Writing Challenge Day 5: What inspired the book I'm working on

That’s an easy one – the readers!

No, really! I wrote The Girl from the Market after a suggestion in the Roma Nova Enthusiasts’ Group. Legend had it (in the earlier Roma Nova novels) that in AD 370 Julia Bacausa was a tough and fiery woman and Apulius a strong Roman of the traditional […]

August 21st, 2020 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Books, Characters, New book, Readers, Roma Nova, Short stories, Writing challenge | Leave a comment

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

Debbie Young – 'Linguam latinam disco'

I’m delighted to welcome Debbie Young back to my writing blog, especially on subjects dear to my heart – Latin and learning languages! Debbie writes funny, feel-good fiction set in the English Cotswolds, where she’s lived for nearly 30 years. Her latest novel, Murder Your Darlings, the sixth Sophie Sayers Village Mystery, has fun with […]

April 2nd, 2020 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Authors, Guests, INCEPTIO, Latin, Romans | Leave a comment

Octavian and Bismarck – Visionaries of Empire

Today’s cracking guest post comes from Antoine Vanner – a regular guest here. His own adventurous life, his knowledge of human nature, his passion for nineteenth-century history and his understanding of what was the cutting-edge technology of that time, make him the ideal chronicler of the life of Nicholas Dawlish R.N.in eight volumes so far. […]

December 12th, 2019 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Books, Guests, Research, Romans | Leave a comment

Radio star!

Last Thursday, I was delighted to be internet-based ExpatRadio‘s special guest on ‘The Scribblers’ spot. They let me witter on (in between music) for an hour. No, it was more of a conversation with Mike Madden, Wendy H Jones and Eilidh McGinness. I’ve met Wendy several times before – we both spoke a the last […]

February 27th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, CARINA, France, Getting published, In the press, INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, Roma Nova, Writing life, Writing skills | Leave a comment
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