Recent content by Mad Swede

I have a contract with a Swedish publisher, and so far I have three novels and a collection of short stories out there. The fourth novel is in the final stages of editing. And yes, I do earn royalties on those published books - not enough to live on, but enough to pay for a few extras in life...

I think I'd ask you about other aspects of your world building, starting with trade and travel. If people travel for trade or other reasons then they will eventually build up a sort of verbal (maybe even written) guide to the roads, including areas where you can't light a fire or where the snow...

The wootz steel used in Ulfberht swords has a very even distribution of carbon and it is this which makes the steel strong and flexible. Given the technology of the day making wootz steel would have required smelting and resmelting the steel several times in small batches, hammering the steel...

Ulfbehrt swords are made of steel which has a high carbon content (about 1.8 - 2.0%), which makes the blade both strong and flexible. This sort of steel is known as wootz and the technique for making high carbon steel of this sort is thought to have to Europe come from India via Viking trading...

In between all the muttering what he really asking for is that your story be in what William Shunn called Proper Manuscript Format Yes, my publisher insists on this too - and on correct spelling and grammar. There is no excuse for not getting those right, not even for someone as severely...

Malik is quite right when he writes that ancilliary damage mounts up. I spent more than 30 years in the Swedish Army and served in the Military Police and overseas on UN peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions. About the only things on Malik's list that haven't happened to me are breaking my...

In reality muscle damage like that would probably prevent you standing properly. You certainly wouldn't be able to stand while that sort of injury was healing, and you'd have trouble lifting or swinging things with your arms once the injury had healed.

In combat, whether you're using knives, swords, guns or baseball bats, it's usually the combination of shock and blood loss which kills you. You may not think a baseball bat could lead to blood loss, but hit someone in the right place with one of those (or even a 2 x 4 piece of wood) and you'll...

Ah, the Church of St John in Ranui. Ranui is part of Santa Maddalena in the Val di Funes. In the backrgound the Odle massif. Val Gardena is the other side of the massif.

Welsh people are just like most other people. So write the characters first, then worry about potential stereotyping. There is no single Welsh culture as such, you can very broadly distinguish between North and South Wales in terms of both culture and language dialect. You might also want to...

I use my knowledge of languages as the basis for naming characters and places. In your case I'd look up names from the period and use those as a basis.

The answer, for me , is simple. Write. Write a lot. Write short stories, write long stories. It's the only way you find your own style, your voice if you like. Personally I'd write a lot of short stories and use these to experiment until you find a style you are comfortable with, simply because...

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