On-going Book Writing Projects
Ongoing Writing Projects
The Wolf of Britannia (working title)
In my last entry I explained that although I had completed the rewrite as far as chapter 52, I realized that I had left out some vital information needed for the story in chapters 50 and 51. I went back and did significant rewrites. The most important one is a scene in which Caratacus spends the last evening with his wife Dana and daughter Macha. He does this before he sends them and the rest of the warrior families to safety, before battling the Romans, at the hill fortress of Caesws, in what is now Wales. I ran both chapters past my mentor and author of historical fiction, Patricia DeMars Pfeiffer, for her review. She found several flaws in chapter 51, dealing with battle preparations, which I corrected, but very little in chapter 52. She said I wrote a very poignant and moving scene of the family together. Now I can concentrate of chapter 52. I need to get this novel wrapped up and ready for my book doctor/editor. As it is, the novel has grown too long at 144,000 words and will need to be cut to around 120,000. I am hoping the book doctor will advise me of specific areas to edit.
The Broken Lance
Even though my main emphasis is completing "Wolf" I rewrote another chapter (43) for The Broken Lance. In this one chapter Marcellus witnesses a great mock naval battle between 3,000 gladiators in the Augustan Naval arena which was located on the westside of the River Tiber. A very popular gladiator, Candra, who was Flavius Sabinus's (Marcellus's patron) ex-slave was slain during the games, despite the crowd asking Emperor Claudius for mercy. A bloody riot ensues involving Marcellus who is commander of the forces assigned to preventing just such a fiasco.
The Wolf of Britannia (working title)
In my last entry I explained that although I had completed the rewrite as far as chapter 52, I realized that I had left out some vital information needed for the story in chapters 50 and 51. I went back and did significant rewrites. The most important one is a scene in which Caratacus spends the last evening with his wife Dana and daughter Macha. He does this before he sends them and the rest of the warrior families to safety, before battling the Romans, at the hill fortress of Caesws, in what is now Wales. I ran both chapters past my mentor and author of historical fiction, Patricia DeMars Pfeiffer, for her review. She found several flaws in chapter 51, dealing with battle preparations, which I corrected, but very little in chapter 52. She said I wrote a very poignant and moving scene of the family together. Now I can concentrate of chapter 52. I need to get this novel wrapped up and ready for my book doctor/editor. As it is, the novel has grown too long at 144,000 words and will need to be cut to around 120,000. I am hoping the book doctor will advise me of specific areas to edit.
The Broken Lance
Even though my main emphasis is completing "Wolf" I rewrote another chapter (43) for The Broken Lance. In this one chapter Marcellus witnesses a great mock naval battle between 3,000 gladiators in the Augustan Naval arena which was located on the westside of the River Tiber. A very popular gladiator, Candra, who was Flavius Sabinus's (Marcellus's patron) ex-slave was slain during the games, despite the crowd asking Emperor Claudius for mercy. A bloody riot ensues involving Marcellus who is commander of the forces assigned to preventing just such a fiasco.
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