I'm a new author learning to connect with other writers and readers, and I look forward to discussions about historical fiction and hearing opinions. Personally I believe history is a vital subject in the 21st Century--humanity needs the lessons of the past to navigate into the future. Any group (or book) that increases attention and interest to our society's past is important in my view.
I am most interested in historical realism in fiction. I appreciate well-researched and accurately rendered facts about the eras presented. I love many different times: the Greeks and Romans of antiquity are favorites, but so are the Middle Ages, Renaissance Europe, the American West and Civil War, and WWII. I wonder sometimes about the history we are writing today and, probably like many others, see echoes from our past. I'm not sure we've remembered enough...
Happy holidays to everyone, and to a New Year that doesn't stand out too much in the history books...
