Plot holes

Anybody who has ever written a book knows the flaws of the book better than any reader. There are a gazillion plot holes in Rome's Revolution that I know about.

Over the next few days I'll be exposing some of these plot holes and try and fumble my way through an explanation as to why they are not plot holes at all.

Mostly you want to tell a great story. So, for example, I need things to come to a head in Part 2 of Rome's Revolution so I made a portion of the colonists aboard the Ark II lunatics who were ready to go to war within 24 hours of being reanimated. I got called out about this by a reviewer on Amazon. He was right to some degree but I needed the book to get to a certain point. Of course, I couldn't let it go so this ended up being the plot behind The Ark Lords.

There is a YouTube channel by CinemaSins and their videos are called "Everything Wrong with fill_in_movie_title in 3 minutes" so I'm not the only one who does this. Mostly readers are very forgiving of plot holes unless it ruins the story. I think Rome's Revolution, The Ark Lords and Rome's Evolution are rich, enjoyable books so if they have a few plot holes, so be it. If you find one that really bothers you, maybe the next article or two will put your mind at ease. If I don't address it, send me a comment and I'll do my best to close the hole.