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Choosing the colours of book covers
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It’s a well-worn statement, a cliché even, that it’s the book cover that sells the book.I’d refine that a little. What a cover does first is grab a …
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Where DID those Roma Nova titles come from?
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Choosing book titles is like being prodded by Pluto in the underworld with a red hot trident for eternity. One commenter on social media said: “They …
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All change at Roma Nova!
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“I knew it was one of your books – you have such a strong brand.” This kind reader tweeted this a year ago and my little heart swelled. The gold …
The theme in a book – what in Mercury’s name is that?
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Mercury (or Hermes in the Greek pantheon of gods) is said to be the inventor of the written alphabet, god of writing/literature, speech, travellers, …
Happy New Year? Um…
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Felix sanusque sit novus annus!In the modern Western calendar, it’s the beginning of the year, a time for renewals and resolutions.I wish you every …
Saturnalia – serious Roman festival or free for all?
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Saturnalia was THE most important Roman festival. Heavy on feasting, fun and gifts, it was originally celebrated in Ancient Rome for only a day around …
Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Wind back 2000 years to Ancient Rome
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Shopping is a national obsession in many countries and December is the peak of the frenzy. In a way it’s a sign of the relative wealth of 21st …
How far is the road to Rome, or even Virunum?
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Travelling in the ancient world was different, fundamentally different. Young (and not so young) men were by far the most mobile in the Ancient Rome …
So what’s this ‘Roma Nova’ about?
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It’s about books. No, it’s about stories, stories of people, their aspirations, their dilemmas, their loves and their adventures.Roma Nova is an …
ROMA NOVA EXTRA – Fame at last!
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Jumping up and down with excitement!Barnes & Noble (yes, them) are featuring ROMA NOVA EXTRA in their new releases promotion, B&N Press …
Limonum or Lemonum? (Poitiers to you and me)
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Earlier this week I took an afternoon off and went visiting Romans in Poitiers, about an hour’s drive south of where I live. France is rich in Roman …
An ‘Extra’ piece of Roma Nova…
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Delighted to announce that the ebook of ROMA NOVA EXTRA is now available on Amazon, B&N Nook and Kobo.The official publication date is 19 October 2018 …
Ostia Antica and its importance in Roman sea trading
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The Romans were organised, truly organised in complex ways not seen again until at least the 18th and 19th centuries. Trade was vital to Ancient …
From pirate to emperor
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Pirates have fascinated people for several centuries, but the fictional world of pirates, represented in novels and movies, is somewhat different to …
Swedes and Romans
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Visiting Sweden on holiday recently was personally enormous fun, especially as my hostess was the ABBA singing historical fiction writer Anna …
A tale of another Aurelia – the mother of Julius Caesar
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Many of you will be familiar with Aurelia Mitela, the elder stateswoman of INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS and SUCCESSIO and the heroine in her own trilogy set …
Serious stuff – GDPR and your data
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You’ve probably been getting a load of ‘We’re changing our privacy setting/terms of service‘ type emails recently as today, 25 May 2018, is the …
Guns n’ things in Roma Nova
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This could be a tricky subject, but if your stories have spies, special forces, military and special police units with a robust Roman attitude, you …
INSURRECTIO – a powerful thriller speaks to our times
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I was thrilled to receive a very thoughtful review of INSURRECTIO this week.BookBabe blog headed the review as “Meeting the challenge of keeping a …
Reconciling ‘real’ Romans and Roma Novans
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I’ve been fascinated by all things Roman since I walked on my first mosaic in northern Spain. At age eleven, I wanted to know who the people were who …
The world of CARINA
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CARINA launched two weeks ago amid lovely comments, tweets and posts and reviews are starting to accumulate (Exciting!).Carina visits a number of …
Women as heroines – speculation?
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All fictional characters are, er, fictional. We borrow, mine, or lift characteristics from Real Life, but unless we want to get sued, the finally …
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CARINA – a Roma Nova novella
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“All the immediacy and page-turning appeal I have come to expect in this series.” – Top 500 Amazon reviewer Second in the Carina Mitela Roma Nova …
Slaves, damnati and freedmen in ancient Rome
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In 161 BC, the Roman jurist Gaius wrote: “Slavery is a human invention and not found in nature. Indeed, it was that other human invention, war, which …
Our friends(?) the Praetorians
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Inventing a military unit like the 21st century Praetorian Guard Special Forces in my Roma Nova books was an interesting challenge!I chose to use the …
Why is CARINA (just) a novella?
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Good question! I’ll try and explain…We’re still in Roma Nova, the remnant of the Roman Empire that has toughed it out into the modern age. It’s an …
Crossing cultures and 12 things to make it easier
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Disruptive didn’t begin to describe it. I would have a family there, I’d be comfortable materially, and I would be able to keep my father’s legacy. …
A tale of two trilogies
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One day I decided to write a book of high adventure set in an alternative, modern Rome, including a hunky hero, but with the story driven by a young …
Carina, Aurelia and the Pompeii gladius
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Twenty-first century Roma Nova military train with state of the art weaponry; their firepower and weapon handling are undoubted. But they also train …