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Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

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tdkerst
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Posts: 8
Joined: March 2017
Currently reading: Lincoln in the Bardo
Interest in HF: I'm writing a historical novel set during the Irish Famine in the 1840s
Favourite HF book: The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl
Preferred HF: 19th century New York
Location: Lower Hudson Valley, New York

Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by tdkerst » Fri March 24th, 2017, 8:53 pm

Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this site and am glad to be here. For several years now I've been researching and writing a historical novel set during the Irish Famine of the 1840s. My first edited draft is nearing completion within the next few months, and I hope to start to flesh out a rewrite following that. I'm working on ways to integrate contemporary historical accounts (journals, newspaper articles, workhouse documents, etc.) with the fictional chapters, perhaps by way of prelude to each chapter. Anyway, I'm delighted to be here among like-minded writers similarly interested in aspects of historical fiction.

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Misfit
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Posts: 9581
Joined: August 2008
Location: Seattle, WA

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by Misfit » Fri March 24th, 2017, 11:19 pm

Hi and welcome.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

tdkerst
Scribbler
Posts: 8
Joined: March 2017
Currently reading: Lincoln in the Bardo
Interest in HF: I'm writing a historical novel set during the Irish Famine in the 1840s
Favourite HF book: The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl
Preferred HF: 19th century New York
Location: Lower Hudson Valley, New York

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by tdkerst » Sat March 25th, 2017, 2:46 am

Thanks, Misfit. What are you working on these days?

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Madeleine
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Posts: 5860
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by Madeleine » Sat March 25th, 2017, 11:55 am

Hi and welcome, good luck with the book!
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Misfit
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Joined: August 2008
Location: Seattle, WA

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by Misfit » Sat March 25th, 2017, 1:24 pm

tdkerst wrote:Thanks, Misfit. What are you working on these days?
Hi. I only read, I do not write.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

tdkerst
Scribbler
Posts: 8
Joined: March 2017
Currently reading: Lincoln in the Bardo
Interest in HF: I'm writing a historical novel set during the Irish Famine in the 1840s
Favourite HF book: The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl
Preferred HF: 19th century New York
Location: Lower Hudson Valley, New York

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by tdkerst » Sat March 25th, 2017, 3:52 pm

Thanks for the welcome, Madeleine.
Misfit, I love to sit before the fireplace with a good book on these lingering winter days. Even though we no longer have a cat.

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Misfit
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Joined: August 2008
Location: Seattle, WA

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by Misfit » Sat March 25th, 2017, 8:16 pm

tdkerst wrote:Thanks for the welcome, Madeleine.
Misfit, I love to sit before the fireplace with a good book on these lingering winter days. Even though we no longer have a cat.
The cat-in-lap makes it perfect, even without a fireplace.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Margaret
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Posts: 2440
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: I can't answer this in 100 characters. Sorry.
Favourite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
Location: Catskill, New York, USA
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Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by Margaret » Mon April 3rd, 2017, 9:03 pm

Hi. I only read, I do not write.
And how we who write do love the non-writing readers! Sometimes it seems like everyone in the world is working on a novel, to the extent that passionate readers start to seem like an endangered species.
Browse over 5000 historical novel listings (probably well over 5000 by now, but I haven't re-counted lately) and over 700 reviews at www.HistoricalNovels.info

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Posts: 3566
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Re: Hello from the Lower Hudson Valley of New York

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Tue April 4th, 2017, 12:12 am

Margaret wrote: And how we who write do love the non-writing readers! Sometimes it seems like everyone in the world is working on a novel, to the extent that passionate readers start to seem like an endangered species.
Hear, hear!
I much prefer to read comments from the reader's perspective, even if the person commenting writes. It's their reading tastes and reactions that I find fascinating.
And useful. How else will I find my next good read?

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