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So my revisions on The Scourge of Rome are winding down, and I've been doing a bit of preliminary research on the Alaric novel, still trying to decide how close I want to get, whether to do a full-blown historical epic or something somewhat more internalized (hard to describe - more of a character study I suppose).
All well and good.
And then Saturday, as I'm at the grocery store buying eggs, I'm suddenly assaulted by another novel idea, following a handful of legionnaires from the Cannae legions from their initial recruitment to their final return home fifteen years later. Think "Band of Brothers" - but set in the Roman Republic, and focusing on a disgraced and exiled unit that ultimately redeems itself in the final battle against Hannibal.
I haven't worked out any characters, how they would be related, which class of legionnaires they'd be, or much of anything at all yet...but I love the story, love the arc of the legions as a whole, a know the experience is fertile ground for any number of character arcs.
Now...which one do I pursue? Time to go flip a coin I suppose...
All well and good.
And then Saturday, as I'm at the grocery store buying eggs, I'm suddenly assaulted by another novel idea, following a handful of legionnaires from the Cannae legions from their initial recruitment to their final return home fifteen years later. Think "Band of Brothers" - but set in the Roman Republic, and focusing on a disgraced and exiled unit that ultimately redeems itself in the final battle against Hannibal.
I haven't worked out any characters, how they would be related, which class of legionnaires they'd be, or much of anything at all yet...but I love the story, love the arc of the legions as a whole, a know the experience is fertile ground for any number of character arcs.
Now...which one do I pursue? Time to go flip a coin I suppose...