Vickers Guides
Photo reference books on firearms by ex-Delta Larry Vickers, photographed by James Rupley.
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Vickers Guides, photo reference books on firearms by ex-Delta Larry Vickers and photographer James Rupley, are thriller author Jack Carr's first stop for describing guns he can't hold, such as picking the right AK variant. Rupley also beta reads Carr's weapon paragraphs and catches mistakes. The sources give no sales figures. Lesson: expert-made visual references become a go-to tool, and their makers can double as quality checkers.
- 1Pick a fitting weaponVickers Guides are his first stop
- 2Study the photosMarkings and stock of Iraqi AK variant
- 3Write the weapon paragraphsUsed in The Devil's Hand
- 4Send to James RupleyGuides' photographer, a beta reader
- 5Rupley catches mistakesOne of five friends reading drafts
From Jack Carr on Vickers Guides
What was said about Vickers Guides
Writers use Vickers Guides photos to describe firearms they can't hold. Jack Carr treats the Vickers Guides and their photographs as his first stop when describing a gun he can't handle, and uses them to pick a weapon that fits the character. For the Iraqi AK variant in The Devil's Hand, he used the photos to describe its markings and stock.
He then sends those weapon paragraphs to the guides' photographer, James Rupley, who reviews them as a beta reader and catches mistakes. Rupley is one of the five friends who read each of Carr's drafts before his publisher does. Quote: "those would be my first stop if I'm describing something".
How to Become a Professional Writer (Jack Carr Interview)
Carr's first stop for describing guns he can't hold, such as picking the right AK variant for a character. Rupley also reviews his weapon paragraphs as a beta reader and catches mistakes.
Writers use Vickers Guides photos to describe firearms they can't hold. Jack Carr treats the Vickers Guides and their photographs as his first stop when describing a gun he can't handle, and uses them to pick a weapon that fits the character. For the Iraqi AK variant in The Devil's Hand, he used the photos to describe its markings and stock.
He then sends those weapon paragraphs to the guides' photographer, James Rupley, who reviews them as a beta reader and catches mistakes. Rupley is one of the five friends who read each of Carr's drafts before his publisher does. Quote: "those would be my first stop if I'm describing something".
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