David - Fantasy Author
Hi and welcome to my Blog. I write fantasy books and I really enjoyed writing them. I was influenced by several factors, lifestyle and books that I have read. Lifestyle . I was in the Territorial Army and a re-enactment society (Regia Anglorum) My experiences in both have, I believe, added to my creative writing, making it seem real. Or at least I hope it has. In the TA I spent many weekends in the mountains of Scotland, in ice and snow. I have hiked miles in dreadful conditions so I know what it is like to be hungry, cold and exhausted. In Regia , I have fought in a shield wall and my weapons of choice were a spear, sword and a shield. I fought at Hastings on several occasions and even stood in front of a hundred horse charge by Norman Knights. That was terrifying especially when a horse skidded on wet grass and crashed through our line, throwing a fellow Saxon only a few feet away many yards from where he was standing. I also stood under a barrage of arrows, fortunately ru...