03-20-2013, 07:55 PM
Hello, Jurjen, Brian, & Duncan
Well, if you're a novelist you need to have the Ninth lost somewhere in the north of Britain, whether or not they were actually lost. The alternative might be they were transferred to Sogdiana where their camel-train was attacked by errant Chinese, which could actually make a riotously funny story. :woot:
As a reader and creator of novels, I expect believable and sympathetic characters. It took a lot of posts on this thread to get to the meat, but we now have it. The reason I asked if there was a woman in the story is simple-- 5 women read a novel for every man. When you have a bunch of manly men and no female character, or a weak one, you remove a large portion of a potential readership.
One of the reviewers mentioned "plausibility;" another noted "believable characters." Hopefully, they are characters the reader can connect with. I'm reminded of the Eagle in the Snow, which had a totally unsympathetic main character. I thought, "Screw that guy," closed the book and never finished it... after spending good moola on the hardback edition. :dizzy:
I wish Brian my best on this one.
mile:
Quote:But still it doesn't help to get some some plain wrong facts out of the general publics 'klowledgebase'. People reading this books (and watching movies and series after these kind of storys) know caracters might be fictional, but do thing it's a plain fact the legion was lost that year in Britain.
Well, if you're a novelist you need to have the Ninth lost somewhere in the north of Britain, whether or not they were actually lost. The alternative might be they were transferred to Sogdiana where their camel-train was attacked by errant Chinese, which could actually make a riotously funny story. :woot:
As a reader and creator of novels, I expect believable and sympathetic characters. It took a lot of posts on this thread to get to the meat, but we now have it. The reason I asked if there was a woman in the story is simple-- 5 women read a novel for every man. When you have a bunch of manly men and no female character, or a weak one, you remove a large portion of a potential readership.
One of the reviewers mentioned "plausibility;" another noted "believable characters." Hopefully, they are characters the reader can connect with. I'm reminded of the Eagle in the Snow, which had a totally unsympathetic main character. I thought, "Screw that guy," closed the book and never finished it... after spending good moola on the hardback edition. :dizzy:
I wish Brian my best on this one.
mile:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
