Crossword Puzzles and Writing

 

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I’m addicted to doing crossword puzzles. Since I often eat alone, I do the puzzles during lunch and dinner. The crossword puzzles do many things and often force me to think outside the box. This has carried over into writing. I also learn new words and the meanings for other words than what we consider as usual. Several of my books have been aided by finding a word in a puzzle.

 

I found the name for the villain in the Affinities series from a crossword puzzle. I cam across a word I didn’t know and saw the definition meant a kind of weasel. That fit the character of the villain so handily.

 

The crossword puzzle gave me a word to use for what people call a reverse harem. This word came with the definition about a group of male horses. Harras was the word and I thought it suited.

 

So put your brain to work and find a crossword puzzle or two. Who knows what new word or idea you might find.