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Age of Bronze: The Bull Leapers
Here is a free short story from the world of my new fantasy series “Age of Bronze.” The first book, Against All Gods, launches on June 23rd, and will be available in print, ebook, and Audiobook (narrated by the great Peter Noble!). I think it’s pretty great. Pretty sure you will, too. So click the…
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Writing Fighting: Shields
Episode 12: Shield Fighting, Part 1 Episode 13: Shield Fighting, Part 2 Episode 14: Sword vs Shield Episode 15: Shield Safety Episode 16: Shields Again
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WritingFighting Ep 13: Shield Fighting, Part 2
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Rhodes: Writing about Sieges (Pen and Sword tour Part 1)
Today I was in the mines beneath the walls of Rhodes; I walked along the ditch where you can see where cannon and other artillery have knocked holes in the masonry, and I looked out over the glacis to where the Turkish trenches were; to where Demetrios the Besieger sat in the fourth century BCE.…
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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…
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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…
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Miles Cameron: Fall of Dragons (review)
Source: Miles Cameron: Fall of Dragons (review)
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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
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Chivalry
Source: Chivalry
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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…
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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…
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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…
