Making It Up with Adrian Goldsworthy, author of The Fort

Carter Wilson's Making It Up

English - September 14, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Adrian Goldsworthy is a historian and novelist who specializes in ancient Roman history. After teaching Greek and Roman history for six years before pursuing writing full-time, Adrian has since published a vast collection of both fiction and non-fiction works, most centered on Ancient Rome. His latest novel, The Fort, was released in August 2021.

Among other things, Carter and Adrian discuss the creative challenge of putting 1,000 years of history into 450 pages, the publishing industry in Britain versus the States, and the inevitability of falling in love with your story and then writing until you hate it. At the end of their conversation, they pull a random sentence from Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and tell a story of a 13-year-old girl in a dire situation.

Connect with Carter at www.carterwilson.com

Connect with Adrian at www.adriangoldsworthy.com