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Year of Accountability – June 1-14th

16 Tuesday Jun 2020

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Hi all, Here’s yet another post in my Year of Accountability challenge!

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Writing the Introduction to an Alternate History “Textbook”

03 Friday Apr 2020

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in History of Rome and the New Caesarian Colonies

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Salve!

Today I’m busy writing the introduction to my alternate history “history textbook’ novella. My, that’s a mouthful. Read on, let’s figure out what I mean.

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Outlining Snippets from the next Novella!

14 Monday Oct 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Alternate History, History of Rome and the New Caesarian Colonies, Novellas, Self-Publishing, Teasers/Trailers, World of Romanpunk

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Salve! Today’s writing brought to you by the Imperial Nova Terra Trading Company. When you want new goods, look no further than Nova Terra! Marseille_en_1575

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Today’s Writing Tidbits from Last Gladiator

15 Thursday Aug 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Self-Publishing, Teasers/Trailers, The Last Gladiator

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Here’s Thursday’s tasteful tidbit of my most recent writing from the Last Gladiator. I’ve got almost 7,000 words, and now you get to enjoy some of them, courtesy of my newest main character – Lucia.

Anyone interested in being a beta reader – better let me know asap as I’m looking for feedback on this novella by Labor Day!

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Diversity in Steampunk – Building more Realistic Worlds

17 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Novellas, Self-Publishing, Steam Empire Chronicles, SteamLit, steampunk, The Last Gladiator, Thoughts

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Hi all!

Today I’m going to talk about diversity in steampunk and alternate history novels – specifically what I’m planning to do to build some more realism and diversity into my own world. Read on to find out more.

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New Novella in the works – The Last Gladiator

09 Tuesday Jul 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Novellas, Self-Publishing, The Last Gladiator, World of Romanpunk

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Hi all,05-Escape-of-Corbus

I wanted to share the first page excerpt from my latest novella, the Last Gladiator. Focusing on a much smaller part of the world, it details the story of Master Ilyensio Horatio, master of the Ludus Magnus, one of the last training compounds for human gladiators in an era when the mechagladiators are about to dominate the colliseum. C&C always appreciated, let me know what you think! The goal for this is roughly 10-12,000 words, as I’d love to start getting some more novellas out this year and next with the eventual goal of creating that print anthology to accompany the Steam Empire Chronicle series.

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The Border – Revisited

04 Friday May 2018

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Self-Publishing, Short Stories, The Border

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Hello all,

About two years (three years!?) ago I started typing up a short story called “the Border.” With the completion of Laurel Emperor, I figured it was a good time to finish up the short story so that I could include it in a future anthology of Romanpunk and Alternate History tales. As I’m working on expanding it now, I figured it would be best to go back and do some brief improvements, before resubmitting it for your enjoyment. So here’s the series so far – Parts 1-7. Be on the look outs for parts 8 – 10 in the next few weeks.

Want more? Check out my other Novellas – Antioch Burns and Roma Aeronautica!

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How to keep your Writing Mojo – 2016 Edition!

08 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in How to, NaNoWriMo2016, Novellas, Self-Publishing, Steel Praetorian

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Salve Writers! Today I want to talk about how I keep my Writing Mojo (or whatever else you want to call it!). Hopefully my fellow writers (and readers) will find this interesting!

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What’s Next for the Steam Empire Chronicles?

04 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Designing a Story, Novellas, Self-Publishing

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Salve Romans!

So I’ve been thinking about what is next for the Steam Empire Chronicles. Obviously, I still have to finish Laurel Emperor! But what then?

Here are a few long term goals. So far I’ve got the following ideas…

  1. A novella about the Battle of the Teutonberg forest (victory for the Romans, of course!)
  2. A novella about the arrival of Romans in the New World.
  3. A novella about the last real gladiator of Rome
  4. Compose all the novellas into an Anthology with a bonus novella inside – definitely would consider adding illustrations to this novella collection.
  5. Make a giant omnibus of all the Steam Empire Chronicle Novels into one large print book (Not digital) – definitely add some more illustrations to Steel Praetorian in this, and then adding them to the current ebook as well.
  6. I’d love to get some audiobooks done, but only if there’s significant interest. I’m thinking a kickstarter for this would be worth it.
  7. Without revealing any spoilers, if people seemed interested, I’d start working on some spin-offs focusing on characters, especially in the new world or in more ‘historical’ situations in the novels.

Thoughts? What would you guys like to see?

 

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Update To Brass Legionnaire’s Page

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Alternate History, Kickstarter, Novellas, Self-Publishing

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Hi everyone,

I’ve updated the information on Brass Legionnaire’s book page above. I’m planning on having a friend do some general clean up work on the book, which will be significantly revised in the next month. Backers of the kickstarter who pledge $25 or more or add some money for additional print copies of Brass Legionnaire will get the updated version. Already have a copy? No worries! I’m looking at cleaning up various problems and smoothing the story out, so your old version will not be ‘obsolete!’ and if I choose to add an additional chapter, I’ll make it available for free here on the website, as that’s fair for everyone. (Although I want you to buy my books, I don’t want you to buy a new copy of Brass Legionnaire just for another chapter, that’s silly!)

In essence, I’ve added character plots for Julius, Constantine and Corbus. See the overall design of their story plots in BL, and learn a bit more about the characters!

Also, there’s only EIGHT DAYS LEFT IN THE KICKSTARTER! Help us reach $1250 and everyone will get BOTH of my novellas for free! Woo! We’re only about $230 away, so every dollar helps!

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