Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XXI
I'm told you must know what kind of music your characters would put on Spotify:
Savonarola - would he be more of a Swiftie, a metalhead, a country boy, or just up for a good old-fashioned rave?
#WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #HistoricalFiction #ResearchNotes
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XX
"What is a Savonarola, anyway? A Swiss roll made out of soap?"
#AmWriting #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #HistoricalFiction #ResearchNotes #Renaissance #Florence
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XIX
What is the penalty for arson at the imperial stables?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #ResearchNotes #ExUmbrisLux
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XVIII
In a query letter, is it worse to address an agent as ‘Dear Sir/Madam’ or just start with ‘Hey you’?
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #QueryLetter #AmQuerying
#HistoricalFiction #AncientRome #AdventureFiction #ExUmbrisLux
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XVII
Could a respectable #Roman matron in 39 CE conceal a dagger in her clothing without causing a scandal? Which garment would be best suited to hiding it?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #ResearchNotes #ExUmbrisLux #AncientRome
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XVI
In ancient Rome, was sending an exceptionally corrupt politician to the lions considered tyrannicide, or just good civic hygiene?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #Justice
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XV
What’s the correct adjective for someone from Crete? I don’t want to mix them up with someone who believes everything they see on Facebook.
Answer: one is a Cretan, the other a cretin.
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XIV
Best implement for pigment application to the axilla (oxter) in 1st-century Rome.
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XIII
Asking for a novel: could Roman clowns bare their buttocks in the arena, and if they did, would Caligula join the act?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #Caligula
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XII
What does it feel like to walk barefoot onto spilt blood that’s about an hour old: sticky, slippery, already cold?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #RomanEmpire #IMGoingToBeOnAList
Awkward Googling for #Writers, Vol. XI
What happens if you carry a #naked flame into a Roman latrine — minor singeing or catastrophic #methane explosion?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWriters
Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. X
Did members of Egyptian mystery cults in Rome wear underwear under their #kilts, or was that against the ritual?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #AncientEgypt #Sobek #TrueEgyptianMen #WalkLikeAnEgyptian #WritingCommunity
Awkward Googling for #Writers, Vol. IX
Ancient Roman dinner etiquette: is it rude to bring up Neptune over duck and pears?
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity
Awkward Googling for #Writers vol 8
‘How long can a Roman senator survive without a toilet break?’
Asking for Caligula.
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #WeirdHistory #RomanEmpire
Awkward Googling for Writers Vol 7
“Would Roman senators get haemorrhoids from sitting too long on wooden benches in the sun?”
#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #RomanEmpire #AwkwardGoogling #ResearchMatters
Awkward Googling for #Writers vol 3
How to forge an imperial seal and what would Caligula do if he found out?
#AwkwardGoogling #WritersOfBluesky #HistoricalFiction #AncientRome #ForgeryForPlot #SuspiciousResearch #BlueSkyBooks #HistFicWriters #AmWriting
