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- Sun October 3rd, 2010, 12:52 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hello from Ontario
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2008
Response to Introduction
Another one from Ontario. Welcome to the group. Richard Warren Field http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/ http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/TheSwordsofFaith.htm THE SWORDS OF FAITH, a unique novel about the "Third Crusade" (Richard the Lionheart and Saladin) that stresses tolerance between the faiths ...
- Sun October 3rd, 2010, 12:14 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hi, nice to be here!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1832
Response to Introduction
Welcome Mark. LA to Toronto? You must have experienced something like weather shock. I live in the San Fernando Valley, 25 miles northwest of LA. I would have loved to have been where you are for the last two months. For the next eight? Maybe not... A few years ago I read Gary Jennings' Aztec novels...
- Sun October 3rd, 2010, 12:07 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Greetings from Malaysia
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2840
Response to Introduction
Welcome to the group that seems to get more international all the time... I wonder how many different countries members of this group come from? A good story, told well, will find its audience. Your Malay-based epic sounds fascinating. Keep dreaming of the worldwide audience as you start with your l...
- Sun September 26th, 2010, 12:44 am
- Forum: Debate/Rant Forum
- Topic: Present Tense Novels
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5847
Present Tense Novels
Yes, I hope this isn't the new "thing" to show how clever writers can be. As I said in a previous post, screenplay narratives are written in the present tense - that is the only place I recall seeing this with any regularity before. As I started WOLF HALL, I wondered if there was a screenplay influe...
- Sun September 26th, 2010, 12:37 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hi there, Jen From Cornwall
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2107
Response to Introduction
Welcome to the group, and good luck with your book! Richard Warren Field http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/ http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/TheSwordsofFaith.htm THE SWORDS OF FAITH, a unique novel about the "Third Crusade" (Richard the Lionheart and Saladin) that stresses tolerance between the fai...
- Sun September 26th, 2010, 12:35 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hello Everyone!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2010
Response to Introduction
Hi, Gabriela. Welcome to the group. What time period are you writing about? Richard Warren Field http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/ http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/TheSwordsofFaith.htm THE SWORDS OF FAITH, a unique novel about the "Third Crusade" (Richard the Lionheart and Saladin) that stresses t...
- Fri September 17th, 2010, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: September 2010: What Are You Reading?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 18423
Wolf Hall
Don't feel bad, it took me several tries and three books read in between until things finally clicked for me. That said, it is unfortunate with these *literary* books with that pressure that if you don't get it there must be something wrong. Definitely not literary, but I sure felt like the odd man...
- Fri September 17th, 2010, 4:58 am
- Forum: Debate/Rant Forum
- Topic: Present Tense Novels
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5847
Present Tense Novels
I think it is difficult to write an entire novel in the present-tense and have it not seem awkward. There is a screenplayish element to it - but a screenplay is a set of directions for a bunch of people making a movie. I think sections in the present tense can be very effective as a contrast to the ...
- Fri September 17th, 2010, 4:48 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: September 2010: What Are You Reading?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 18423
Wolf Hall
I have to say, this is more about what I am not reading. I put WOLF HALL down for the second and last time. (I posted recently that I started reading it "to find out what all the fuss is about.") At the risk of people thinking I'm unsophisticated, I have to say, I just didn't get it. I found it hard...
- Fri September 17th, 2010, 4:31 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: I'm Back (again!)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1336
Welcome Back
I look forward to being one of the new friends. Richard Warren Field http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/ http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/TheSwordsofFaith.htm THE SWORDS OF FAITH, a unique novel about the "Third Crusade" (Richard the Lionheart and Saladin) that stresses tolerance between the faiths ...