Source: “Der Wanderreiter und sein Pferd” by Sadko G. Solinski; and courtesy of Firlefanz, who actually wrote this in reply to a question on the message board
Gaits
Basically it depends on horse, rider and terrain. At any rate it is not possible to gallop long distances. Generally a mix of gaits is preferable, although a steady [...]

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I won’t go into details about how this came about but yesterday I chatted with an agent about writing, what is expected in the industry and what an unpublished author should be aware of.
The agent was Brian Cook, a well known figure in the Australian publishing world.
Word count has always been an issue for me [...]

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Some people believe the plague ended in the seventeenth century, but this is not so. There have been many outbreaks around the world right up to the present time.
In mid-January 1900 bubonic plague made its first recorded appearance in Australia, being officially declared in Adelaide on the 15th of the month and in Sydney [...]

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I’ve decided to change the name of my fantasy world.
Firstly, because there is an online fantasy game using the current name and even though I can prove I’ve been using the name for at least 8 years, I don’t want to bother with any legal hassles later on should this story find a [...]

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Book 3 of my trilogy will deal with the bubonic plague. Although I know a lot about this disease because I’ve already researched it through my love of Medieval times, there are certain facts that I need to know for my book. A friend’s husband, who is a pharmacist, has graciously offered to [...]

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I need to find a suitable infectious disease for book 3 of my trilogy but I need to know what the disease will be in book 1 because there’s a scene that will link the two books together.
Take a look at the list of diseases. It’s staggering!

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How do you purify penicillium into penicillin?? Good question, huh? I find it hard to believe that a Grade 8 kid asked such a question. What happened to playing at that age?
Anyway, here’s the high tech answer. I’m not sure if it helps with the problem in my book but I [...]

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Judo Technique Videos: Judo Info Site is very helpful when trying to find a Judo technique for my main character.
Some of them are in slow motion which helps me see how it’s done. It also prepares me for the videos that are not in slow motion.
lol, one second I’m researching the plague and the [...]

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Penicillin History - Inventors Alexander Fleming - John Sheehan - Andrew Moyer
I need to know about penicillin and this looks like a good place to start but I have to go out now, so I’ll be back to read more later.

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This page - Judo Terms - is part of a link I left a few days ago, but I might want to find this link in a hurry, so I’ll put it here. It might be useful.

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