medievalnovels
08-26-2008, 03:41 PM
I am a brand new member. My name is nan Hawthorne, my usual screen name is merryhearted, but for now and in the future I will use my "publisher" name "shield-wall" -- as in Shield-wall Books.
I am about to have my first historical novel published, "An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England". This all started in 1965 when a friend and I at Methodist Camp in Southeast Alaska started play-acting a king (me) and queen (her). She was 12, and I was 13. Since we lived in different unconnected towns we had to write letters as the characters, then had to start writing what we called "scenes" since reasons our characters were never in eac h other's presence dwindled.
Forty years later I decided to take the stories we wrote over a five year period and rewrite them from the perspective of all that adult life. Read: "I have had sex now, so I can write about it." The result is about a 650 page novel recounting the adventures, trials and triumphs of some anachronistically named 8th century Anglo Saxons.. and my proudest achievement.
I plan to go on from here with a split personality.. a paranormal mystery series that takes place in 10th century Wessex and beyond, and under a pen name divers erotic histoircal novels.
Susan Higginbotham has been a great encourager and help for over a year or so and when she invites, I accept.. so here I am.
Oh, mustn't forget... I also run medieval-novels.com -- an online bookstore at http://www.medieval-novels.com and am the founder of the 14 yrar old Ghostletters creative/collaborative writing grou p -- see http://www.ghostletters.net .
And a notorious typo artist.
I am about to have my first historical novel published, "An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England". This all started in 1965 when a friend and I at Methodist Camp in Southeast Alaska started play-acting a king (me) and queen (her). She was 12, and I was 13. Since we lived in different unconnected towns we had to write letters as the characters, then had to start writing what we called "scenes" since reasons our characters were never in eac h other's presence dwindled.
Forty years later I decided to take the stories we wrote over a five year period and rewrite them from the perspective of all that adult life. Read: "I have had sex now, so I can write about it." The result is about a 650 page novel recounting the adventures, trials and triumphs of some anachronistically named 8th century Anglo Saxons.. and my proudest achievement.
I plan to go on from here with a split personality.. a paranormal mystery series that takes place in 10th century Wessex and beyond, and under a pen name divers erotic histoircal novels.
Susan Higginbotham has been a great encourager and help for over a year or so and when she invites, I accept.. so here I am.
Oh, mustn't forget... I also run medieval-novels.com -- an online bookstore at http://www.medieval-novels.com and am the founder of the 14 yrar old Ghostletters creative/collaborative writing grou p -- see http://www.ghostletters.net .
And a notorious typo artist.