Welcome! Introductions

[Debra]

Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~* wrote: "Welcome to the group Debra! Being a Civil War Historian I would love to hear more of things of interest or favorite Eras/locales (which the group has folders/threads)for but is sadly lacking in inf..."

Thanks! I've been a goodreads member for awhile but haven't really gotten into it until talking with an author friend last Saturday. I didn't know all these cool groups were out there.

I'll definitely have to check out those other topics. Thanks for the warm welcome!

[Debra]

Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~* wrote: "Welcome to the group Debra! Being a Civil War Historian I would love to hear more of things of interest or favorite Eras/locales (which the group has folders/threads)for but is sadly lacking in inf..."

Thanks very much for the warm welcome! I'm headed to the locales section right now! :-)

[Lover of Romance]

HEy all!! I am new to the group and I am a lover of anything romance but especially historical romance. I love anything in the colonial era. Just read which is set in this period and loved it. Looking forward to joining in the discussions.

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Lover of Romance! I hope you can find some good "Southern Romances" to read here. Check out the threads on the "single" "trilogy's" and "series." Our members here have added quite a few Recommends and I look forward to any you have to share as well.

[Cassandra]

I love reading southern romance novels! The civil war is my favorite time period. I wrote a book, The Rebel's Angel, and am currently working on my second. I am also excited to start reading Ashes in the Wind soon. Have any of you read it yet?

[Cassandra]

Sandy wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Hi Patricia, welcome to the group and welcome to GR. You'll be making friends before you know it. I recently read One Wore Blue by Heather Graham that is the first of a trilogy. It i..."

These books were my favorite of the civil war period. I wish she would still write more!

[Cassandra]

Patricia wrote: "Happy New Year, everyone! I'm new to Goodreads. I haven't made any friends yet. :-( LOL. It's just like being the new kid in town.

I'm a history buff who never thought I liked the Southern Romance..."

Have you read Shades of Gray by Jessica James?

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Cassandra! I have read all the books you have mentioned and loved them all. We have on our group bookshelf many good ones as well. You might want to check some out.:)
Congrats on your first book(I have it on my TBR pile already) Just so you know we have here a folder for "Author Promotions" your welcome to add a thread in there telling us about yourself,your book,website,promo's ect..

[Sandy]

Welcome Cassandra! I have read Jessica James, Shades of Gray. It is a great storyline and I would highly recommend it.

Cassandra, where can we find your book? I looked on Amazon.com to add it to my wishlist and couldn't find it there. Also looked at Smashwords too. Please let us know. Thanks and again welcome!

[Cassandra]

It is on amazon.com available as a kindle book, and also is available on my publishers website, www.melange-books.com
http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?co...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Rebels-Ange...

[Cassandra]

Thank you, I will be sure to check it out!

[Sandy]

Added thanks! I checked it yesterday morning and couldn't find it. I appreciate you helping me and I have added it to my wishlist. Thanks again and welcome Cassandra. :D

[Cassandra]

https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarNove...

Join this facebook page to post about great civil war novels you have read and talk with authors.

[Heather]

Hello everyone! My name is Heather. I love reading about the charming "old south"! Also love reading about the Civil War...so this sounds like a great group to join.

[Misfit]

Hi Heather, glad you joined us.

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Heather! :)

[Sandy]

Welcome Heather!!

[Heather]

Thanks everyone :)

[Hope]

Hello everyone! I'm Hope, and my love of Southern romance began as a child when I read Gone With the Wind. From there I fell in love with Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding. When I got a little older I really enjoyed Jake's North and South trilogy. I'm happy to be here and meet new friends!

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Hope! Gone with the Wind was also my first dramatic southern romance and then.,,yes oh yes North and South loved that one :)

[Sandy]

Welcome Hope!!

[Charlsie]

Hi, I'm Charlsie Russell. I cut my teeth reading Frank Yerby and Frank Slaughter a lifetime ago. I'm also a writer of historical romance and suspense set in my home state of Mississippi.

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Charlsie! Hope you can find some books here on our group bookshelf :)

[Belle]

Hello there. Just stumbled across this group and looked like a nice fit. Will be happy to see what you guys have been reading.

I am also an author with a book set in Civil War Nashville, The Doctor's Daughter: Journey to Justice. (Not sure if that is allowed as I could not find rules but will delete if need be.)

Pleased to make your acquaintance!

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Belle,the rules should have popped up with your post?..anyways we do have a folder for "author promotions" so you can post any info on you,your book,promotions ect...hope you find some reads to your liking on our shelf and I will add yours :)

[Belle]

Didn't pop up. Feel free to edit or delete the post. Glad to be here!

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

it's in the "group info tab" when you click on it. No worries Belle, Look forward to hearing more about your book and wish you much success with it! And again welcome :)

[Sandy]

Welcome Belle. I am adding your both my "Want to Read". I always want to read about the medical professions during that time period. Again welcome!!

[Sandy]

Charlsie, I am sorry that I missed your post. Welcome to our group. I have been a little behind and I apologized I didn't welcome you and Belle sooner. This is a great group and everyone is great in sharing new books that they uncover. So again, welcome to both of you!!

[Belle]

Thanks, Sandy. The research into "modern" medicine of the time was almost like reading voodoo. I found a book with daybooks of doctors practicing in the mid 1800s and was able to get a lot from those. Of course in 100 years they will look back at us in wonderment. I often wonder if they will call it the Age of Chemicals. I work in medicine so I'm allowed to criticize it. ;)

Howdy, y'all!

[Sandy]

Age of Chemicals sounds about right. I think we are. :/

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Cphe!

[Sandy]

Welcome Cphe!!

[Shiela]

Hi everyone I'm Shiela, and I love reading. Most of not all the books I read are Romance books.

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Shiela! :)

[Don]

Hello my name is Don. I love southern history , especially the 19th century in The American Civil War era. To me it was the age of pure chivalry.

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group Don :)

[Don]

Thank You so very much.

[Sandy]

Hi Don!! Welcome!! I would have to agree with you about the Civil War era being the age of chivalry. I will admit that I do read a few books that are not stories from that time period, but very rarely. I make a search through Amazon looking for books of that time. So glad to have another enthusiast join our group.

[Don]

Thank You so much for the welcome.

[Diana]

Hi! I'm so happy to join. I was wondering... could the mods maybe do a "best of all time" thread so everyone can give their absolute top favorites? I'm new to the genre so I would find it really helpful! Thanks everyone for all the recs...

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Hi Caro, welcome to the group :)
If you look at the "lets talk books" thread there should be plenty there that are top favourite as well check out the bookshelf.
I will add the thread for you as well, but the group hasn't had lots of activity. Hope you get some answers from it though :)

[Sandy]

Hi Caro and welcome!! This is a great group and there is lots of suggestions from this group.

[Jerry]

hi i am new here i joined for some help in part of my book.
and i am a author who likes writeing.

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*]

Welcome to the group jerry..any book promotions you have please post them in the author promoting threads.
Look forward to hearing about your writing there :)

[Jerry]

i will Miss Mod

[Sandy]

Welcome Jerry! It appears that Sandi has already address any issue with promoting your book here. This is a group of people that love "The Old South" and we review or recommend books that are written in that time period.

[Jerry]

it was cold last night

[Courtney]

Not the first genre I'd choose to get interested in, but I read the Wendy Lindstrom novel "When I Fall in Love" and ironically I (well) fell in love. And now suddenly, I feel a strange and insatiable urge to read the entire Grayson brother series and books like it.

And while I fully predict this urge to subside (after it realizes it mistakenly stumbled into the wrong vessel), this group seems the apropos venue for expressing the pleasure I had in reading this book.

[Sandy]

I have read this series several times. Always one I can go back to for an excellent read. Welcome Courtney!!