ChatGPTing about Roma Nova

Roman woman with phone? (AI)

I had a fascinating chat with my phone the other day. Fence-sitter that I am, I haven’t really embraced AI and I voiced my guarded scepticism last year on my writing blog.

However, encouraged by my family, I frivolously threw a question at ChatGPT.

“Have you heard of […]

What is it about writing Romans?

The Ermine Street Guard (Photo: Caroline Morton)

Over the years I’ve been asked in interviews why Rome fascinates me and how it led to me imagining Roma Nova. I reveal all…

What period of history particularly inspires or interests you? Why? Rome! It’s almost visceral. It’s gripped me since I walked on that […]

Are 'what if' stories coming into fashion?

A recent post in The Economist magazine congratulated Francis Spufford whose Cahokia Jazz won this year’s long-form class of the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History. The Economist went on to state: “The what-if genre of fiction is growing fast, with work of startling quality and originality. [Cahokia Jazz is] A noir thriller that takes […]