goals for my LGBT YA Historical Fantasy, VESUVIUS:
- Finish rewriting final 6 chapters
- Another round of revisions
- Send full draft to a few betas
- Work on synopsis and query letter
- Commission more art so I stop reposting the same two pieces 🥴

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In March 1944, Mount Vesuvius experienced its last major eruption, just amongst the battle for Italy.
Artwork by Marl McCandlis, 1994

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Also by Francesco Bartolozzi...

"Cottagers at the bottom of Mount Vesuvius"
"A Calabrian Family from the environs of Reggio"
Stipple engravings in original color
After the painting by Francesco (1728-1815)
London, 1799

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A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples by Joseph Wright of Derby 1788-90
(Art Gallery of South Australia)

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Here a more 'arty' version. Beautiful and dramatic gouache showing by night from the In the distance the erupting Vesuvio (#Vesuvius), ca. 1860 https://t.co/BoiKLAUUWx

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Dramatic!
We are viewing Naples from the sea in a moonlit night. High above the city is the Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte. which was only briefly used as a royal residence. It's far more noted for being one of the finest art museums https://t.co/ARONuelT9k

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For a 1st Cent. Roman fresco recovered from Vesuvian ash at Stabiae on the Bay of Naples Pic: mharrsch

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Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729-1802), A nocturnal Mediterranean coastal scene, with Vesuvius in the background, oil on canvas, 1780

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Another dino for today, based off of Oc, Vesuvius 🦕🌋🔥

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Joseph Wright of Derby - A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples, c.1779

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This map of Vesuvius from 1832 shows the routes of flows of lava across 200 years of major eruptions (between 1631 and 1831). We can also see trails, landmarks and cities. Pompeii can be seen in the bottom right corner. Source: https://t.co/rXWqnAKue2

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2020

Eruption of Vesuvius as seen from Posillipo

Scuola di Posillipo (School of Posillipo)
oil on canvas, 50 x 77 cm
via vincentgallery

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The 1st, 2nd & 3rd day prompt of 's - Fire [Vesuvius Firesword], Ice [Antler Sword], and Poison [Eldritch Curseblade].

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The Prisoner (1787-90), Vesuvius (c1788), Sir Richard Arkwright (1789-90) & Arkwright’s Cotton Mills (1790s). Wright moved in the same circles as Arkwright. It was Arkwright who championed the factory system & the Spinning Frame & laid the foundations of mass-production

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