Recent content by Ouberos

This is a good point regarding wearing on the person riding. One of my characters is recovering from a side wound. I have some experience of broken ribs and am pretty certain a hurried horse ride would be a teeth gritting, brow mopping experience. You wouldn't have any direct experience of...

Its been a while since I trotted a horse along a Travertine paved road at sunset and I seem to have forgotten how much distance it is possible to cover. Google suggests 40km a day for a fit horse walking but I wondered if there might be an experienced rider about who might know a bit about how...

I've drawn a lot of inspiration from the Basque myths of the Basa Juan who inhabit the mountains tops and yodel to each other in bad weather. I like wild man myths in general and someone mentioned Babylonian mythology, but the very first fantasy story, Gilgamesh and Enkidu features a wild man...

Some of these are really useful ideas. The things I have done in the past include writing something every day. It doesn't have to be related to the thing I am working on but I figure writing is a skill based around practice and experience, so it can't hurt. I also like to write multiple...

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