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Writing Advice: Grappling for Writers: Common Terms

March 19, 2015 by admin

The other day I was reading a fantasy book and, in an early fight scene, the hero tackled someone coming at him with a knife. Red flag alert. As someone with a long history in martial arts training, I nearly tossed the book out of my lap. No experienced fighter (which is what the hero was) would ignore the immediate the threat of a blade and try to tackle an enemy's knees. That's a good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Fighting Words, Physical Training

Writing Advice: Fight Scenes

March 13, 2015 by admin

fighting words, fight scenes

Always with a mind to improve my writing craft, I have been on the lookout for advice from other authors about how to write effective fight scenes in books. First a video from Brandon Sanderson: A blog post from sword and sorcery author Seth Skorkowsky entitled Writing Fighting. A solid blog post from a writer who also participates in events with the Society for Creative Anachronism … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Fighting Words

Writing Advice: Starting with Story Structure

March 9, 2015 by admin

When Everything goes Boom... Earlier this year, I hit one of those dead zones in writing. I was 30,000 words into the third book in my Hounds of the North series and everything just stopped. I had taken a few days off writing and when I returned to the computer, I had lost the story. Panic, depression, and anger set in. How could I have been writing 1,500 words a day and all of sudden have … [Read more...]

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The Witch of the Sands: An Author’s Note

February 6, 2015 by admin

A lot of you may not know this but The Witch of the Sands, the first book in the Hounds of the North series, was actually written after Black River. In fact, I did not even start on The Witch of the Sands until two years after I began Black River and had a near final draft of the novel done. I know. It sounds crazy. Why I am doing things backwards? And it is backwards because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Self Publishing, Sword and Sorcery

Writing Advice: The Long Road

January 24, 2015 by admin

writing advice, perspective, struggles

Belt Burning I recently had my worst night ever on the mats in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Worse than those bruising, no technique battle-to-the-death rolls as a white belt. Worse than the long series of competition losses at blue belt. Worse than the night my knee went snap-crackle-pop. I'm not going to go into the details of the night. But it was a bad night - for my ego and my expectations. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Fighting Words, Physical Training

Writing Advice: The Exploding Story

January 11, 2015 by admin

writing tips, novel, fantasy

There's nothing quite like having a work in progress explode to welcome in the new year. New Year, New Problem I ended 2014 strong. I had published the first two books of the Hounds of the North series. Not only did I have my idea down for the third novel, I was more than 30,000 words into it. In fact, I had already torn it down, made some big picture changes, and had restarted it with fresh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity

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About the Author

Peter Fugazzotto is a fantasy and science fiction author who fights to protect the earth by day and battles his ego with armbars and slashing sticks by night. He lives in Northern California with his wife, daughter, bird and dog. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Grimdark … READ MORE

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