What Kind of Name is "Sindore"?

Let me assure you: there's nothing sinfully about it.

It's a Thalassian word, and it means "blood daughter", or more commonly, "blood elf".

Hey, pleased to meet you.

My real name is Britt Malka, and I'm an avid World of Warcraft player. The Thalassian language is spoken by the blood elves in the game, and I've picked up a few words and sentences in that language. Just for fun.

I think the game creators were inspired by Semitic languages like Arabic and Hebrew when they came up with Thalassian, by the way.

Who Am I?

Back in 1994, I woke up one Monday morning and thought, "I wish it was Friday". That moment, I decided to quit my day job, because I didn't want to spend my life waiting for it to pass. I quit in June 1995, and it's one of the best things I've ever done. Even though I loved my boss.

At first, I thought I would do accounting for small companies, but after a couple of months I began teaching adults how to use computers. That led to a gig where I had to write the tutorials, and that led to writing IT books for Danish publishing houses.

My Dream of Becoming a Writer Had Come True

Since I got my first typewriter made out of plastic when I was 10-years-old, I'd dreamed of becoming a writer.

Today, I'm a full time writer, and I write nonfiction, fiction, and emails. Not just the private, one-to-one emails, but emails to my subscribers as well. And I love it.

Three weeks ago, I heard about Steemit - again. I'd heard about it in 2015, but didn't do anything about it back then. Now I'm eager to start writing here daily.

Pets and Family

My husband, son and I moved to Israel in 2011. We brought a dog (Tikva) and a cat (Frostie). Sadly, Tikva passed away the same year in December due to sudden illness. Although I've never been a dog person, I loved Tikva, and after a while and a lot of crying, I missed the dog personality in our home.

One evening, my husband and I went to a restaurant, and we had aperitifs and wine... and we talked about Tikva again. I told him that I really wanted a dog, and he said, "okay".

Six months later I got Nefnef, a Shikoku puppy. She's adorable, stubborn, spirited, mostly obedient... nah, strike that.

Her main personality feature is: she loves cats.

She and Frostie get along well. They entertain in pet battles whenever they can, and they love it. I plan to write a lot more about them, especially Nefnef here, because there's so much you can learn from a dog, both about life and business.

"Balagan"

Balagan is a Hebrew word that means "mess". I wanted to end with that sub-headline, because... well... I was born in Denmark. My family moved to Germany when I was two and spoke toddler-Danish. There I learned German and English, because I had an English friend whose mother didn't speak German.

In 2000, my husband, me, and our two kids moved to France, and it was time to brush up my French. And now since 2011, Israel. I don't speak Hebrew very well, though, but language-wise it's messy in my head. All day and night, I write in English. I speak a kind of Danish with my husband (he's correcting my Danish), but otherwise it's mostly English. I even dream in English.

Probably with an accent, though ;)