Question time!

Enough interest in questions eventuated, so questions are welcome on this post until Wednesday. The usual rules apply. This means that personal questions are fine (but I may or may not answer them seriously) and historical questions for writing and other purposes are fine (but I spend no time actually researching - if my current knowledge doesn't cover it, I'll try to refer you somewhere useful) or you can ask frivolous questions (but not 'how long is a piece of string' - been done) or, well, almost any question.

Question time was originally for writers who wanted Instant Medieval Answers. I get more non-Medieval questions than Medieval these days. It's only a matter of time, in fact, before a Medievalist asks me a writing question...

Update: Did I forget to say that you don't actually have to know me or read my blog to ask questions? I guess I did. This means that bashfulness is no longer an excuse.

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I'm a bit tired of living in interesting times, so today I laid a curse. I have wanted to lay this curse for a long time, having all the right techniques at my disposal. And it is done. And my novel is the better for it.