PETER FUGAZZOTTO

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From Fighting to Writing: How Competing in Martial Arts Helps in the Creative Process

December 5, 2014 by admin

Learning how to beat people up has improved my writing. All right, maybe not exactly beating people up. But the lessons I have learned in my study of martial arts, and especially competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a style of submission grappling, have made me a stronger writer. Here are the top 5 lessons that I have learned by competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that I have transferred over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Fighting Words, Physical Training

Top 5 Exotic Chinese Weapons

December 2, 2014 by admin

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While my fantasy series The Hounds of the North takes place in a thinly disguised European- and African-inspired world, I have a strong background in the study of Asian martials arts. So this got me thinking. If my next series were to be written in a Chinese-influenced fantasy world, what would be the outlandish Chinese Weapons that I would include somewhere in my stories. I didn't want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fighting Words

Top 3 Viking Weapons

November 16, 2014 by admin

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In my books The Witch of the Sands and Black River, my main characters, the Hounds of the North, are loosely inspired by a range of warrior peoples: Picts, Scots and Vikings. Given that, I added a heavy influence of Viking background weapons in the stories. Part of the fun in the stories was supplying the Hounds with an interesting variety of weapons, including those from Viking culture and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fighting Words, Sword and Sorcery

Run, stupid, run

August 19, 2014 by admin

The other night, as we were watching the latest incarnation of The Incredible Hulk, my daughter turned to me during two major fight scenes and said twice, "Why don't they just step out of the way?" They were, of course, the hapless soldiers dealing with the wrath of the Hulk and the Abomination. Hulk smashed. Abomination did his reptile thing. In both scenes, the gamma radiation misfits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creativity, Fighting Words, Pulp Fiction

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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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