Writing Challenge Day 3: Introduce the main character(s) Julia and Apulius

Julia Bacausa

AD 370, Virunum, Roman Noricum

Julia Bacausa, passionate daughter of a local Celtic ruler, miserable and tense after a failed marriage and only half-divorced, can see no future life for herself.

Lucius Apulius, a bright young military tribune thrown out of a prestigious command that would have made his career. He’s […]

August 18th, 2020 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Characters, Excerpts, New book, Roma Nova, Romans, Writing challenge | Leave a comment

Day 2 Writing challenge: introduce your Work in Progress

To be truthful, I have two projects on the go at present, but let’s not complicate life!

Now I’m going back in time to AD 370…

The Roma Nova series has two main strands: one with four books set in the 21st century featuring Carina Mitela and the other set between the late 1960s […]

August 16th, 2020 | Tags: , , , | Category: Alternate history, Books, New book, Roma Nova, ROMA NOVA EXTRA, Writing challenge, Writing life | Leave a comment

A writing challenge – Day 1: Starting with revealing information...

Official photo! (More photos here)

A writing friend of mine, Jennifer C Wilson, has given me a challenge. Well, not directly, but an idea.

Every day in August, she’s been doing posts on aspects of writing. Now, I can’t guarantee to keep that up, but I’m going to have a go. I would […]

August 15th, 2020 | Tags: , , , | Category: Authors, Blogging, Personal, Roma Nova, Uncategorized, Writing challenge, Writing life | Leave a comment
 
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