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- Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25069
Re: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
Spitamenes, I’ve got the plot fairly well established now and am up to 70,000 words, so I’m afraid it’s too late to slot in a phalanx of Macedonian vampires. But take a look at Scott’s anthology posting above and that’s crying out for a phalanx of Macedonian zombies! Yes, please, by all means share ...
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:04 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25069
Re: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
Marcus, I put Ishtar’s name because I thought more people would have heard of her, but in the book she’s a double act with her evil sister Erishkigal, Queen of the Underworld. Ishtar actually plays more of the love interest. Yes, I’ll send you a PM with a more detailed plot summary. Scott, Yes, the ...
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:16 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25069
Re: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
Marcus, That’s ok. I spent the best part of 10 years writing those books and sometimes it feels like they’re invisible, so any interest is welcome. When you get to them, hope you enjoy them. Spitamenes, Drat! That’s that idea scuppered! I did see a cartoon series a while back that told the Alexander...
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:05 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25069
Re: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
Marcus, Thanks for asking. The books are: The Lion of Macedonia ISBN: 978-1413485493 Covers Alexander’s early years up to the invasion of Persia. Lord of the World ISBN: 978-1425730628 Runs from the Hellespont through to the invasion of India. God of War ISBN: 978-1436363594 Starts with the invasion...
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25069
Re: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
Jan, Yes, we’d all like to be picked up by the traditional publisher, but it’s a crowded market and an unknown author has little to no chance, and the failure of the Oliver Stone movie has killed any interest publishers may have had in Alexander. But if you love your book, think it’s good, and think...
- Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:40 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12147
Re: something for everyone.
All, I was aware of Alexander as a child through having the Ladybird Alexander; the picture of his men climbing the Sogdian Rock was the one that stuck in my brain. As I got older, I had no special interest in him, but loved anything historical. I always wanted to write and could knock out short sto...
- Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:38 pm
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: Problem with website
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17890
Problem with website
All, There seems to be a problem with the main website. On each page, I get line after line of this: Warning: Parameter 1 to cms_module_Lang() expected to be a reference, value given in /home/williamp/www/www/content/lib/classes/class.module.inc.php on line 1812 Warning: Parameter 1 to cms_module_La...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:22 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: ptsd in Alexanders army
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14812
Re: ptsd in Alexanders army
I don't know if it can be classed as PTSD, but something that definitely shows Alexander’s men reaching their breaking point was the reaction of the Hypaspists during the journey down the Indus. They were an elite, yet even they started to refuse orders to charge an entrenched enemy, on at least thr...
- Thu May 26, 2011 6:05 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Palazzo Mirto
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1571
Palazzo Mirto
All, I’ve just returned from a vacation in Sicily. While there, we visited the Palazzo Mirto in Palermo, an 18thc baroque palace full of very opulent furnishings. The guides only spoke Italian and nothing was labelled, but it became apparent to us that the original owners, a noble family named Filan...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:57 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Own an original Alexander - if you're rich enough!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9516
Re: Own an original Alexander - if you're rich enough!
What bugs me is that we know these items have all been stolen. Maybe not recently, but that’s how they came to be in private hands. Only the second item has a background they dare mention, and even then they use the euphemism aquired. It’s been going on for centuries and all over the world, artifact...
- Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:05 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Ancients Behaving Badly
- Replies: 56
- Views: 27720
Ancients Behaving Badly
For people in the US Next week, on Tuesday 15th February, at 11pm, the History International channel is showing the Alexander the Great episode of a series called “Ancients Behaving Badly”. The series bombed when it first ran a couple of years ago and they only screened the first two or three episod...
- Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:48 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Latest on Alexander's death
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14375
Re: Latest on Alexander's death
I'm never able to get past the fact that there was no talk of foul play at the time. Imagine the natural suspicion following the sudden death of any fit and healthy young man in those days; imagine the reaction of the common soldier if there'd been even a hint their beloved Alexander had been murder...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:35 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Coragus' Sarisa
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24358
Re: Coragus' Sarisa
Yes, that's how I'd imagined the sarissa would work, because it would have been far too unweildy for anything but the most set-piece battle. They'd have unscrewed the middle, attached the butt point to the end of the front half, and then stored the back half and the metal middle joint in barracks or...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:52 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Books I got for Christmas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5149
Re: Books I got for Christmas
Fiona, Sorry for not replying sooner. I’m in the middle of moving house and even Alexander the Great has to take a back seat! No, I’m not on Facebook or any of the various sites, though I suppose I should be. I’m a bit of a dinosaur as far as that goes; I thought twittering was a town in West Sussex...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:50 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: alex in afghanistan
- Replies: 44
- Views: 28865
Re: alex in afghanistan
Seems like we’re not going to hear from John again. Let’s hope he’s ok, and has just been ordered off for security reasons or whatever.
Derek
Derek