Recent content by Pendragon II

I'm looking for references about ancient and medieval warfare. I've browsed local bookstores and Amazon.com, but most books take ages to get to the point. What I would like is a book that sketches out tactics, formations, difficulties and how armies operated, without going into great detail on...

Disclaimer: I wasn't sure where to post a question like this, and this heading seems to encompass pretty much everything, so if it's in the wrong place I apologize. Getting to my question requires a little background. I'm seventeen years old, and will turn eighteen in three months, so the...

I prefer third person since I enjoy the presence of more complex backgrounds, which tend to be more difficult to relay because of the limitations of first person. But if your story is more focused on characters, or if it is important for the MC's opinions and biases to be prevalent in the...

I agree with the other scribes; it depends heavily on what genre and audience you're writing to. I would add a few things, however. First, you should know that I write from experience. In a story that I have since abandoned, (actually my first) I had a character named Beorno Ironfist, and...

All right. I have a situation to present to you. One of my MCs is an archer, but with a twist. He is part of an independent branch of the Thorician (read: homeland) military known as the Snakekillers. The name is of course derived from the saying, Cut the head from the snake and the body...

Hi, everyone. My name is Cody Collins, and I write fantasy literature. I have several projects going at the moment, three short stories and an epic fantasy novel. I'm relatively new to the craft. Though I've read fantasy all my life, I've only been actually writing for a year and a half. During...