Rob Mc

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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…

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…

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…

Book four of the Traitor Son series, A Plague of Swords is out this week. Instead of talking to you about the book, I thought I’d discuss how I write, or more particularly, how I do research. To me… Source: Guest Post: “How I Do Research” by Miles Cameron

Most frequently asked question:  Where can I learn to do all that stuff? If you don’t care about my discourse on how various simulations of pre-modern sword combat work or don’t work, skip down to the bold type. This blog article will endeavor to provide you with a spectrum of answers.  In the process, I…

In a few days (October 25th, 2016) Plague of Swords will be out. First, a word from the author.  Many of you probably know this already, but when a book comes out, the author wrote it between twelve and eighteen months earlier. (Maybe more or less depending on various things.  But with me, twelve to…

(This is a repeat of a blog I ran on Hoplologia.  We’re changing formats, so I’m repeating it here.  What is Hoplologia?  It is our not-for-profit shell that runs our Ancient Greek and Medieval reenacting and our various WMA/HEMA classes and some sewing and a summer camp for kids and some educational activities for 4th…

Right. Since my last post, I have learned how to use a Microsoft Surface.  Now there will be photos. That is out intrepid band on Monte Maria overlooking Rome and the Vatican.  It was a great moment, even with some very sore feet; we walked up Monte Maria and when we reached the top, there…

With thanks, as usual, to Celia, champion photographer to the armoured fighting class. BTW, neither of these gentleman are me.  That’s Greg Mele of the Chicago Swordplay guild against Marc Auger of the Barrie Swordplay Guild and Hoplologia in Toronto.  You can just see Jon Press, my awesome squire and marathon runner, in the background…

That picture is of the Torneo del Cigno Bianco, or the Tournament of the White Swan, held every year in Verona, Italy.  This year, the Torneo will be held from 3 June 2016 to June 2016. I’ll be there. I’ve spent a year recovering a shoulder injury, and also making my harness better; that is,…

My favorite swordsmanship article this year. Thanks, Greg!