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“I hate romantic fiction – I wouldn’t let my wife read it!” This was how one over-excited male member(!) of a writing group greeted my first pages of INCEPTIO where the heroine meets the hero. A real gladius point through my neck, but I toughed up like a true Roman and politely pointed out […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 13th, 2016 | Tags: Books, Characters, Heroes, heroines, love, RNA, Romance, romantic fiction | Category: Books, Genres, Insights, Roma Nova, Romantic Novelists' Association, Women warriors, Writing skills | 19 comments - (Comments are closed) Homo sapiens consulting a vademecum Latin isn’t dead; it’s everywhere, perhaps more than we realise – alibi, agenda, consensus, versus, homo sapiens, veto, alias, via, affidavit, vademecum, an item carried around, especially a handbook, and those indispensables i.e. (id est) ‘that is’, and etc. (et cetera) ‘and the rest’. Maths lovers and problem […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 6th, 2016 | Tags: English language, Latin sayings, lingua latina, Romans | Category: Insights, Latin, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans | 15 comments - (Comments are closed) In summer 2015, I visited the USA and part of Canada. It was seven weeks of hectic fun. In Washington, one of the highlights was a visit to the Library of Congress, specifically the Jefferson Building. It was ‘all kinds of awesome’: the magnificent colourful entrance hall and sumptuous steps, Jefferson’s book collection, an original […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!January 8th, 2016 | Tags: alternative history, America, historical, Libraries, maps, Roma Nova | Category: Alternate history, INCEPTIO, Insights, Research, Roma Nova | 12 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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