The 12 Days of Launch Countdown: Day 8

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8 days to go before the launch of A Seared Sky: Joinings.  Excitement rising every day. 

In the spirit of the well-loved seasonal song, I offer you the 12 days of countdown.

Mine are in reverse order. 

On the eighth day of countdown, I give to you

Eight exciting ethnics:

Tumalind – clever, able, beautiful and beloved

Aklon Dji – renegade, fearless, handsome and desirable

Feldrark – great, shrewd, just and tenacious

Jodisa Li – bright, determined, spoilt and manipulative

Okkyntalah – innocent, brave, selfless and attractive

Aglydron – fanatical, conservative, pious and stern

Ivdulon – intelligent, farsighted, sensitive and inventive

Dagla Kaz – cruel, hypocritical, driven and unwavering

These are just a few of the adventurers who people my invented world. They love, fight, sing, rescue, joke, hate, seduce and kill. But which of them does which of these things? All is revealed in the trilogy. Book 1, A Seared Sky: Joinings, published by Fantastic Books Publishing, is launched as paperback and ebook on 30^th March. And you can join in the fun on the day by clicking this link.

Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Whether or if?

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Whether or if?

These two conjunctions are more or less interchangeable. However, 'whether' is generally used in more formal writing. And 'if' gives a better idea that possibility or probability is involved with the alternatives on offer.

So:

'Whether you vote Labour or Conservative will make no difference to your life: both parties will screw you unless you're part of the club.'

'If you vote Labour, you can feel that you've tried to be socially responsible, but if you vote Conservative, you'll have to accept you've displayed no social conscience. Of course, the reality is that neither vote will improve matters for you, unless you belong to the small group making the decisions.'