My name is Joseph. I just finished undergrads in history and creative writing, so I thought I'd try out this board over the summer and see if I can contribute. I look forward to work shopping y'all's stories as well as trying my hand at short fiction. For what it's worth: Light in August is my favorite novel. And Lorrie Moore, Alice Munroe, Jumpa Lahiri are some of my favorite short story authors. Authors I tend to want to channel in my own attempts at short fiction are Stephen King and Bret Easton Ellis. Cheers, JC
Hi Joseph, and welcome to the forum! Oh, I like King and Ellis . Feel free to check out our short story contests; might be fun practice for you. Here's our New Member Guide to get you started. Have fun, explore, and participate! -Kat
Hey ladybird. My post sounds confusing. One of my degrees was history and the other was English/creative writing. The only course I had that was similar to historic novels was historiography. If you'd like some book recommendations on different methods in writing historic novels... http://fredgibbs.net/courses/historiography/ ^I don't/haven't written a history book yet but that syllabus (reading list at the bottom) gave me a good understanding of how to if I ever do write that.
Ha, just re read this. I initially read it as links to courses I've taken on historic novels. My bad. But no, I don't write historic novels.
