Bonjour! I'm Philomena. I'm a young writer (16) living in the United States and enjoy to write and read historical fiction. My favorite time period is WWI and WWII, and I'm a collector of militaria and other such artifacts from those periods. My most recent addition is an envelope of WWII Ration Books snagged from my local antique store at a fetching price. I like to pride myself on my ability to spot a bargain a mile away I'm an avid writer when the mood has struck me, often bucketing out a short story or chapter a day when I'm on a roll. My muse, however, is very fickle. I'm only operating at my full capacity approximately one weekend out of every month, or so it seems. I just can never keep it together long enough to hammer out a full length novel. I suspect, though, with a little self-imposed harassment, I can over come this lack of follow through as I plan to do with my newest project, The Austrian Lie. I type all this when I could merely have sufficed to say, Hi. I'm Phil. I'm here to post in your forums
Thank you for my many welcomes I appreciate them all. @J_Jammer: It's easy to love history, harder to love it/obsess over it like I do But I respect even a little bit of like; it's so hard to find anyone my own age that likes it even remotely @Eunoia: WWII is one of THE most fascinating periods. There's always something to discover about it, so I find. I'm currently studying a handful of territories that were taken over by Hitler during the war for information on what it was like to live under the occupation of the Third Reich. It's completely enthralling to learn about. @Jonalexher: As I just spent time gushing about, the World Wars are among history's most interesting wars. They generate a lot of interest and all of it is well earned and good because they are most certainly events that deserve to be remembered reverently
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