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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XXI

I'm told you must know what kind of music your characters would put on Spotify:

Savonarola - would he be more of a Swiftie, a metalhead, a country boy, or just up for a good old-fashioned rave?

#WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #HistoricalFiction #ResearchNotes

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XX
"What is a Savonarola, anyway? A Swiss roll made out of soap?"

#AmWriting #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #HistoricalFiction #ResearchNotes #Renaissance #Florence

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XIX

What is the penalty for arson at the imperial stables?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #ResearchNotes #ExUmbrisLux

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XVIII

In a query letter, is it worse to address an agent as ‘Dear Sir/Madam’ or just start with ‘Hey you’?

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #QueryLetter #AmQuerying
#HistoricalFiction #AncientRome #AdventureFiction #ExUmbrisLux

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XVII

Could a respectable #Roman matron in 39 CE conceal a dagger in her clothing without causing a scandal? Which garment would be best suited to hiding it?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #ResearchNotes #ExUmbrisLux #AncientRome

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XVI

In ancient Rome, was sending an exceptionally corrupt politician to the lions considered tyrannicide, or just good civic hygiene?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #Justice

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XV

What’s the correct adjective for someone from Crete? I don’t want to mix them up with someone who believes everything they see on Facebook.

Answer: one is a Cretan, the other a cretin.

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XIV

Best implement for pigment application to the axilla (oxter) in 1st-century Rome.

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XIII

Asking for a novel: could Roman clowns bare their buttocks in the arena, and if they did, would Caligula join the act?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #Caligula

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. XII

What does it feel like to walk barefoot onto spilt blood that’s about an hour old: sticky, slippery, already cold?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #RomanEmpire #IMGoingToBeOnAList

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Awkward Googling for #Writers, Vol. XI

What happens if you carry a #naked flame into a Roman latrine — minor singeing or catastrophic #methane explosion?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWriters

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Awkward Googling for Writers, Vol. X

Did members of Egyptian mystery cults in Rome wear underwear under their #kilts, or was that against the ritual?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #AncientRome #AncientEgypt #Sobek #TrueEgyptianMen #WalkLikeAnEgyptian #WritingCommunity

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Awkward Googling for #Writers, Vol. IX

Ancient Roman dinner etiquette: is it rude to bring up Neptune over duck and pears?

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Awkward Googling for #Writers vol 8

‘How long can a Roman senator survive without a toilet break?’

Asking for Caligula.

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritersLife #AwkwardGoogling #WeirdHistory #RomanEmpire

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Awkward Googling for Writers Vol 7

“Would Roman senators get haemorrhoids from sitting too long on wooden benches in the sun?”

#AmWriting #HistoricalFiction #RomanEmpire #AwkwardGoogling #ResearchMatters

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Awkward Googling for #Writers vol 3

How to forge an imperial seal and what would Caligula do if he found out?

#AwkwardGoogling #WritersOfBluesky #HistoricalFiction #AncientRome #ForgeryForPlot #SuspiciousResearch #BlueSkyBooks #HistFicWriters #AmWriting

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