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Hello from Gordon Doherty

Post by Gordopolis » Sat April 9th, 2011, 2:41 pm

Ave!

I'm a 33 year old Scottish writer and I'm delighted to have found this website!

I'm a big fan of Scarrow, Gemmell, Iggulden, Barone, Manfredi and many others. A mixture of the darkness of Gemmell's stuff and the camaraderie of Scarrow makes an ideal read in my opinion. I try to read widely, but love coming back to a gripping, gritty historical adventure :)

As such, I've written a novel 'Legionary' in this mould. it's available as a Kindle eBook on Amazon, and I'm looking at putting it out to all the eBook stores and on demand paperback. It's been a wonderful experience writing what I love to read (well, wonderful and stressful!), and along the way I've discovered lots of new authors.

Hope this is okay by the mods - here's the link to 'Legionary' on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legionary/dp/B0 ... 032&sr=8-1

Cheers and look forward to chatting with you all soon!

G
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Post by fljustice » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:03 pm

Welcome aboard, Gordon! Lots of Roman and military reader/writers here, so you should feel right at home. Best of luck with your book.
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Post by boswellbaxter » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:27 pm

Welcome, Gordon! Glad to have you here.
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Post by Vanessa » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:34 pm

Welcome, Gordon! I hope you enjoy it here and I wish you luck with your book.
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Post by Misfit » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:43 pm

Hi Gordon, welcome aboard.
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Post by LoveHistory » Sat April 9th, 2011, 3:47 pm

Nice to meet you, Gordon. Best of luck with your book.
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Post by David Ross Erickson » Sat April 9th, 2011, 4:35 pm

Hi, Gordon, nice to have you here. I'm a fan of Gemmell and some of the others you mention as well. I loved Lion of Macedon. I look forward to checking out your book. Congratulations on getting it out there!
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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sat April 9th, 2011, 5:14 pm

Hi Gordon!
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Post by Tim Woods » Sat April 9th, 2011, 11:18 pm

Welcome abord, Mate.
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Post by Gordopolis » Sun April 10th, 2011, 11:28 am

Cheers for the warm welcome guys - great to see this board is so active!
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