Here we are, back with more swords and even more mayhem. In my first Sharp Pointy Things post, you might recall that I flippantly raised the question about the over-prevalence of swords in fantasy fiction. And then I just as flippantly dismissed the question for another time. Well, guess what? …

So . . . I’m back. And I’ve brought more swords. To be honest, it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to talk about for this post. Of course I wanted to talk about swords, but what about swords? Originally, I thought about a blog post on …

Well, looks like I’ve been allowed to make a blog post here at JL. Muahahaha! *ahem* *cough* Sorry about that–I don’t know what happened there.   Okay, moving on. So, today I get to talk about my favorite sharp pointy things: swords.   Alas, this isn’t one of mine. In …