After lurking around on the forum for a little while, it dawned on me that it might be a good idea to actually join.


My name's Beth, and I live near Bristol. I've always enjoyed reading fiction set in the past, but my interest was really piqued in 2008 when I had to research the genre for a creative writing course and discovered the wealth of historical fiction out there.
I've written a couple of short stories, a comic novel set in Early Medieval Wales (currenly languishing on the hard drive, waiting for revision), and I'm gearing up for research on a second Early Medieval novel. So far I haven't tried sumbitting anything, although I'd like to have a go in the future.
As far as writing's concerned, the Early Medieval period is of particular interest to me (in case you couldn't tell

Reading-wise, I'll dig into any period quite happily. I haven't been able to read much historical fiction recently as I'm embroiled in the last year of a degree and have got behind with my set texts.

It's really nice to be here, and I look forward to meeting you all and having some interesting chats.

Cheers,
Beth