I’m working a summer job full-time, and it often ends up at the same time I usually write. I like to be in a certain mood when I write, which strikes at random times, and the job messes around with that, filling up spots arbitrarily. A little annoying, but not a big deal really. I’m [...]

Chapter 17 is up. I think I’m getting better at characterization and “filler”–aka memories, histories, interwoven explanations, and other things that help pace out the action.
Mystery, assault, unknown assailants! Welcome to the first threads of a greater tapestry.

The design of the Guard’s legionary camp is modeled almost directly from a Roman legion’s consular encampment, sometimes called a “simple camp” from the time before Caesar and the rise of the cohort divisions within a legion, which required a different camp design.
The length of a consular camp (two legions) was 2,017 Roman feet per [...]