I answer reader questions about reenacting, writing fantasy, the Traitor Son Cycle, and what I’m looking at next.
Fall of Dragons Publication Day
It’s launch day, at least in the UK. I started writing these novels in 2012. I think there’s at least 2400 pages of material, and I could write more. It’s odd to say goodbye. However, I want to take this space to discuss origins and books I loved, not endings. Who knows, maybe Gollanz will […]
Writing and Fighting: WMAW 2017
This is a blog about fighting; about teaching martial arts; about admitting when you are wrong, and most of all, about how well-run and fascinating WMAW is. But first, if you are, say a fantasy or HisFic fan and not a sword person, you may well ask ‘What is WMAW?’ The short answer is ‘The […]
Miles Cameron: Fall of Dragons (review)
Source: Miles Cameron: Fall of Dragons (review)
The Traitor Son Cycle is the Perfect Hair of the Dog for your Game of Thrones Hangover
Source: The Traitor Son Cycle is the Perfect Hair of the Dog for your Game of Thrones Hangover
Chivalry
Source: Chivalry
Writing about Wilderness Travel
Last weekend, I went to the Adirondacks with two of my favorite camping partners, my wife Sarah and my friend Elisabeth. I was still jet-lagged from Greece, but I wanted to fit in some wilderness after all those ancient sites and tough days at the beach… In thirty-six hours of relatively civilized life in the […]
Reading Pausanias on the Ancient Agora
Today we are leaving Greece after a mere ten days. Our trip has been glorious; perfect weather, wonderful food, friendly people, new friends and old. For my next blog, I’ll be talking about reasons why you should visit Greece; about the tourist industry, the cleanliness, and the complete lack of refugee problems so widely advertised […]
Research in Greece
I don’t think that is will come as a surprise to any of you that Greece (along with Italy and England and the Adirondacks and southern Ontario and a few dozen other places) is one of the main inspirations to my writing. Greece inspired all of my ancient historical novels, which are placed there; in […]
Studying Fiore in the ruins of Mythymna
Ok, I admit it. I just liked the title’s sound. My wife Sarah and I are on vacation in Greece. Vacation, for us, means beaches and sun… and research. I write about Greece, and I was just fortunate enough to land a new historical fiction contract with Orion to write a pair of books about […]
Review of The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron
One of my favorite reviews of all time.
Come to Greece this Fall. With me…
Hello, blog readers. This is my bi-annual ‘Pen and Sword’ tour blog (see the past one here). This fall, from November 6th to the 17th, 2017, thirty people will tour Greece and Bulgaria… with me. (Second prize two weeks… wait…) This will be our third outing. Last two times we’ve visited the Peloponnese, and gone […]
