Needed: a non-fatal sword wound
I’ve been writing like gangbusters and *if* I keep up my current productivity, I should finish this book either tomorrow or Thursday. After I wrote my chapter today, I’m leaning toward Thursday. I discovered that in the Dramatic Sword Fight 
at the end of the book, I need to hurt my hero. After all, to make the heroine’s day as lousy as possible, she needs her man to nearly die and it nearly be her fault. 
Don’t you just love story climaxes? Anyhoo, I am in need of a nearly-fatal sword wound?
My hero can be sliced, diced, or stabbed. It should look pretty bad but ultimately he needs to recover. He can bleed like a stuck pig, however (and just how much do stuck pigs bleed, I ask you??). Where should I stab him? Any thoughts?
The Great Ireland Itinerary is starting to come together. I nearly lost it when it came to Dublin arrangements. I can understand paying higher prices to be in the city. Really, I can. But when you ask me to pay $400 a night to stay in the Freaking Comfort Inn, I have a slight problem. :confused2: When a Bed and Breakfast charges you $70 PER PERSON, and there are 3 of us, I have a problem with that. No B&B is worth $210 a night. Sorry. Homey don’t play that.
So after becoming one with Orbitz, Hotels.com, and priceline, at last I decided that since I’d be paying $185 EUROS, not dollars, a night, I might as well spend it A) with all of us in one room so we can split the costs and B) in a castle. So I chose the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel which is just outside of Dublin. So sue me. If I have to pay the price of a small country, I’d better get my money’s worth! 
I wanted to stay in Ashford Castle, the spot where Pierce Brosnan got married, but for whatever reason, my darling husband would not let me drop $1500 a night. Gee, why not, honey? 
So I’ve informed him that we are definitely having dinner there. It may cost our children’s college education, but by golly, I want to see that castle!
But back to my main topic. Any thoughts on sword wounds?
Michelle posted in Writing @ 1:16 pm | Viewed 2242 times
Robyn Says:
Hey chica, what time period is this? A sword wound meant different concerns in the 1200’s as opposed to the 1800’s.
I’d stay away from gut wounds- those usually meant death, esp. from infection. A nice slice to the thigh could nick an artery, causing rather dramatic stuck-pig syndrome and a real threat of death, but would still be recoverable. (Is that a word?)
Stacy Says:
I’ve heard head wounds bleed a lot?? Yeah, like I know anything.
Interesting thing on the myspace, you can get Pierce Brosnan to be your friend:confused2: If it is him, which I highly doubt unless it is an assistant’s assistant’s uncle’s brother’s wife’s neice doing it type thing but hey, his picture is amongst my friends on myspace so I can lie to myself all I like:blahblah:
http://www.myspace.com/stacyholmes if you wanna take a peek
Tempest Knight Says:
Nothing below his waist, please. That man need to be able to recover and … well, “recover”. *winks*
Melissa Marsh Says:
Hmm, I’m not sure what would be non-fatal. A good slice to the thigh might be good - just not too high.
Kelly Says:
Head wounds do bleed a LOT. I had an itty bitty cut on my head from my brother whacking me with a steal bar and within seconds my entire face was covered in blood. My mom said all you could see were two brown eyes peeking out. Not all that fatal though.
Can you wound him in the shoulder or arm? I’d say leg but that could get in the way of…uh…other things should you be taking it there shortly after the fight.
Michelle Says:
Robyn–it’s 12th century.
I think I found a potential solution. I’ll make his wounds superficial, but give him a nice case of the flu.
Since earlier my characters were exposed to small pox, the heroine can have a panic attack. Hey, it’s the emotion that counts, right?
beth Says:
Sounds like a good solution - I was going to say the head, too, but was beat to it.
I’m going to send you an email about Fitzpatrick Castle - we stayed there.
Fun fact that I’ll share with the class, however, is that it’s located in Dalkey, which is the hometown of Bono.
Nienke Says:
I’m no specialist in wounds, but Deb Lawson has some incredible links (including stuff on forensics and wounds). All of it historical stuff:
http://home.insightbb.com/~d.lawson/
Maybe a leg wound?
http://www.thearma.org/essays/LegWounds.htm
But I’m sure you already have many resources…
:sword::hissyfit:
Emma Sinclair Says:
I don’t know why, but I when you said sword wound, all I could picture was the poor guy having a big Z carved into his chest ala Zorro.
Shelli Stevens Says:
Oh I’m jealous! I love Ireland. I rented a cottage from a family over there, and it was like under 500 euros I think for 4 days! Not bad. But I didn’t make the arrangements, my Brit boyfriend at the time did. Have fun over there.
Stab wounds? Hmmm a thigh? Maybe a major artery got knicked? In the shoulder? I’m so bad at this
Missie Says:
Am green.:hissyfit:
With jealousy.:cry:
Over Ireland.:drunk: