Monthly Archives: October 2020
The Writer’s Guide to Bows: Part 3
Posted on October 30, 2020 1 Comment
Poundage, Range, Rate of Fire & Training In the third part of my five-part series on bows, I will be covering some more bits of critical information if you are writing an archer, especially if you’re doing a battle scene. As always, magic is the exception to the rules. Because magic. Poundage Probably one of […]
The Writer’s Guide to Bows: Part 2
Posted on October 23, 2020 1 Comment
Stringing & Shooting Today is my second part in my five-part series on bows. I will be covering more of the basics of shooting so that you are better equipped to write about them in your fiction. If you have the chance, I highly encourage you to try archery out for yourself. Experience is really […]
The Writer’s Guide to Bows: Part 1
Posted on October 16, 2020 4 Comments
Terms & Types The bow has almost as much mythology surrounding it as the sword. There are several high profile literary and cinematic archers including Katniss Everdeen from “The Hunger Games,” Legolas from “The Lord of the Rings,” and Hawkeye from the Marvel Universe. This, of course, is not getting into the many retellings and […]
The Writer’s Guide to Brigandine Armor
Posted on October 9, 2020 8 Comments
This week is my fourth and final installment in my series on common medieval armor. As always, magic is the exception to the rules. Because magic. Writer’s Tip: Even though brigandine armor was common in medieval Europe it is rarely depicted in literary. Including “brig” into your book would be an interesting way to stand […]
The Writer’s Guide to Plate Armor
Posted on October 2, 2020 99 Comments
This week is the third part in my series about common types of medieval armor. As in my previous posts, I will be pointing out misconceptions. As always, magic is the exception to the rules. Because magic. Introduction Plate is probably the most iconic type of armor from medieval Europe, conjuring up images of the […]
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