Michelle Rose

@valtmy

That manga sounds really interesting! I especially like the alternate idea of Japan’s isolation. If I ever come across it, I’ll definitely read it. I also share your views on alternate history. I’ve only read one alternate history that I really enjoyed. It also, I guess, fell into the category of steampunk (Scott…[Read more]

Question of the week!

Do you like (or would you be prepared to read) historical fantasy/steampunk/alternate history, or any of those genres that purposely bend and play with history? If you do read those genres, what is your favourite book?

@valtmy @Rochellaine @ashira @selah-chelyah @samantha-pen @scarletimmortalized @michelle And everyone…[Read more]

Yay! I’m glad everyone seemed on board with the plan…

@selah-chelyah @ashira

Thank you so much for your prayers. We appreciate it a lot. The last few months have been hard, but we’re getting there.

@rochellaine

Hello there!

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Since it’s Monday (in Australia at least) I’ll be posting the first question! I’ll try to get to another one on…[Read more]

Hey guys,

Its been a while since this thread was active, but I absolutely love the chances we get on here to chat about his-fic so I  was thinking we could revitalize it.

Other than the things we already discuss on here, I was thinking we could put together a twice weekly (or just weekly) discussion question. Say, on a certain day each week, I…[Read more]

@michelle

Hi Michelle,

Yeah, your username kinda does give your name away. Nice to meet you.

@michelle I’ve been focused on several other guild initiatives recently. Those are getting wrapped up, so I think it will be soon.

@michelle Oh, I love this topic!!  Ooh, victorian version of moses kind of?  Sounds very interesting!

@michelle

Absolutely! Eager to see what you come up with here… 😀

@Michelle I can recommend the OYAN blog’s resources on historical fiction (https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/?s=historical+fiction), and I recently did a blog post of my own compiling links to things I’ve found helpful (https://ofdreamsandswords.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/historical-fiction-resources-online/), including but not limited to how…[Read more]

@seekjustice

Great summary! 🙂

@michelle

Here is an article I found on Italy in the 19th century that seems helpful…it  has some pictures in it, as well:

Life in Italy during the 19th Century

And here is what seems to be an excellent article on the working/poorer class in Italy in the same time…[Read more]

@michelle @rochellaine @selah-chelyah @ashira

Sorry, I didn’t get back to you guys yesterday. It was Sunday and I had the Wifi turned off.

But I’m here now!

Okay, so you want to know about conditions for the poor in England, Italy and Russia in the 1800s to 1900s? Like Rochellaine said, it’s an extremely broad question.

If you want to know…[Read more]

@rochellaine Cool!

@michelle Something neat – Did you know Rochellaine is in law school?  And she knows so much history she is very awesome to talk too!

@michelle Thanks for the clarification. 🙂

Okay, it’s Sunday tomorrow, so I’ll not be on again until Monday.  I’ll give you a quick few notes for now, and we can discuss more later if you like.

In the 1800s and early 1900s (until 1937 when Ireland won its freedom) the Irish were treated very badly by the British, who ruled them.  The Irish, l…[Read more]

@michelle

So you just want a general overview of “surviving poverty throughout the centuries.” 😛  Let’s start off with the fact that poor people always have it rough.  That’s what being poor means. 😉 So saying that it was particularly bad for poor people in the last two centuries feels a little wrong to me.  I would more likely say poor pe…[Read more]

@michelle

😛 I see!

@seekjustice

*waves*  Bring your thoughts over here! 😀

@michelle Okay, let’s go. 😀

The first thing I’d like to say is…that’s a very broad question! 😛 It’s very hard to answer as it is phrased now.  Could you give a little more context?  Like, are you writing something for a specific period, a specific place? or are you writing about “poor people throughout history? or what? 😉  If you could na…[Read more]

@rochellaine  @michelle

😛 You guys are awesome, and I am stalking this thread for sure! Is this a Penny Dealers question, Michelle?!

@michelle Hey, I haven’t met you yet, probably because I was absent from Story Embers for a while.  But I used to follow this thread and I noticed your question so I’m wondering, are you still looking for an answer to this?  It’s been a while since you posted, so I just thought I’d check. 😉

@michelle Thanks!