That's a very good idea about paying someone to edit the manuscript. Keep moving it forward like that, Jr.
Re the Colosseum -- some places seem really imbued with energy or consciousness. The problem these days, is that some of the places I've gone to have had so many tourists (including me) moving through them, that the energy seems to have dissipated. I felt this when I went to some of the ancient Native American sites in the Southwest US. But, for some reason the Colosseum still resonates. Maybe because there was so much passion there, so many tragic deaths?