caasbrey
LightNews LightNews
banner
caasbrey.bsky.social
caasbrey
@caasbrey.bsky.social
3K followers 2.5K following 1.4K posts
C. A. Asbrey is a Scottish mystery author. Fan of all things Victorian, obscure, forensics, jaywalking, ordering the best meal, and dropping out of society. I re-share Mon-Friday.

https://caasbrey.com/

https://www.facebook.com/mysteryscrivener/
Posts Replies Media Videos
caasbrey.bsky.social
My eleven-year-old has drafted a fiction story for class, and asked me to look it over with her. As we sat down to read it, she said, ”It’s either a masterpiece or a disasterpiece. Friends I would like you to meet my new favourite word.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
1. Sonsy 1. Healthy, strong and attractive. 2. Agreeable and good-natured. 3. Buxom or plump. Comely. “He was a braw lad, and she was sweet and sonny; and happily lived they ever thereafter.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Hoghenhine 1 A person who has stayed in a household for three nights, and so becomes the legal responsibility of the host. “At least that freeloading brother of yours finally left, I was worried we were going to have a hogenhrne on our hands.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Give someone a book, they’ll read for a day. Teach someone to write a book . . . and they’ll spend a life-time mired in paralysing self doubt.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Recumbentibus 1 The knockout or ending blow, physical or verbal. 2. The final, winning argument.
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
“I finished a misery novel and now I trust no-one. Not my neighbour. Not my cat. Well, maybe the cat. Definitely not the barista who spelled my name right on the first try. . .” Jhenn2025
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Fantasticate 1. To make (something) seem fanciful or fantastic “Your obvious attempts to fantasticate the events will not get you out of this investigation.”
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Edwin Land.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Euneirophrenia 1. The feeling of contentment that one from waking up feeling rested and refreshed, or wanting to go back to sleep to finish that dream you were having. “I haven’t experienced euneirophrenia since my insomniac neighbour decided to pass his sleepless nights learning how to play the bagpipes.”
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
CSI Cats; The evidence clearly points to ‘who the hell is going to feed us now!’
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Sphallololia 1. Casually flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. “A little sphallololia on the weekend can be a wonderful self esteem booster.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
The Infinity Loop of Writing So the protagonist walks straight into a trap, gets held hostage and it tied to a chair. . . Wait, does the antagonist use duct tape, zip ties or good ol’ fashioned rope? Where do they get the rope from? What is it even made of? Is it, like, braided? <googles ‘how do you make rope’> <spends an hour watching Youtube tutorials> Okay, new story. A plucky young 18th century rope-maker is scraping out a living, unaware of the threat to their livelihood from the looming Industrial Revolution. . . <googles ‘Industrial Revolution’> <orders six books on the rise of steam power> Okay, so now it’s a steampunk story. A plucky young rope-maker is kidnapped for their expertise and ironically tied to a chair with their own rope by a fat cat factory owner who wants to know why industrial-produced rope is inferior to the homespun stuff. . . And on and on until the end of recorded time. . .
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Testaceous 1. Having a hard outer shell. 2. Having the reddish brown colour of bricks or baked clay. “The tintinabulation gained amplitude as the camion de crème glacée drew nigh, causing Fendrel to hyperventilate in anticipation of the testaceous of his preferred bonne bouche, the ambrosial cornetto."
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
“Writing is often the process by which you realise that you do not understand what you are talking about.” Shane Parrish.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Turdiform 1. Of, like, or resembling a thrush (any of the songbirds of the family turdidae). “The befeathered dress bestowed an uncanny turdiform aspect upon the parvenu songstress.”
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Authors after realizing that they have to edit when they finish writing their first draft. “Sobbing.”
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Benignant 1. Kindly, gracious, and benevolent. “He offered a benignant smile that suggested he might forgive you for existing-so long as you stopped doing it so loudly.”
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Read the controversial book. Read a review of the controversial book. Read an online critique of the review of the book. Read the headline of the online critique of the review of the book. Read a tweet about the headline of the online critique of the review of the book. Has not read a word but not letting that get in the way of a good rant.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
caasbrey.bsky.social
When I think about books I touch my shelf.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Doryphore 1. One who gains pleasure from pointing out minor errors: a nitpicker. “That’s it! Im never inviting that untracrepidorian doryphore, Gladys Wigtinkle to another soiree for as long as I live.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Discrutator 1. One even to extreme scepticism and makes petty and unnecessary objections. 2. A searcher for objections. “The discrutator trafficked in obfuscation and chicanery, and ultimately lost his video channel for spreading so much misinformation.”
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Edit 46,523 of writing my novel: “I think I might finally be getting closer to finishing my first draft. . .”
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Writers on the Sixth Rewrite. “Get up! The editor wants more changes.” “Please! Let me die.”
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Impignorate 1. To put something up for security; to pawn something. “Pawn brokers take advantage of those seeking to impignorate family heirlooms and other inherited property due to financial hardship.”
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
My cousin is in that movie.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM