I figured if I'm going to write about longbows I ought to shoot one. Well, there's a right way and a wrong way.
They say (whoever ‘they’ are) that one should write about what one knows about. Okay, fair enough. My new fantasy novel, The Unexpected Traveler, involves longbows. I’d never shot a longbow. As can be seen in another post (
here) I borrowed a modern compound bow and shot it off a few times. But a compound bow is a precision machine. The parts being flexed are made of modern materials. There’s a front sight and a rear sight to help with repeatability. The draw weight is precise.
In other words, a compound bow is nothing like a traditional longbow.
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Fantasy, Writing: Research
Mt. Sneffels, not Mt. Sneffles!
Well, actually, the correct spelling is Sneffels. That’s f-e-l-s. But apparently people are having trouble finding the website because Sneffels just
has to be spelled Sneffles! So, I bit the bullet today. www.mtsnefflespress.com now redirects to www.mtsneffelspress.com. Hopefully that helps!
Mt. Sneffels Press
