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What are you writing? June 2012
- wendy
- Compulsive Reader
- Posts: 592
- Joined: September 2010
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
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Trying to complete my western novel by the end of next week. Page 350 is calling . . .
Wendy K. Perriman
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
http://www.wendyperriman.com
http://www.FireOnDarkWater.com
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
http://www.wendyperriman.com
http://www.FireOnDarkWater.com
[quote=""Mythica""]Where abouts? Local histories have been invaluable to me in my family history research.
I am certainly not a professional author but I am always in the midst of re-writing and amending the family histories I've written on all my ancestors for my own person enjoyment. I also started a blog on my genealogy journey.[/quote]
We'll have to pm--I'm big into genealogy and family history, too!
I am certainly not a professional author but I am always in the midst of re-writing and amending the family histories I've written on all my ancestors for my own person enjoyment. I also started a blog on my genealogy journey.[/quote]
We'll have to pm--I'm big into genealogy and family history, too!
Erm, not sure why I'm doing it but I am reading the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey on the kindle. Thankfully from the library so I don't line anyone's overstuffed pocketbooks. No offense to the Brits, but why in the h*** would you place your story in a setting you clearly aren't very familiar with?
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3562
- 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
I need to finish an anecdote I started in my blog. Blogging is a new exercise for me -- I'm used to going over, editing and re-editing what I write, then waiting a few months to 'forget' what I wrote, and come back and look at it again with a critical eye. Even though I'm only telling the family funny stories, this business of just splattering my writing out on the web half-baked takes guts.
- Mythica
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1095
- Joined: November 2010
- Preferred HF: European and American (mostly pre-20th century)
- Location: Colorado
- Contact:
[quote=""MLE""]I need to finish an anecdote I started in my blog. Blogging is a new exercise for me -- I'm used to going over, editing and re-editing what I write, then waiting a few months to 'forget' what I wrote, and come back and look at it again with a critical eye. Even though I'm only telling the family funny stories, this business of just splattering my writing out on the web half-baked takes guts.[/quote]
You can always wait a few days before posting something, I do that sometimes. It may not allow for as much reflection as waiting months but for me, a few days allows me to approach it with fresher eyes. Especially when I first wrote it after a glass of wine or two
You can always wait a few days before posting something, I do that sometimes. It may not allow for as much reflection as waiting months but for me, a few days allows me to approach it with fresher eyes. Especially when I first wrote it after a glass of wine or two

Historical Fiction in medieval South India
I've just begun writing a historical fiction novel set in 13th-century Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Researching the events of that time, while a lot of fun, is still proving to be painstaking work. Thank god for the fiction part of the book 
Is anyone here reading/writing about medieval India?

Is anyone here reading/writing about medieval India?