World History

I certainly am. In writing a series of books for young adult readers, I've become immersed in the beginning of the first century BCE - the aftermath of the battle of Vercellae. Originally, I wrote a short story for a class taught by Orson Scott Card, and when he said the story was a young adult novel - to expand it and send it out- I was trapped into doing the necessary research. Of course, I was hooked. In the series, Getorix is a Celtic captive from the battle and Marius is the evil force behind the plot. The "rebellion" around the elections of 100 BCE provided a wonderful framework for the second book. From there, I've just followed the threads forward and backward as the plots weave together.