2016- Introductions

[R.]

Lisa wrote: "Hello from Lincolnshire in the UK. I am a retired music teacher finding the time now to enjoy reading again. I used to be a real bookworm as a child, but practising an instrument and preparing less..."

Hello Lisa, I love traveling to Britain and I hope you are well over there. You might give Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Jesus" a try. Although it's technically non-fiction, it has strong fictional uder-tones (and some very determined women characters). Which brings up the question: when does history become fiction? You might also try another book, since you like strong women characters, which this one has (although the main character is a man), set 1n 1937 Berlin. Actually, it is my new book! Cheers, R. Manolakas

[Pam]

Nova wrote: "Hi, my name is Nova and I live in Portland, OR. I've always been really fascinated by history and some of my earliest favorites were HF. I still love to read and I still love historical fiction bes..."
Welcome Nova

[Anthony]

Hello, I'm Anthony and I've been a member for a while , but for some reason never got around to introducing myself. Too many irons in the fire. Just finished a historical-fiction trilogy about the life and death struggles of a family on the Texas frontier after the Civil War. Writing is where most of my time has been devoted for the last six years and now I'm free to enjoy a little spare time. And the spare time is still hard to come by, but I look forward to engaging with the folks in this group.

[Brina]

Welcome Nova and Anthony.

[Wayne]

I"ve read Anthony's western trilogy. It's great stuff for those who enjoy that period of history. You can read an interview with him here...
http://wayneturmel.com/2016/01/texas-...

[Alaric the King]

Hi, I'm Sam and writing a historical fiction novel set in 6th century Britain. I really enjoyed the novel "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves.

As an aside, if anyone is interested in beta-reading what I've written so far (~50,000 words), I'd be more than happy to beta-read something of yours in return, especially historical fiction.

[Kristina]

Hi! I'm Kristina and I do love a good historical fiction and I definitely want to spread it out a little more because I feel like I haven't read enough! i don't really stick to any one area but I do really enjoy Jeanne Kalogridis!

[Sue]

Hi everyone! I'm Q. I'm from Texas. I enjoy Historical Fiction books very much. I am definitely hoping to find some great reads in this group.

[Janelle]

Hello-

I am happy to be a part of the group. I love WW2, Civil War and general American history.

I love to read and read about a book per week!

[Brina]

Welcome, Kristina, Q, and Janelle.

[Alaric the King]

Thanks.

[Miles]

Hi everyone

Been on GoodReads for a while now but I've made an early (or is that very late?) New Years resolution to get more active on the forums and to join in the discussions. Hoping to expand my historical fiction horizons too. My personal interest tends more to the military and political rather than the social. Period-wise I tend to gravitate more towards Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern - so Robert Fabbri, Simon Scarrow and Toby Clements feature quite prominently on my Kobo. Looking forward to chatting.