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Rochellaine replied to the topic For All The Historical Fictioners in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years ago
@lin I just turned 20 at the end of March. Yes, you’re on the upper side of the age range, but there are actually quite a few non-teenagers here. 😉
I like his-fic most of all. I enjoy a well-written sci-fi book if I can find one. I especially love to read “contemporary fiction” books written in the 1900s-1950s, since they’d be classed as historical fiction now, but they were written at the time the stories are set in, so the details are all historically accurate. (Details meaning slang and popular phrases, fashion, and cultural norms.) My favorite series of that kind is the Patty Fairfield series by Carolyn Wells. I like Western authors from the early 1900s too, such as Zane Grey, William MacLeod Raine, and B. M. Bower. A couple contemporary authors I like are Lois Walfrid Johnson and Robert Elmer.
I think someone mentioned gutenberg.org to you already, and that’s where I read a lot of the old books, since they’re in public domain and free. (Depending on the country, though, I think.)
What’s your WIP about? Or did you already say?










