A big thank you to the Storyreading Ape for having me on for a guest post so soon after being part of the promotional tour for my latest book, Legends of Windemere: Tribe of the Snow Tiger. This is the 10^th volume of my fantasy series, which involves one of the heroes, Timoran Wrath, returning to his homeland. He is a barbarian, so I finally got to include more of his culture and background into the series. After writing about city-folk and nomadic tribes for so long, working with a group that is stationary and wild was certainly different. Writing barbarians is definitely not as easy as it looks. Here are 7 tips when it comes to this muscular warriors of the wilderness:

1. BIG! The muscles are big. The weapons are big. The voices, boasting, appetites, houses, chairs, and everything about barbarians are big. Though if you go…