New writings

[caddyman]

Tomorrow I hope to be able to post up the latest part of Dimpler Towers somwhat later than intended.

For the first time, I have run this past someone for comments ahead of publishing - in this case ellefurtle, who has made a number of useful suggestions, not least concerning sentence length! So while what you will see is all my own work, it's not the first iteration by a long chalk.

In the meantime, I am looking for a new name for the village: we're not sure that Little-Whittering-in-the-Stubble really works, though I have left it that for now. I am having difficulty in coming up with a fictional village name that sounds plausible but odd; the moreso because there are many real village names in England that just sound odd.

Any suggestions?

Edited to add: Typo there - it's Little-Whittering-in-the Stubble, which I have now corrected.

Comments

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

I think Little-Whittering-in-the is fine, it's the last bit that is not as convincing, but I'm sure you can concoct a nonsense place name, river name (on-the-Marsh, in-the-Wold, under-Withy) or geographical/geological wotsit, and don't worry about long sentences, even if they are as long as this one, because a long sentence, especially if it is funny and ironic, is a thing of beauty, rather like you are, Bry.

I myself am thinking of changing Mottlebury to Grottlebury, fickle fart that I am.

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

There's a River Mole here in Surrey.

I have always thought it a real shame that it doesn't run through a village called 'Stamp'...

[pauln.livejournal.com]

Much Binding in the Marsh?

Oh, hang on...

I'm with your North American correspondent - it's "Stuggle" that isn't working. Little-Whittering-Under-Edge perhaps (which leaves you the joyous possibility of Little-Whittering-Over-Brow later on).

[pauln.livejournal.com]

Stubble does sound an awful lot more like it.

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Yes, Stubble is perfect. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

[romney.livejournal.com]

It's clearly near the hamlet of Crust and it's companion the even smaller Upper Crust.

And there is always Morels and it's twin Lower-Morels.

Is it true that Little-Whittering-in-the Stubble is twinned with Pyongyang?

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, amongst the possibilities we were pushing around were Upper Crust for a village down the road and Lower Standing for Little-Whittering.

I quite like Chipping Munter.