Something's coming...

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If you're historical fiction aficionados, travelers, dreamers, or adventurers, you'll want to take a look. People in the ancient world communicated in a surprising plethora of ways. Scrolls were only one format, and in Marcus Antonius's Rome would have been used specifically by the aristocracy or learned individuals, like scribes, who might even be well-educated slaves. Sometimes scrolls were used for correspondence, especially in arid, hot areas like Egypt or Syria. Other uses were for public records or to record official documents. Though often made of papyrus, scrolls were sometimes made of vellum--leather--which would last longer in humid regions.

Brook hopes you'll make yourself at home and read through her scrolls to learn more about her work as an author, her research, travels, thoughts, and adventures!"

8/4/2019 1 Comment

Something's coming...

Back on March 15, I became a published author. Never in my life have I been as excited, proud, thrilled, and terrified--all at once. It was exciting to see the whole project materialize before my eyes. The night I downloaded my own E-book onto my Kindle, I cried. My cover literally glittered, shimmering like a sunset. It was impossible NOT to feel pride, since I'd worked on this project for fourteen years. For a week, I walked on a cloud, never feeling as thrilled as I did when I logged in to Amazon to see my sales reports. And, it was terrifying, too. How were readers going to receive Antonius: Son of Rome? Would I get any 5-star reviews or would it simply be a mediocrity among millions of books on Amazon?

I'm pleased to say that I've been holding my own in ratings, sometimes making it into the Top 50 Ancient History Fiction Books on Amazon. On my Amazon site (so far--and I'm knocking on wood here) I've gotten all four and five star reviews, which is a relief and a joy. Granted, the rating game changes literally every SECOND, so if one does make it into the Top 50 whatever, that doesn't always last for long. In early July, I actually made it into TWO Top 50 categories at once, which was awesome!

However, none of this can be done without my readers. Any of you who have been kind enough or interested enough to read my work, have been the biggest support an author could have. That being said, the biggest THANK YOU anybody can give any author is to write a review. Why? Literally, an author's success DEPENDS on their number of positive reviews on Amazon. Yeah, that's just how huge and influential Amazon is. That's just how MUCH they pull the strings on the publishing game.

So, what's coming? My second book will be launching in either October or November, 2019!!! It will pretty much pick up right where Antonius: Son of Rome left off. There will be new adventures, perils, and intrigues in which Marcus will be the central figure as he assumes his place in the Roman political roller-coaster. To prepare everyone for the big reveal of my cover, story, and plot, I will be using my weekly blogs to showcase different places, people, and cultural information which will be a part of my upcoming book, Antonius: Second in Command.

I hope everyone's going to stick around for the ride!

Brook Allen in front of the Rostra in the Forum Romanum, where a pivotal scene in her next novel takes place.

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11/28/2019 02:20:57 pm

Congraulations! Thanks to Amazon, I found your first book in Kindle and promptly bought your second one. Couldn't put it down! I hope you will come up with a three-volume set with the release of the last and final segment to the trilogy.

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