I read that Rectina had sent a letter before the volcano reached Stabiae
which is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Pompeii
@Andrew you ve got a point...let s see how it works next time
and the style suggestion sounds good
@FaheemMitha but yes, since the map shows that Stabiae lies towards the south of the Bay of Naples and Misenum to the north, that is a bit hard to believe
perhaps she sent it with those fleeing northwards on ships?
@Andrew I was thinking we could have discussions on writing styles first...starting with grammar
i have doubts about tenses in single paragraphs in my Mount Vesuvius fiction
or perhaps we can post write on Tuesdays and then post grammar doubts on specific site such as English Language and Usage by quoting our own sentences
My previous workflow was "write in LaTeX, using emacs", with research and character notes kept in plain-text files, using symlinks between multiple works set in the same fictional world.
This allowed me trivial flexibility in sharing character notes between multiple works, while only having a si...
i have created a picture book and already have it designed and have a local printer who is going to handle the print-on-demand.
i can not find a self publishing website that does not dictate the layout/design, and printing of the book.
can anyone tell me
1) is there a site out there where ...
@Andrew Sometimes our topic includes a particular style, but not everyone knows all the styles. Of course, you're free to pick any style you like. It's always fun to see what people come up with.
In my novel, there's something that the characters refer to as "darkness". It simbolizes the bad thoughts of depressed/sucidal people.
A short silence. I imagined Joel nodding his head in the dark.
"After an outing, you feel as if something has crept inside you.
Something dark and murky, ...
@C2R So WP mentioned the letter sending et. al.? Surprising. BTW, you can link the what you are replying to by right-clicking. No reason not to do so if you need to.
@FaheemMitha remember I was randomly saying yesterday that the friend may have sent a message across the bay northwards...didn't know it might ve actually been the case
He was very famous in his day, but 2000 years later you'd have difficulty finding anyone who had heard about him. Unless they were in the habit of reading historical novels.
Though really, many of the Roman nobility seem to have been total psychos.
That period of Roman history has been quite extensively documented. And several people have written novels based in the period, notably Robert Graves, Allan Massie, and Rex Warner.
@C2R Yes, about par for those sorts of people. JS killed a lot more people, I imagine.
@C2R Not especially. But I've read quite a few novels set in the Claudian period. I guess it must have interested me at some point. Can't quite remember why, now.
Though the Claudian dynasty was among the more prominent periods of Roman history, and of course Rome remains important for many reasons in the 21st century.
The Claudian period is also significant because the transition from the Roman Republic to Imperial Rome happened during that time. And that was of course a very important change.
@C2R The semi-colon is a perfectly reasonable choice. I use it regularly. It has the virtue of being relatively precise. Longer than the comma, shorter than the colon.
Doing the free writes helps with speed. I used to have trouble getting started, but now my writing style is more like see what comes out and worry about what I want it to mean later.
I've written a few things I really like that I feel have deeper meaning, and they came out of spontaneous writing on a generic topic that I then took some time to sit and think about.
i have created a picture book and already have it designed and have a local printer who is going to handle the print-on-demand.
i can not find a self publishing website that does not dictate the layout/design, and printing of the book.
can anyone tell me
1) is there a site out there where ...
In my novel, there's something that the characters refer to as "darkness". It simbolizes the bad thoughts of depressed/sucidal people.
A short silence. I imagined Joel nodding his head in the dark.
"After an outing, you feel as if something has crept inside you.
Something dark and murky, ...
The Overlook Hotel
The Overlook Hotel