Category Archives: Writing: Research

Upcoming Writing Workshop in Montrose, March 7th

Posted on January 19, 2012 by dave

If you’re in the Montrose, Colorado, area on the evening of March 7th, come by the Montrose Library and attend a workshop I’m conducting. “Creating your fiction world” will focus on creating the right setting for your story. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Sacrifices! What we do for art! More archery research

Posted on May 21, 2010 by dave

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 … Continue reading →

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Archery Research for The Unexpected Traveler

Posted on April 22, 2010 by dave

It’s hard to write about something I’ve never tried. The Unexpected Traveler, my new fantasy, uses archery and swordplay as primary weapons of war. Not having fired a bow before, I borrowed this one and got 30 minutes of instruction. … Continue reading →

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