Roma Nova's Wikipedia page

Could this be the first paragraph of Roma Nova’s Wikipedia entry?

 

Of course, it’s a spoof. Coming clean, I had to suddenly write it as an introduction to a recent guest post. But it was fun. Wikipedia has a particular style and not just the way it’s set out on the screen. […]

The chaotic order of the Roma Nova series

During a recent lively digital chat with cozy mystery author Debbie Young challenged me to list the Roma Nova stories in chronological order according to events and in the order they were written.

As you may know, these sequences do not line up! I asked her if it was really necessary, […]

Power grabs and dictators

A post from 2017 but updated for 2024 and again for 2025 as little seems to change…

The Death of Caesar, Vincenzo Camuccini, 1798 (public domain)

It’s March 2025 and here we are again. the war in Ukraine continues, the despot in the Kremlin is still trying to land grab like a gangster. […]