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Martha Marks
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Challenges in Writing an Historical-fiction Trilogy
The process of writing a trio of chronologically sequenced, scrupulously accurate historical novels presents a combination of challenges that are not present when an author tackles “pure history” or “pure fiction” or even a single-volume story.
This post touches on four major challenges that I encountered in writing my Ruby-Viper Trilogy.
My first challenge was to convey three things as correctl
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I appreciate your reading and reviewing my whole trilogy. Your good comments have given me a boost at a time when I needed that, so thank you very muc
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"I enjoy reading ancient history,especially Roman emperor type biography books. This particular book is a story entertwined within historical record during the 1st century bce Rome.
The author does an incredible job of hooking pieces together in a way" Read more of this review » |
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I appreciate your perceptive review of The Ruby Ring, which was the most challenging of all three to write. Thank you!
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As the saying goes… from your lips to God's ears! Thank you for posting the first review of this last book in my trilogy.
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So glad you enjoyed all my books! You've made my day.
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The Ruby Ring: The Sequel to The Viper Amulet (The Ruby-Viper Trilogy Book 3):
"Concluding the trilogy, the author chose to do it in a more quiet closure and reckoning with everything that came before leaning more into resolution rather than regret. In this final conclusion, we’re asking ourselves and learning how to live with c"
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"Whether it is due to a natural talent of the author or is the result of hours of re-working, honing & polishing, The Rubies of the Viper, peopled with highly believable scenes and characters, presents an excellent read and several hours of pure escap"
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"Rubies of the Viper is a fast-paced, suspenseful and romantic historical novel by Martha Marks, and a totally satisfying read. Set primarily in Rome at the time of Emperor Nero, Rubies of the Viper tells the story of Theodosia, a young single woman w"
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