After quite a long silence since the last post, Loch Ard Fiction is on the trail once more. After dabbling in a retelling of the Gaullish leader Vercingetorix' story, working back from his body washing up on the beaches of Ostia after his execution in the Forum of Rome by Julius Caesar, I decided this project might not have enough in it to make it fly, so reluctantly ditched it. Perhaps another time, Vercingetorix, old chum!
Though it makes me wonder, no one ever mentions that for all his brave resistance to the Romans, Vercingetorix probably ended up feeding the crabs in Ostia docks, while the just as rebellious British tribal leader Caratacus was permitted to live out his years in Rome. Makes you think.
Instead of all that I have returned to familiar ground and things left undone. If you read "The Boys from Eburacum" you will know I left a few threads hanging untied, as per my usual style. We can't have neat and tidy endings to books can we? Where's the fun in that?
Threads such as: what happens to Tasulus, does Umbricius Quartio get found out and does Rufus avenge his little brother Liscus?
Under the provisional working title of "Signifer," this sequel is now well under way and reaching the point where Draft 1 has covered the initial plan I had written and developed, but now, what happens next? There's pages and pages to go. Time to get creative.
Lots of work to do but for now the sequel to "The Boys from Eburacum" is alive and kicking.
More updates when things progress.
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