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Archives for: June 2011 June 20th, 2011 A Merlin's Blade Victory! Written by Robert Treskillard on June 20th, 2011 @ 12:37:43 am (961 views) Posted in The Merlin Spiral & The Pendragon Spiral, 1: Merlin's Blade, Progress Reports I feel like shouting as Theoden, King of Rohan, did: VICTORY!!!Three years to the day of finishing draft #1 of MERLIN'S BLADE, I have successfully cut the book down to 105,000 words!Three years ago it was 154,000 words long, so the last twelve dr… more » Permalink 5 comments » Share, Print, Translate, and Remember The Above Blog Post: June 19th, 2011 Note To Authors: Your Idea Is Not Special Written by Robert Treskillard on June 19th, 2011 @ 12:12:17 pm (243 views) Posted in On Writing Fiction, Marketing Ideas, Editing Fiction, Publishers This blog post is a parody/twist of Brad Field's latest "Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special". I have rewritten his post as if he were a publisher or editor and talking about books: Every day I get numerous emails from authors and author-… more » Permalink 2 comments » Share, Print, Translate, and Remember The Above Blog Post: June 17th, 2011 How To Write About Mythical and/or Historical Characters Written by Robert Treskillard on June 17th, 2011 @ 09:08:38 pm (625 views) Posted in The Merlin Spiral & The Pendragon Spiral, 1: Merlin's Blade, My Book Excerpts, Publishers D. S. Dahnim asked me a question, which I would like to answer.I do have another question for you. :) I've always wondered what writers do when they're writing about characters they themselves did not make up. For instance, if someone were to write a… more » Permalink 3 comments » Share, Print, Translate, and Remember The Above Blog Post: June 14th, 2011 The Maps of Merlin's Blade Written by Robert Treskillard on June 14th, 2011 @ 04:17:45 pm (284 views) Posted in The Merlin Spiral & The Pendragon Spiral, 1: Merlin's Blade, Progress Reports, My Book Excerpts, FAN ART! I've had maps for Merlin's Blade for a long time, but only now do I feel good about showing them. Why? Because I finally created the topography using Blender 3D software.Here they are:PORTION OF BOSVENNA MOORKERNOW, BRITAINTHE VIL… more » Permalink 2 comments » Share, Print, Translate, and Remember The Above Blog Post: June 4th, 2011 New Excalibur Art For Merlin's Blade Written by Robert Treskillard on June 4th, 2011 @ 09:21:20 pm (436 views) Posted in The Merlin Spiral & The Pendragon Spiral, King Arthur Related, 1: Merlin's Blade, Research For The Series, Publishers, FAN ART! Okay, so I admit it ... I have been dissatisfied with the current design and quality of my version of Excalibur ... so I redid it. Not only did I change the funky bolt-shaped hilt end pieces to circles (which is more authentic), but I took a cue fro… more » Permalink 4 comments » Share, Print, Translate, and Remember The Above Blog Post: