tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post9062661302862894116..comments2024-03-06T23:48:50.730-08:00Comments on HISTORICAL BOYS: Historical Fiction for Men and Women: Book group phobiaC.W. Gortnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-90834971544466918992008-10-27T06:41:00.000-07:002008-10-27T06:41:00.000-07:00Hi C.W. I hope your book is doing well. About 6 mo...Hi C.W. I hope your book is doing well. About 6 months ago in another forum you asked me to leave a link for 'The Last Queen' on my site www.newhistoricalfictionbooks.co.uk<BR/><BR/>I did so, and it's been getting regular hits. My novel 'The Adventures of Michael Fane' is out on Legend Press before Christmas. My site is now on page one on all the major SE's. So if there are other writers here, let me know. Cheers Davidctabukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567963414442088007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-4293385003449742862008-10-24T20:33:00.000-07:002008-10-24T20:33:00.000-07:00Linda, I'm looking forward to talking to your writ...Linda, I'm looking forward to talking to your writers group, too! And I'm hoping to chat with Erika this weekend at BookGroup Expo.<BR/><BR/>Dynamic Queen (great name, btw): That was my experience, too. I realized half way through that first group that I was enjoying it and ever since, I've become - as my friends claimed - a real ham.<BR/><BR/>Sarah, I haven't had the awful moment yet when I can't remember a detail from my work, though I'm sure it'll happen! I did have one person at a group ask me why I didn't include more of the Inquisition in The Last Queen, an issue potentially fraught with controversy and dissension; but I had the right answer, fortunately, because I'd researched it beforehand. The way the question was asked, I knew the person was suspicious that I was glossing over this unappetizing fact of life in Renaissance Spain in order to make my story more palatable.C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-40536337562426366962008-10-23T04:29:00.000-07:002008-10-23T04:29:00.000-07:00Book groups are terrifying, but marvellous too bec...Book groups are terrifying, but marvellous too because they're so much less polite than other audiences - at least in the UK, where I think we all tend to be less polite than you are. In my experience, they've usually read my books in advance and prepared very tough and challenging questions which force me to think about my work in different ways - and sometmes admit I'm wrong!<BR/><BR/>And then there's the awful moment when they ask you some detail about a book published two years ago, and you can't remember what they're talkng about! I console myself by remembering David Bowie saying he has to have an autocue for the words of his songs these days so I'm in good company.Sarah Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627778882228743345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-21455187683358969362008-10-22T23:02:00.000-07:002008-10-22T23:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for speaking on something so very identifia...Thanks for speaking on something so very identifiable to many.<BR/><BR/>Public speaking is one thing that will make me run full speed in the opposite direction, even to a root canal. Couldn't eat or think beforehand. But the few times I've done it locally, halfway through the writers' meeting, I realized I was enjoying myself. And at the end I was a little sorry it was over.<BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-606692894015306762008-10-22T21:43:00.000-07:002008-10-22T21:43:00.000-07:00Christopher,And I look forward to having you speak...Christopher,<BR/>And I look forward to having you speak at my writers club meeting.<BR/><BR/>Slightly different, because most of the people there will not have read your work beforehand but will most likely be inspired to buy a book after hearing you speak about your experiences.<BR/><BR/>BTW, my friend Erika Mailman will be at the Book Group Expo as well promoting the paperback release of her book <I>The Witch's Trinity</I>. If you have the chance, try looking her up and introduce yourself to her. Expanding your network of friends is good thing. <BR/><BR/>LindaLinda C. McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554730334838454885noreply@blogger.com