tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post2153975264863700434..comments2024-01-06T14:47:27.687+00:00Comments on Susan Price's 'Nennius' Blog: 'And He Was Carrying Fire' - Writers Researching...Susan Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-71427351107469830252015-04-30T10:01:22.218+01:002015-04-30T10:01:22.218+01:00Fascinating! And I like the bluebell wallpaper too...Fascinating! And I like the bluebell wallpaper too.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-88490471237260171672015-04-27T07:27:07.748+01:002015-04-27T07:27:07.748+01:00Hmmmm .... COAM has a Knights School at one of the...Hmmmm .... COAM has a Knights School at one of their weekend events ... LOL :-)<br />madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-76452096741896762622015-04-26T09:11:20.202+01:002015-04-26T09:11:20.202+01:00Sue B - completely agree. I'm not suggesting t...Sue B - completely agree. I'm not suggesting that anyone just makes it up. But you certainly don't have to exhaustively research every last minute detail before you begin - and you can keep in mind that historians and archaeologists only 'know' what they have evidence for, and an absence of evidence only proves absence of evidence.<br /><br />It sounds like you've gone further than me! Can't say I'm keen on being hit over the head. I prefer to stand well back and shoot with a longbow!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-65983086087681749922015-04-25T23:23:33.414+01:002015-04-25T23:23:33.414+01:00Nothing wrong with writing first, checking up late...Nothing wrong with writing first, checking up later. You do have to do that check, though, before submitting the MS, or run the risk of being caught out - and laughed at. And I have read far too many books with jarring language, jarring anachronisms, by authors who didn't check and rewrite. <br /><br />As long as you have some knowledge of what you're writing before you start, it's fine. <br /><br />I haven't gone as far as you have, Susan, but I did join the Society for Creative Anachronism to learn how to fight - and learned what you CAN'T do with a sword and was hit over my helmeted head quite a lot! :-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-74425977786960721232015-04-25T22:27:58.139+01:002015-04-25T22:27:58.139+01:00oh, and enjoying the bluebell wallpaper too! :-)
oh, and enjoying the bluebell wallpaper too! :-)<br />madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-82585956037971425512015-04-25T16:42:43.105+01:002015-04-25T16:42:43.105+01:00What a joy this is, Sue! I've tried 'prope...What a joy this is, Sue! I've tried 'proper' research in the past, and it kills my creativity stone dead, so I make it up too. I've made the odd boob, however...need to be a bit more careful over checking when I've finished.Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-74628415086938928322015-04-25T13:54:04.906+01:002015-04-25T13:54:04.906+01:00Rather taken aback by the warm response to this! B...Rather taken aback by the warm response to this! But very glad of it, thank you!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-15773119403798347542015-04-25T13:27:05.206+01:002015-04-25T13:27:05.206+01:00OOOh you'll love the Sharpe's Rifles re-en...OOOh you'll love the Sharpe's Rifles re-enactors then ... they had a stall last year with tinderboxes and steels. And one of the chaps who does smithying in the COAM forge does a roaring trade in making steels which apparently were pretty well unchanged from Vikings onwards ...<br />I think your attitude to research is perfect though - as much as is needed, with care not to spoil the story with too much attention to detail :-)madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-3857801969968611582015-04-25T11:40:27.117+01:002015-04-25T11:40:27.117+01:00Somebody once said research is manure... Spread th...Somebody once said research is manure... Spread thinly it makes the garden grow, but in large lumps, it stinks.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-79736644914564921362015-04-25T11:36:31.960+01:002015-04-25T11:36:31.960+01:00YES! I've always been intimidated by writers ...YES! I've always been intimidated by writers with long-term, beautifully presented research when mine's always so messy and picked up along the way, but if YOU do stuff like that, well, I rest my case. There is a back and forth between story and research - and just being open to interesting things generally - that really works! Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-23717591132501648852015-04-25T08:55:31.578+01:002015-04-25T08:55:31.578+01:00I loved this. Love your approach to research, I re...I loved this. Love your approach to research, I recognise it completely. For me research is about kindling ideas in my own head, new experiences that give me the confidence to make more stuff up. It is the striking of a mental tinderbox.<br />The result is that the Sterkarm books DO read as if you researched every tiny detail. It's a conjuring trick where what you don't see is as important as what you do.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.com