Julius Caesar: "Sôter" ?

[Primitivus]

Worse, if people are employed by a university, that is not a guarantee that they don't write rubbish.

Too true.

It contains more than 340 factual errors.

Unbelievable!

Because I know this man, I wrote him about an error that he could easily admit without loosing face. I hoped he would reply by asking that if I noticed other errors, I would tell him. He did not ask for it.

I had a similar experience in the past.

Still, I had eleven pages with constructive criticism.

Being relatively new to RAT, I'm wondering if we have a thread for discussing upcoming publications, written by members? Also, do authors here ever invite their RAT colleagues to review their work prior to such publication?

[Jona Lendering]

do authors here ever invite their RAT colleagues to review their work prior to such publication?

In my books, my list of people I have consulted is always the nicest part to write. In Alexander, it included the zoo, the firemen ("can you teach me how to burn down a royal palace?"), a toxicologist and many others. In fact, talking to experts is the part of book-writing that I like best. The Amsterdam riot police taught me a lot about the way a phalanx operates.

My next book, on ancient battle narratives and propaganda, will be read by our host at RAT, Jasper.