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Justin Hill
@justinhillauthor.bsky.social
🏆 Twice nom. for Booker Prize
📚 Winner Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask, & Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prizes
💂‍♀️Creator Minka Lesk
🌳 Gardener
🥂 Chef
🎩 Hat wearer
🎤 Podcaster
🎲 Gamer
🎓 PhD
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/justinhillauthor
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As it's World Book Day - this book changed my life.

...was ten years old and Lord of the Rings made me want to grow up and become and author.

#JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRings #AuthorsLife #WorldBookDay
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1942, of unknown origin.

#etymology
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I started a Patreon page - and you can join me for my regular post-writing walk through the Yorkshire countryside.

www.patreon.com/cw/JustinHil...
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Wordle 1,605 5/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1630s, from Arabic, and ultimately the name for a neighbourhood of Baghdad.

#etymology
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Found some old pictures... here, being presented the Somerset Maugham Award by Sandi Toksvig for Passing Under Heaven.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Wordle 1,602 4/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1200 from Old French.

#etymology
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A glorious evening to look down across the Vale of York and watch the fireworks.

#authorslife #bonfirenight #fullmoon #yorkshire
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Wordle 1,601 5/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩late 13c. from Old French.

#etymology
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English.

#etymology
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Finding the size and shape of a novel.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Wordle 1,599 5/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1300, from Old French, though meaning has evolved from verb to noun.

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November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Wordle 1,598 5/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Old English.

#etymology
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Your biggest barrier to creativity.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Reposted by Justin Hill
Absolutely beautiful video created using still images taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of Jupiter and while at Saturn. Shown is Io and Europa over Jupiter's Great Red Spot and then Titan as it passes over Saturn and it's edge-on rings. NASA/JPL/Kevin M. Gill
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Suitably Gothic for Halloween.

#Gothic #halloween #yorkshire
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wordle 1,595 5/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩c.1400, from Latin, although its meaning has intensified from its Latin days.

#etymology
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
One of those characters just snuck in.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Wordle 1,594 4/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩early 14c. of uncertain origin, prob. Scandinavian.

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October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM