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Roma Nova Extra by Alison Morton

A short story: From 1066 to Roma Nova

Over the years, Alison Morton, author of the Roma Nova alternate history series, has become a good friend.  Alison’s award-winning Roma Nova thriller series features modern Praetorian heroines. She blends her

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Transported to 1912 Hong Kong

I’ve mentioned before some of the photos that have inspired scenes in my novels. I found several that helped me piece this scene together, which is from the current work-in-process.

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Take it slow, take it fast

Several days ago, a very kind literary agent offered feedback on two fifty page snippets of my writing. While he had some positive comments, when asked more directly, he said

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Prompting Readers Senses

A book I read about the craft of writing encourages authors to appeal to every sense – sight, sound, taste, smell, touch – when writing a scene or dialogue. As

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Interleaving past and present

I’m currently writing a story with two timelines, one for Martin Devlin living through WWI and the second for his granddaughter, Grace Hansen, in the early 1990s. The storyline emerged

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Meet M.K.Tod

The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...

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