Karina Sanchez

Oh good! I’m glad I was actually helpful.

Necklaces— a good idea, but somehow to me it would seem to be odd for a male hero. Maybe that’s just me.

Daeus… seriously? That’s the best you could come up with?
🙂 Haha.

Hi Rolena,

I have never heard that if a blacksmith doesn’t make a sword to precise measurements that it will break, but I doubt it. Swords were made in all different sizes. Perhaps if the smith made the blade excessively thin or long, it might break, but I am sure there are a wide range of sturdy designs.

As to a dagger vs. sword fight, it…[Read more]

Hmm, well yes, I have more suggestions than I have time to write down, but I’ll start with some basics.

First of all, how much training does the soldier have? If he has just picked up a sword recently then that is a rather interesting situation. Beginners have no idea what they are doing and tend to be wild, aggressive, and unpredictable. This…[Read more]

How about shoelaces, contacts, or false teeth?

Hi Sarah,

That would be me. Feel free to ask me any questions on the subject. I actually submitted an article a couple weeks ago for KP on writing realistic sword fights. It hasn’t been published, but keep a watch out in case it ever is. Before you settle on your warriors fighting with broad swords, check what era your in. Broad swords (along…[Read more]

Hello, I’m back.

Very far from laughing Kate, I was rather pleased with the impression you received. Have him smile less often, especially when alone, and delete the thing about cowardice being his great fear, and that is very close to my actual character. It is my intention he will be led through much drama, but I am not very concerned that his…[Read more]

Oh wow, that would be great! It would be the perfect opportunity to explore the more nitty-gritty aspects of married life— the pork chops that the wife burned, and the way her husband bravely ate them or loudly complained, depending on his temperament; the wife learning to manage a household, raising their first child, learning to economize…[Read more]

I certainly cannot claim to know the ins and outs of sword fighting, but I have found it helpful to look up instructional videos—though I haven’t got around to watching any of them yet :P—and illustrated ‘lectures’ or articles on technique. One thing to keep in mind, though, as you do this, is what kind of sword fighting are your characters…[Read more]

Oh yes, I couldn’t agree more. Some of the challenges I like in writing my own books are making the love stories (every one of my books is a love story to some extent, though not what you would consider a romance) as fresh and original as possible. My first book (The one that I would still acknowledge to be mine, that is) had a pretty ordinary,…[Read more]

Oh yikes, I just realized I missed a letter in my title. Sorry— there’s supposed to be an ‘r’ after the ‘p’ in present— or apparently, ‘pesent’. 😛

Thanks for the quick definition— I think I get it now.
Yes, I agree one hundred percent with what you said about perfect characters.
Books without hardships? *Shudders*. Disgusting. A perfect story where everything is just hunky dory all the time would be worse even than a character that way.
And now we are out of a discussion. Can you think of…[Read more]

Remind me, what’s dystopian again? Is it the genre where the government basically has control of everything? Just curious, and couldn’t remember.
That’s an intriguing point you made about characters being more likeable if they are closer to perfect. I can definitely see where you are coming from, but how far would you carry that? Personally, I…[Read more]

I’ve not read a ton of romance novels (none, in fact, unless you count Austen and some of her contemporaries) but I’ve read too many stories to count that have love stories in them. And thus far, I have not encountered the pine needles and cedar shavings thing. Lucky me, right?
Now, I write fantasy, so a lot of my thought process works towards…[Read more]

Florida! That’s nothing like Ohio, let alone the Hocking Hills! 🙂
I’m glad to be on this forum.

Hey, I enjoyed it immensely! Thanks for starting this topic, Hope. I love discussion. (I’m sure you couldn’t tell). 😉

Hm… Edwin Brook. The name sounds pleasing to the ear, but to me it does not sound particularly dramatic. (Which you may have done on purpose, for all I know— maybe he’s not a dramatic character).
The name definitely brings an image to mind— I’m seeing a tall young man with dark brown hair, somewhat hazel-ish eyes, and a quiet, dignified…[Read more]

Late 1600s – early 1700s. More renaissance really.

Hi Reagan,

We are doing fabulously, like always. I’m really enjoying the cool summer this year;)

How’s Florida? Have you gone crocodile hunting yet?

This is a great site. The only problem with it is I will sometimes choose seeing how things are going on over here above actually writing. Oh well though. Quality writing is better than quantity writing.