tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500431.post4699847143174274016..comments2012-06-26T07:20:18.908-04:00Comments on Wyvern's Peak Writing: Spain 8Jessica Striderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806396398400431213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500431.post-78136806346729670262008-08-27T10:51:00.000-04:002008-08-27T10:51:00.000-04:00Boot camp for fantasy writers should definitely in...Boot camp for fantasy writers should definitely include some experience roughing it. :-)Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788269318643736775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500431.post-18930237743457400632008-08-25T11:33:00.000-04:002008-08-25T11:33:00.000-04:00Actually I was thinking less about orcs and more a...Actually I was thinking less about orcs and more about the logistics of walking 35 km in a day. We read of questors who walk all day and have no problems - well, those authors never tried it because let me tell you, a few days of that kind of walking and you're in so much pain you really aren't paying attention to what's going on around you. And I'm used to walking and being on my feet all day. It was quite the eye opener. After a week it got easier, but your feet hurt so much it's actually less painful to keep walkint (because you're deadening the pain) and getting back up after a rest is excruciating. Especially if you've got blisters... Good times! The odd thing is, I'd love to do the Camino again, properly this time (ie, the whole thing rather than just the last 160 km).Jessica Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806396398400431213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500431.post-47696974889828636892008-08-22T09:59:00.000-04:002008-08-22T09:59:00.000-04:00That's for sure. :-) The trekking and roughing it ...That's for sure. :-) The trekking and roughing it stuff seems trivial in contrast to attacks by orcs. That's the problem. I grew up slapping bugs in Northern B.C. -- I'm a lover of the Great Indoors. :-)Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788269318643736775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500431.post-36168749142671752582008-08-21T11:12:00.000-04:002008-08-21T11:12:00.000-04:00Being in Europe period is a treat. All the windy,...Being in Europe period is a treat. All the windy, narrow streets, the quaint (from my POV) shops, the scenery, the castles and cathedrals... And doing the Santiago pilgrimmage allowed me to experience first hand what questors in fantasy novels go through. It's quite different, doing it rather than reading about it. Makes you appreciate your couch a lot more!Jessica Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806396398400431213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500431.post-83613673519428115922008-08-12T10:29:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:29:00.000-04:00Lovely! So green. And the castles must have been a...Lovely! So green. And the castles must have been a treat for a medievalist!Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788269318643736775noreply@blogger.com