, Aequitas, also known as Aecetia, was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants.

ombudsone -- (ohm-BUDS-one) one third of this word is made up.  The English form is "ombudsman," but in the Liaden Universe® we try to avoid unnecessary gendering.  So "man" in the original gets replaced with "one," and I think we should immediately adopt this word in real life.

daibri'at -- (DAY-bree-aht) Liaden Universe® Tai Chi.  This is a made-up word

sokyum -- (SEW-kee-um) a large feline-ish creature.  This is a made-up word

zaliata -- (zah-LEE-ah-tah) For the purposes of our narrative, it denotes an energy creature, perhaps an angel.  Another made-up word

And, there!  That was fun.  At least, it was for me.