In honor of Thanksgiving I thought we'd look at how to fight a turkey. I get questions about fighting fantastic …
Writing Poisonous Plants and Snakes
If you are joining the show late, our first installment on poisoning explained some of the medical jargon you will …
Writing Poison
In this round on FightWrite, we will look at how to write poison into your work. In our last round at FightWrite.net, we …
Writing Poison – Medical Jargon
In the post, How Women Kill, we saw that women are six times more likely than a man to kill with poison, not Poison, the …
Jo Staff
I recently had the pleasure of teaching at the Realm Makers writer's conference. When not teaching I had one-on-one …
Psychological Warfare – Gaslighting Pt 3, Victim Response
We've been looking at how your characters can fight mentally by means of a form of mental manipulation known as …
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Psychological Warfare – Gaslighting Pt 2, What Gaslighters Say
In our last round at FightWrite.net, we looked at the manipulation methods of gaslighting and how a gaslighter behaves. …
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Psychological Warfare – Gaslighting Pt1, Making a Gaslighter
In The Art of War Sun Tzu wrote that "supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." …
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Do Women Kill Less Often than Men?
In our last round of FightWrite.net, we looked at How Women Kill. This week, we are going to consider how often they …
The Claymore – The Good and The Not Great
Ah, the Claymore: the zenith of metal work in a fantasy writer's cache of weaponry. All is lost until the fateful moment …
The Geek Block podcast w/ Edged Weapons Expert, Kirk McCune
It's a rare blessing to know someone as knowledgable as Master Kirk McCune. Being able to interview him live is rarer …
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Fighting in Zero-G – FightWriter: Jonathan Clay:
This week's FighterWriter, Jonathan Clay, asks: How would hand to hand combat change in a zero-g environment (say, on …