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Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Aug 9^th, 2012, 9:57pm

Any tips and it will be about a Roman Slinging Soldiers point of view so a historical fiction ideas opinion's welcome

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Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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Rofriedrich Descens Psalm 140:7 Posts: 269 Gender:	Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally Reply #1 - Aug 9^th, 2012, 11:22pm Just remember, you gotta have a guy with the helmet with the big brush thing on top. Instant classic.
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Reply #2 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 12:08am

The 'brush thing' was worn only by centurion, soldiers who commanded a century, or a band of 100 legionnaires. Legionnaires were the standard Roman soldier, making up the bulk of Rome's armies. They did not have any brushes or relative distinctive features on their helmets. Roman slingers wore little armor, as opposed to a legionnaire or centurion, using a round shield instead for protection. Look up "roman funditor" on google.

I'd also highly suggest reading a book on Roman military forces and the like.

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Donnerschlag Funditor I put the 'K' in "Kwality"! Posts: 684 Gender:	Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally Reply #3 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 2:38am Quote from Rofriedrich on Aug 9^th, 2012, 11:22pm: Just remember, you gotta have a guy with the helmet with the big brush thing on top. Instant classic. This made me lol. Is the main character going to be named either "Bigguth Dickuth" or "Incontinentia Buttocks"?
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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #4 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 2:56am

Quote from Donnerschlag on Aug 10^th, 2012, 2:38am:

Quote from Rofriedrich on Aug 9^th, 2012, 11:22pm:

Just remember, you gotta have a guy with the helmet with the big brush thing on top. Instant classic.

This made me lol. Is the main character going to be named either "Bigguth Dickuth" or "Incontinentia Buttocks"? Grin

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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #5 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 6:56am

I wish you luck, there are many methods of writing, as many as there are writers, you could go with the flow, and let the book basically write itself, likepiers anthony dpes, you could plan major plot points, then fill in the rest, and thousands of other methods, one site you may want to visit , agent query.com, full of great information

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curious_aardvark Slinging.org Administrator Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 9040 Gender:	Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally Reply #6 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 7:37am love the ...finally - you're 13-14, 'finally' brilliant Well the first thing you should do is go and read 'The Far Arena' by ben sapir One of the best books set - mostly - in the roman era I've ever read. The marcus didio falco books are also worth reading, plenty of roman background there, too
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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #7 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 7:45am

C_A I have been tooling around writing a book for three years didn't have a goof topic until now Wink

gonna have to read those books and I'm 13 going into 8th grade

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“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #8 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 8:24am

hey, if twilight can get published.... Wink

I kid. I kid. Definitely go for it. You will learn a lot by actually trying. As a suggestion I might suggest making the main character close to your own age. A common mistake is for a younger author to try and write just like older authors and imagine they know what it is like to be 25 or 40, and realistically it's going to be different than you imagine it will be and your readers will be able to tell that you don't really know. So write as you and those your age would be if you were conscripted or hired as a slinger at about your age. This is something you'll be able to do better than most adults because most adults forget what it's like to be younger. They forget how they thought an what their perception was and so their younger characters are just as false as the older characters of younger authors. So play to your strength

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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #9 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 8:29am

Great tip and I also believe if twilight can be published anything can be published I was planing for my charter to be 13-14 yo and was forced into being a Skinner because he was extremely accurate at short and long distance while also be smart and playing his strength

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“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3397 Gender:	Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally Reply #10 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 9:03am Read and research a ton, and don't expect it too be done soon. Use a lot of outlines. Keep the group updated and feel free to ask any questions. Authors will only write well about what they know a lot about.
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Mauro Fiorentini Slinging.org Moderator Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3072 Gender:	Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally Reply #11 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 9:14am Take a trip to Italy and you'll understand what really was the Roman Empire I dug some Roman towns and no matter how much you read, truth will always be 1000 times better than any written word. By the way I also like to write novels and we're quite a bunch of writers here! Welcome aboard! Greetings, Mauro.
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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #12 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 9:20am

So from you excavations what was Tue empire like noble of demonic destroyer that left ruins in there wake

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“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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Re: Im Gonna Write a Book...Finally
Reply #13 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 10:32am

If I understood correctly, the Roman Empire was a context which is really distant from everything you may read on it.
You may read of invincible Legions, smart women, conquers, betrayals and fine engineers and philosophers.
All this is 1/10 of what an excavation can tell you.
It's something hard to understand but I feel astonished by the true power of the Roman heritage the first time I dug something Roman, and I don't like the Roman Empire at all

Greetings,
Mauro.

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Reply #14 - Aug 10^th, 2012, 11:01am

Wow incredible I don't care for what I read from the books I care about what I Lear from people like you any pictures you have would be wonderfully great and how do you like Italy Mauro

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“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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