Justin's just had his proofs back — and Matthew's grilling him about it. This week, Matthew Harffy and Justin Hill go deep on the editing process: the difference between developmental notes, line edits, copy edits and proofs, when to push back on an editor and when to just let it go, and the single most painful piece of editorial feedback Matthew's ever received (it nearly took out a main character in A Time for Swords). Plus: Justin's novel is out on submission and they talk candidly about the agonising wait, the myth of the big-money auction, and whether either of them would go back and re-edit an old book. And in the news: the Stamford Bridge 1066 Viking anthology is out now, and the A Century of Swords Kickstarter is still live.

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Matthew Harffy and Justin Hill are joined by Professor Ryan Lavelle (University of Winchester, historical advisor on The Last Kingdom and Assassin's Creed Valhalla) and wargames designer James Morris to talk Winchester Shieldwall — their Viking Age wargaming forum bringing together historians, writers and wargamers. They dig into the Battle of Maldon, the myths around the Viking shieldwall, and the battles they'd love to refight one day, from Clontarf to the siege of London.

Plus news on Matthew's new book deal, Stamford Bridge 1066: A Viking Anthology, and the A Century of Swords Kickstarter.

Winchester Shieldwall is on Saturday 21st November at the University of Winchester — tickets: https://store.winchester.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/school-of-humanities/winchester-shieldwall-a-wargaming-forum-on-viking-age-warfare

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Steven Savile returns to Rock, Paper, Swords! to talk about Chronicles: Medieval, the ambitious medieval sandbox game he's writing for Raw Power Games — and A Century of Swords, the 35-author historical fiction anthology launching alongside it on Kickstarter. Matthew and Justin (both contributing authors) dig into the game's Hundred Years' War setting, the anthology's scale, companion novels tied into the game itself, and what backers actually get for their pledge. Plus the usual writing updates and podcast news.

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