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@Salome01w4g look up re-enacting groups. There’ll be a lot on the American side of things during the war, but you might find some eighteenth-century re-enactors in England too. British and European re-enactors tend to have even stricter standards and go deeper with their research than American ones, and in this case,they’ll have a lot more access…[Read more]

@Dragon-Snapper Got it.

@Dragon-snapper, the comment will be the body of the e-mail you send me, if that makes sense, not a public thing. It is confusing the way it uses the word there.

@Graciegirl, aw, thanks!

@Kate-flournoy, it is possible that both of us could win, but I understand. Same to you!

@Emma-flournoy, @Hope that’s okay. The Dragon Snapper will take care of it.

@Emma-flournoy, it doesn’t take much to be more practical than me. She’s mostly P, with quite a bit of J, probably close to the line but still safely on the P side.

@Aratrea, I’ve heard that it will be, but haven’t seen anything official that says it will be. Surely someone from here went, and maybe they heard an announcement and can tell us? @Audrey-caylin, maybe?

@Dragon-snapper, sure! I can share the Google Doc with you, if that works? I think I’ll need an e-mail address for that, though. You can contact me here: https://ofdreamsandswords.wordpress.com/contact/.

@Daeus, I have your e-mail, so I’ll send you a summary that way, so as not to spoil things for other people.

@Graciegirl uh oh. . . is that…[Read more]

@Dragon-snapper, sure! I can share the Google Doc with you, if that works? I think I’ll need an e-mail address for that, though. You can contact me here: https://ofdreamsandswords.wordpress.com/contact/.

@Daeus, I have your e-mail, so I’ll send you a summary that way, so as not to spoil things for other people.

@Graciegirl, I know of Realm Makers, which just happened, and is rumoured to be in Pennsylvania next year.

I’m in kind of the same spot too, so this thread will be handy.

@Kate-flournoy, it’s got three halves?

@Warrioroftherealm, I like that you’re trying to avoid evolution. Does the uniqueness of this creature have an important role, or are you just trying to avoid fantasy cardboard cutouts? Because if the latter, why not just have a plain ordinary griffin? They’re rare and wonderful creatures, and don’t show up…[Read more]

@Kate-flournoy, @Emma-flournoy, you two sound a lot like me and my sister. She’s practical, I’m not. She’s younger and taller and everybody thinks she’s older, and none of that’s the case. There’s also one of my stories she’s quite a fan of. And sometimes we talk like that too.

She’s at music camp this week. I’ve only seen her twice since Sunday,…[Read more]

@Dragon-snapper, hmm, having a house with wooden chairs in it, if you came over, would be a definite violation of fire codes.

@Dragon-snapper, I seem to be getting a reputation. Well, I like to help, if I can, and this is my geek. I may not be a dragon, but I can be that side character who has to be dug out of the stacks in the Royal Library whenever a character needs something.

Which is probably good, because dragons do occasionally get killed accidentally on purpose,…[Read more]

@Dragon-snapper, I seem to be getting a reputation. Well, I like to help, if I can, and this is my geek. I may not be a dragon, but I can be that side character who has to be dug out of the stacks in the Royal Library whenever a character needs something.

@delightinlife, one of the best ways to start is by. . . reading! (What a surprise.) Sometimes it’s called research, but don’t let the name scare you. When you’re digging into sources for stuff you’re interested in, it becomes lots of fun. Medieval fantasy (fantasy in a world similar to the Middle Ages * of our own world) is a pretty common genre,…[Read more]

@Daeus, it’s fine with me :). My expertise (if any) is three hundred years earlier, but I know a bit about the 14th as well, and should I get stumped, I know people who are authourities. (And we all hate inaccurate historical fiction, so I will try to be harsh and get good quality.)
I’d be willing to review it on my blog too, if you like.

Time-travel, ooh. Too bad the critique exchange isn’t still open. (You come highly recommended, and I have a time-travel novel I’ll want criticism on.)

But anyway, congratulations at getting so far! And if you want someone to be nitpicky over medieval things, to keep you from publishing it with inaccurate details or ways of thinking, I’d love to…[Read more]

@countryjournalist2002 Historical fiction? That’s my main genre too. What eras and places? Favourite authours?

@countryjournalist2002 Historical fiction? That’s my main genre too. What eras and places?