Roma Nova - a thought experiment?

Four images of 'Roma Nova' arranged as a postcard

Travel in the mind is a very popular concept at present as the Covid-19 global pandemic has put a stop to the great flow of personal physical travel. But even before that it was an idea familiar to writers. Indeed, blogger and podcaster Joanna Penn invited me to talk about Roma Nova as a […]

April 10th, 2023 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Alternative history, Insights, Provocations, Roma Nova, Travel, Women warriors, Women's history | Leave a comment

The world of CARINA

2021 cover

CARINA launched as an ebook in November amid lovely comments, tweets and posts and reviews are starting to accumulate (Exciting!). It’s now available in print (Even more exciting!).

Carina visits a number of places when she is sent to North America to carry out an important mission. It’s not altogether a […]

December 8th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Alternative history, France, Historical logic, INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, Research, Roma Nova | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

How to build an alternative history story

Romans in the 21st century? Possibly provocative, but a perfectly feasible venture into alternative history fiction. How do you do this with no historical foundation?

Setting a story in the past or in another country is already a challenge. But if you invent the country and need to meld it with history that the reader […]

June 28th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Historical logic, INCEPTIO, Other people's websites/blogs, Research, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans, Women warriors | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)