Rock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action and Adventure Podcast

Matthew and Steven discuss a handful of action and adventure books (including some of their own!) and how their very first lines/paragraphs draw the reader in.

Bernard Cornwell's The Lords of the North 

David Gemmell's The Swords of Night and Day

Steven A. McKay's Lucia and Rise of the Wolf

Matthew Harffy's The Serpent Sword and The Wolf of Wessex

Theme music, "Rock, Paper, Swords" © Steven A. McKay and Matthew Harffy.

Background music in this episode:

"Ambient Sinister"

"Towards the Mountains"

"Where The Brave May Live Forever"

In which we chat about anachronisms in historical fiction (food related ones) and general points of interest in the historical culinary field. And then we discuss weapons, including spears, swords, and seaxs. And Steven exclusively reveals the title of his next Warrior Druid of Britain novel!

To join in with our giveaway, share our Rock, Paper, Swords! pages on social media and let us know you've done so before the end of July 2022 to be in with a chance of winning the signed books! Links below:

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/RockPaperSwordsPodcast

Twitter page - https://twitter.com/rock_swords

Stephen Lawhead's Taliesin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73906.Taliesin

Lindybeige Youtube video "Spears are better than swords" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLLv8E2pWdk&ab_channel=Lindybeige

Skallagrim Youtube video "The Spear - Weapon of Kings? Or just a pointy stick?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVQbSl9vXwA&ab_channel=Skallagrim

Scholagladiatoria Youtube video - "Where did they put spears when not fighting?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dHETK96jE&ab_channel=scholagladiatoria

Art imitating art: The birth of an axe. Blog post about the making of Dunston's axe that appears on the cover of Wolf of Wessex - http://bernicia-chronicles.blogspot.com/2019/06/art-imitating-art-birth-of-axe.html

Our first episode! Find out who we are and what our plans are for this new podcast. As the title suggests, we'll be looking at action and adventure from the perspective of historical fiction authors, but we'll also be diving into more general writing questions and, of course, there'll be a little talk about rock music and how it helps us be creative.

Please SUBSCRIBE, and join Matthew Harffy and Steven A. McKay every fortnight for chat, tips, and interviews with some of your favourite authors.

To join in with our giveaway, share our Rock, Paper, Swords! pages on social media and let us know you've done so before the end of July 2022 to be in with a chance of winning the signed books! Links below:

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/RockPaperSwordsPodcast

Twitter page - https://twitter.com/rock_swords

A very short introduction to Rock, Paper, Swords! Join us on July 1st 2022 for our first full episode.