From There To Here, the Curious Path to Granger’s Crossing
It’s a good question: how does a veteran science fiction writer come to write an historical mystery-slash-love story? Especially one set in a period and place wherein, as far as I can find, no one else has bothered to set fiction.
There are clear parallels between historical fiction and science fiction (clearer still between historical and fantasy) in that, depending on how far back and where you go, world building becomes a major component, and science fiction is very much about world building. Though the emphasis on that has of late verged on too much. We still have to create character, develop plot, and have something meaningful to say.…
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ScoLgo wrote: "Granger's Crossing is next up in my reading rotation. Big fan of your other material, (I have print copies of just about everything you have written), so am looking forward to your foray into alter..."Great! I hope you enjoy it. But to be clear, this one is not alternate history. Just historical fiction. (Of course, I suppose, strictly speaking, most historical fiction is in some way alternate...)
Be well.
Mark
Mark wrote: "...this one is not alternate history. Just historical fiction."Thanks, I enjoy historical fiction as well! Secret histories, (a la Tim Powers), are my favorite type. At any rate, I assumed, (I know, I know...), some authorial license in the narrative so unthinkingly used the term 'Alternate'. I'm looking forward to begin reading after work tonight.
As an aside...
Here on Goodreads, Granger's Crossing: A Novel is only showing for me under Mark W Tiedemann, (no period after the W), which appears to be a separate author account. Asking Goodreads staff to combine the two author accounts might lead to more people finding your latest work...?
ScoLgo wrote: "Mark wrote: "...this one is not alternate history. Just historical fiction."Thanks, I enjoy historical fiction as well! Secret histories, (a la Tim Powers), are my favorite type. At any rate, I a..."
I've tried. For whatever reason, nothing changes.
Stayed up too late last night to finish. I do believe this may be the best thing you've written, (to date). Loved the characters, the setting, and especially the dialog. I truly enjoy when an author avoids the, "As you know, Bob," trope and opts instead to provide information to the reader through inference. Nicely done. I await the sequel!
ScoLgo wrote: "Stayed up too late last night to finish. I do believe this may be the best thing you've written, (to date). Loved the characters, the setting, and especially the dialog. I truly enjoy when an autho..."Why thank you ever so much. I look forward to your review. I would like each new book to be better than the last, so this is good to hear.
(If you review it here, please do one over on Amaz---on too. Thanks.)
Good to hear you are working on a sequel too!