Tag: Children of Actium
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Amateur Historian Hour: Velleius Paterculus’ History of Rome
“His [Paterculus’] admiration of Caesar is questionable, of Augustus justified, of Tiberius excessive.” — Jacket copy to the Loeb edition “Velleius Paterculus does not rank among the great Olympians of classical literature either as a stylist or as historian.” — Introduction to the same Some of you probably breathed a sigh of relief that I…
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Release Day for *The Flight of Virtue*
Apologies for a second sales post in a week, but as promised, I just wanted to remind all of you that my latest book, THE FLIGHT OF VIRTUE is fully live today on all digital storefronts! I’m so excited to bring you this brand new story that is part historical fiction, part alternative history, and…
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Book Release + Sale Announcement!
I try not to spam all of you with too many promotional posts, but I did want to let everyone know that my next book, The Flight of Virtue will be available for purchase this Friday, (2/3/2023) at all online digital retailers for the ebook ($2.99) and Amazon for the paperback edition ($14.00). For a…
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Hold That Door!: The Gates of the Duat and Their Keepers
I turn to the drooling hyena holding its flaming sword before the gate. “We demand your name, gatekeeper.” The hyena lets loose an unnerving cascade of shrieking sounds that makes Dru wince. “I must have heard him wrong,” she says, frowning. I shake my head. “Not if what you heard was One Who Eats Up…
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East Meets West: The Unexpectedly Diverse History of the Parthian Empire
Getting back in into harder history, I thought after talking a little bit about the Roman Republic’s greatest enemy, Carthage, last week that this week we’d shift forward and look at the Roman Empire’s most stubborn foe: Parthia. Despite ruling a majority of the Middle East from Turkey to Afghanistan for nearly five hundred years and…
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Obligatory Sales Post (+ a Preview!)
I know I’ve been doing a lot of sales pushing here recently, and I promise that’ll settle down again after this week, but I’m so excited to say that my third book, Children of Actium, is live and available for purchase at the digital provider of your choice and in paperback via Amazon! Links are below,…
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Scribbling in the Wild: Creative Writing, Self-Publishing, and Finding Your Inner Author in 2022 (Part 1)
As we reach the end of another fraught year with unfortunately more of the same looming on the horizon, I thought I’d take a break from telling all of you things you’d rather not know about the ancient world and talk a little about my main gig, writing. When I talk to people about writing…
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“That Best of Men”: Virgil, Horace, and a Friendship in Verse
As usual, I spent most of the past couple of days being completely stymied as to what to talk about this week, but then I remembered that today (October 15th) is Virgil’s birthday (he’s turning 2,091). So in his honor, I thought we’d talk a little about ancient Rome’s most famous poet. But since Virgil…
Sarah Holz 