“Our favourite writer of instructional manuals”- Neal Stephenson, from his foreword to Swordfighting, for writers, game designers, and martial artists.

Guy Windsor’s historical martial arts training manuals are legendary. His first was published in 2004, and he’s been producing them ever since. They generate about half his income. So he is expert in writing, publishing, and marketing books for historical martial artists, and in this book he’ll teach you how to do it.

The goal of training manuals is to teach skills. This one will teach you:

How to write well

How to plan your book, or write without a plan

How to get reader feedback as you go

How to avoid procrastination and imposter syndrome

What tools to use

How to write without destroying your body

How to incorporate photos and videos

How to edit your work

What should be outsourced

How to publish: commercial, indy, or something else?

What metadata you need, and how to create it

How to choose your publishing platform

How to market your book

How to find your readers

How to launch

Everything you need to know about copyright and piracy

The best book marketing strategy of all time.

Also included: Guy’s article Show Your Work: how to communicate your historical martial arts research with the historical martial arts community.

If you’ve ever wanted to write a training manual for historical martial arts (or anything else), this book will show you how to do it. Buy it, read it, and get writing!