Now that MUSES OF ROMA (book one of my new sci-fi/alt-history series on the Roman Empire) is released into the wild, I’m free to post the Prologue and Chapter One here. If you like what you see, please check out the purchase info at the bottom of this post. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Prologue […]
Read MoreAmWriting: Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding is the process of creating a novel’s exotic setting — its history, geography, cultures, religions, etc. For the purposes of this post, I’m referring to made-up worlds in science-fiction and fantasy novels. So which is better to create first: the world or the story? Well it’s different for every writer and every story. For […]
Read MoreMarcus Antonius?
I like Tor.com’s explanation best for the giant styrofoam head found floating in the Hudson River last week: This past Thursday a giant styrofoam head turned up in the Hudson River. Our suspicion is that it fell through from an alternate 2013 timeline where the Roman Empire never fell. My second favorite explanation: it fell […]
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Rome
The Eternal City of Rome is 2,766 years old as of 4/21/13…if you go by the day Romulus and Remus, who were conceived by the war god Mars and a Vestal Virgin, raised the city’s first walls.
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