8 Curious Facts About Writers

If you love trivia let's delve into some curious facts about some of your favourite writers.

A History of the English Language: English Language Beginnings

The English Language can be traced back to the people who lived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Known as Indo-Europeans from around the time of 5000 BC.

However, what we do know is mostly based on hypothesis and conjecture, because there are no writings that exist from that time.  Many scholars think that Lithuanian may be the closest to the Indo-European language.  

What Writing Can Do for You

When you start writing you don't really grasp just how beneficial putting your words on a page can be.  It's the key to really refining your thoughts, as well as making sense of the world around you.

Living in the digital age, which definitely has its fair share of ups and downs, has actually made writing a lot more accessible, and helped to create communities of writers all around the world.  Which isn't a bad thing, in such a disconnected world that we live in today.

What You Need to Know About Podcasting on Substack

I started a podcast recently on Substack, and it has been a whole new learning experience, one of which I'd like to share.

I like to keep things simple so I did my research on suitable microphones for beginners and came across the Fifine USB Microphone, which is easy to set up quickly.  I also downloaded some software for recording and editing my voice, called Audacity.  Which I'm still learning about.