Historical Writing Category
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 […]
The Writer’s Guide to Chainmail
Posted on September 25, 2020 11 Comments
This week is the second part in my series about common types of medieval armor. As in my first post, I will be pointing out misconceptions with each type. As always, magic is the exception to the rules. Because magic. Introduction Chainmail is a type of armor made up of small metal rings linked together […]
The Writer’s Guide to Gambesons
Posted on September 18, 2020 111 Comments
As promised this week I will be covering types of armor that were common in medieval Europe, starting with gambesons and continuing over the next three weeks with chainmail, plate armor and brigantine. I will also be doing some myth busting with each type of armor. I want to point out that just because I’m […]
The Writer’s Guide to Medieval Armor: Part 2
Posted on September 11, 2020 3 Comments
I hope you enjoyed last week’s post on armor myths because I am covering some more this week. As always, magic is the exception to the rules. Because magic. Leather Armor Fantasy seems to be in love with leather armor. You can see it from “Vikings” to “The Lord of the Rings” to Dungeons & […]
The Writer’s Guide to Medieval Armor: Part 1
Posted on September 4, 2020 50 Comments
I hope you have been enjoying my posts on swords and other medieval weapons. This week we are moving on to armor myths because, o boy! are there a lot of them. The armor worn in medieval Europe varied across time, region, and social standing. I will be covering common types of armor later. As […]
The Writer’s Guide to Medieval Self-Defense Weapons
Posted on August 28, 2020 4 Comments
This week we continue our exploration of common medieval weapons other than the sword with a focus on day-to-day use and self-defense. For those who could afford them, swords were the most popular choice for a self-defense weapon because they are portable, effective, and can be used in close quarters. However, some cities had laws […]
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