From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Combat Cliches: Medieval Edition

April 30, 2009

Awhile back Jeff posted a piece on firearms mistakes that every writer makes.  Many of them were abused cliches and many of them were maddening pet peeves of mine.  I have some other pet peeves about combat and weapons that predate the repeating firearm.  In some cases they predate gunpowder altogether. Armor Does Not Make You Slow.  Somehow, [...]

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I Need Help With My Breasts (NSFW?)

April 9, 2009

Writer #1:  If you ask me, word choice is everything. Writer #2:  You couldn’t be more wrong.  Diction is everything.   So I’m writing what may or may not be a love scene.  There’s definitely a good looking young woman with no clothes on.  There’s definitely a young man admiring this young lady and her [...]

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