Developing Carina's graphic

When I decided to put Praetorian Carina Mitela’s adventures together in a box set, I thought about the publicity materials to go with it. There are over 1,000 pages combined in INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS and SUCCESSIO and the stories span fifteen years. So I needed an image to sum up the spirit of all three books, […]

A new step - the Roma Nova box set

As Book 5, INSURRECTIO, starts on its editorial journey and I’m mapping out Book 6 in my head, I realised I’d written over half a million words. And that’s not counting the two non-fiction books, Military or Civilians? and The 500 WordWriting Buddy, now in its second edition. Perhaps the over 400 posts on my […]

Shining a light - women in historical fiction

My writing friend Helen Hollick, a powerhouse of fiction production and historical fiction champion, is hosting a month long blog tour featuring heroines in modern historical fiction. She’s enlisted nine others, including me, to take part. Each Tuesday, Helen will talk about one of her heroines and introduce two further ones.

Last week (6 October), […]