Your historical WIP time & place

[Puma]

Way back when I asked what periods of history were over and under represented in works of fiction. Moving on to part 2 - in your WIP(s), what's the time period and the location?

My no longer WIP is 1800-1815 in Ohio. What's yours? Puma

[Carmy]

5th Century Wales.

[Croque Madame]

Current historical WIP is Tudor Era, England. I write that era/locate most often, as I have a fairly firm grounding in the history and genealogy.

I did have an idea recently for a piece set during the Patriarchal period of the Old Testament, but I wouldn't qualify that as pure historical.

[Marlys]

1815; Vienna and France
1368-69; England and France
ca. 1400; Ireland and England
1895; London

My published books are both Regency Era England--1816 for PoT; 1815 for DYG.

[PattiTheWicked]

I've got one taking place in Britain, 174 c.e., and another during the 1840s along the Oregon trail.

[pdr]

Short stories: 200AD to 5000BC world wide.
Novels: 17thC UK and 19thC NZ, UK and OZ.

[Histry Nerd]

WIP 1: Mid 6th-century Britain.
WIP 2: Late 12th-century England.

HN

[funidream]

Agented and in submission: Mid-eighteenth century, colonial Virginia frontier.
WIP: 1776-1777, New York City.

[Bourbon Street]

I have two completed, seeking representation, both Renaissance (1580's):

I: Wales, England, France.
II: Scotland, Barbary Coast.

[The Scip]

1775-1778 Philadelphia

[Puma]

Looks like so far the British Isles are way out ahead. I'm interested to see a couple American Revolutionary War period works. Puma

[san_remo_ave]

WIP1: 1868, Texas
WIP2: 1823, London

I have a storyline for Rev War, which I'll get to someday. Also, New Orleans, 1812.

So many ideas, so little time....

[The Scip]

Also, New Orleans, 1812.

I'd love to read that one.

[Ol' Fashioned Girl]

WIP: England, 1870s
WIP, in head: Oklahoma, mid- to late-1800s

[PastMidnight]

1852, Philadelphia and American West

1912-1918, Scotland and Chicago, Illinois

[OverTheHills&FarAway]

1. Another post-Roman Britain, mid-fifth century (Wales)

2. Fifteenth-century Germany (Holy Roman Empire)

[Evaine]

I'm working on fantasy at the moment, for which I use elements of 13thC medieval life, but I have an idea for a story to work on in the future set in the Isle of Man and the Lancashire coast in around 1869.
When I started doing research I realised what a fascinating time it was - Douglas, Isle of Man was a tourism boom town, with new hotels being built everywhere and a committee working towards a new railway system for the island, and Fleetwood went from empty sand dunes to a bustling fishing town in twenty years entirely based on the shrimp fishing trade.

[Mr. Fix]

WIP: American West post Civil War (a Dances with Wolves sort of thingy) 1860's - 80's

WIP: France 1600's (King Louis XVI ?, can't be sure of the XVI offhand.) A bio-dramatization.

WIP: Native American Bio - California 1840's

So my 'western' era is well covered.

The French concept story is a dramatization of actual events of that period, but fictionalized.

The Bio on my California NA person needs to be written, he's an important part of California history, but literarialy forgotten.

[Higgins]

Way back when I asked what periods of history were over and under represented in works of fiction. Moving on to part 2 - in your WIP(s), what's the time period and the location?

My no longer WIP is 1800-1815 in Ohio. What's yours? Puma

Kansas. 1947. UFOs and buzzards.

[rtilryarms]

1. 1885 - 1998 South Florida.

2. 1938 to present, international intrigue and professional soldiering

3. 1951 to present IFO's and clandestine politics.

[Memnon624]

An Arabian Nights version of 12th century Cairo (Fatimids and Abbasids and Nazarenes, oh my!).

Scott

[The Scip]

[quote=rtilryarms;1215309]1. 1885 - 1998 South Florida.[quote]


Fiction?

[rtilryarms]

[quote=rtilryarms;1215309]1. 1885 - 1998 South Florida.[quote]


Fiction?

Who needs fiction in South Florida? LOL.

No, it's all true. Only certain names were changed so I don't get killed or sued.



Again.

[The Scip]

1. 1885 - 1998 South Florida.

Who needs fiction in South Florida? LOL.

No, it's all true. Only certain names were changed so I don't get killed or sued.



Again.


You can get killed twice? :)

[Diviner]

1607-8, Jamestown, VA

[valeenc]

WIP#1 - 1930's to the present day - US South

WIP#2 - 1930's Birmingham, Alabama

Outlined but not started - US Gilded Age - 1890's, various locales as it's a series

I'm beginning research via oral histories of pre-Civil Rights era NC up to and including the assassination of MLK, Jr.

[doeraymee]

Lat 1940s, Ontario, Canada. Working class community.

[Puma]

Kind of hurts to see my childhood years classified as historical :) Where has time gone? Puma

[rtilryarms]

You can get killed twice? :)

Anything can happen in S. FL.

[EngineerTiger]

Completed manuscript - U.S. 1860 - 1910.

[Meerkat]

1945, Japan.

[strngchs]

Finished book-- 1861 Tennessee
WIP--13th century Scotland

[doeraymee]

Kind of hurts to see my childhood years classified as historical :) Where has time gone? Puma

Sorry Puma, did you mean me??
Hey I know how you feel. I am a bit younger but whenever I see clothing from the 1970s classified as "vintage" I wanna choke LOL
Mind you, "vintage" has good connotations too. I'm vintage -- a fine vintage, like in wine, I'd say...

[Puma]

Hi doeraymee - Yep, your post was the one that finally made me realize there are quite a few historicals being written about periods I lived through. I think I pretty much consider historical as something before my time - maybe we all do. BTW - you didn't hurt my feelings. Just means I ought to be getting paid more as an historical antique :) Puma

[thedrafthorse]

WIP: 1806, French Empire (Paris, Nancy, Dusseldorf)
Idea rattling around in my head: 1830's Paris

Philadelphia (1682-present) is my day job. :D Maybe I'll write about it someday.

[easy_breezy]

WW2-era, London, England/San Francisco, CA.

[Franz]

1958 North Atlantic Barrier. The navy had four planes in the air, and four radar picket ships, converted destroyers, on station for over two years 24/7 between Newfoundland and the Azores. In Feb one of the planes vanished without a trace, my uncle was the radioman on that flight. WIP still researching the incident.

[Gabriele]

Mostly Roman Empire.

A Land Unconquered - Varus Battle and Germanicus campaigns, 9-16 AD
Caledonia Defiant - Troubles between the Caledonian tribes and the Romans, 119-122 AD (when Hadrian ordered the Wall to be built)
The Charioteer - Dalriatan tribal leader is enslaved, makes a career as chairoteer in Rome and returns to claim the leadership of his tribe a rival has taken, 407-412 AD
Endangered Frontiers - The Visigoths siege of Rome and founding of the Kingdom of Tolosa, 408-416 AD
Eagle of the Sea - Historical Fantasy, Agricola's campaigns in Britain and battle of Mons Graupius, around 84 AD

Other Projects:
Never to Return (in planning) - Charlemagne's Saxon Wars, about 780 AD
Kings and Rebels (rewrite) - Historical Fantasy, setting 12th century Scotland, England, France, Germany and Norway

[Captain Scarf]

The People's Republic of Zludovia - 1949

[ccarver30]

1825ish London, England

[Willowmound]

Nineth century Scandinavia.

[BruceJ]

Palestine, 8th-century BC. I include actual photos! :)

[ClaudiaGray]

Although I am not currently in the writing stage with it -- just at the "research and outlining" phase -- I hope to write a book set in the early Roman Empire.

[zanidove]

1858 to 1864 Tennessee Civil War

First book section written, second book section started.

[Vandal]

WIP: Colonial New England (1676 to 1766), then fast forward to present day

[cherubsmummy]

1850's and 1860's, colonial Australia. I am researching more than writing at the moment.

Emma

[MissAimee]

I haven't even started anything yet except a little research. But my time is 1880's Arizona

[JamieFord]

Seattle's Chinatown, 1942.

[Bmwhtly]

Outlined: 1940 Scapa Flow.

[CoriSCapnSkip]

So far mine are all 19th Century America. The one I've finally settled on a lot of it takes place in Chicago prior and up to the Great Fire.

[Jimmy Boy]

The finished one I'm trying to sell, 1215-1217 England.

The one I'm getting started on, 1346-1347 France.

[AnneWhitfield]

Broken Hero 1944 Yorkshire, England
Woodland Daughter 1901 Yorkshire England

[Anne Lyle]

WiP: London, 1593 ('soft' SF alternate history- Henry VIII's grand-daughter rules a more-or-less Catholic England, and America is inhabited by technologically advanced folk who evolved from raccoon-like beasties :Wha: )

Plans: all a bit vague, but there will be one or more sequels set in Europe in the 1590s, and at some point I'll probably write something set in the same altered timeline but around 150-200 years later.

[BardSkye]

Jerusalem, Afghanistan and China from 7BC to the birth of Christ.

[KimberlyInMichigan]

Boston and Charleston, SC 1856-1865

[Savvy]

Mid 1400s Romania
Late 1400s Milan
Ancient Rome

[TomoeMichieru]

13th century Japan.

[dahosek]

1900 Prague

[dantem42]

Civil War New Orleans. Mine pits two historical characters against each other: the legendary voodoo queen Marie Laveau against the 19th Century's most notorious murderess, Delphine Lalaurie.

[De Lady]

1962, Borscht belt of Los Angeles, Fairfax district

[Doogs]

218 - 216 B.C. - Rome and Italy

[Raiyah]

My current WIP:

1947 India, during the partition.

[yttar]

Current WIP: The Emerald Dragon, the Caribbean Sea, 1692. Natural disasters, pirates, monks, shapeshifters, magic, and fate.

Yttar

[Willowmound]

Historical?

[Dhewco]

1483-1492 (with a short epilogue in 1519) London, Wales, Scotland, France, Holy Land, Egypt, with Crete in there somewhere.


It's a book that does a what-if Edward V had been allowed to live and rule . . . and been in good health.

[rihannsu]

I have a romance set in WWI and a time travel that takes place in the 1880s.

When I get some of this stuff finished, I want to take a crack at Colonial US.

[PastMidnight]

Just starting one set in Chicago in the 1890s.

[popmuze]

Non fiction: New York City 1900-1930. Can anyone recommend some good books to start my research?

[Zara Ravenwood]

In the planning stages: Murder Mystery Set in the First Temple Period of Israel. Something like 1000 BCE

[girlyswot]

I'm new round here and I'm not absolutely sure whether my WIP counts as historical or not. Maybe if I'm wrong, someone could point me in the direction of a better forum.

I'm working on a novelisation of an ancient Ugaritic myth. There are both human and divine characters, as in all myths, so there will be elements of the story set in something approximating to 3rd millenium BC Ugarit, but there will also be elements set in the house of the gods and the two will interact.

If you're struggling to get your heads round this, let me put the question another way. Which category would Homer fit into if he were hanging round the Water Cooler? ;)

[lkp]

I'm new round here and I'm not absolutely sure whether my WIP counts as historical or not. Maybe if I'm wrong, someone could point me in the direction of a better forum.

I'm working on a novelisation of an ancient Ugaritic myth. There are both human and divine characters, as in all myths, so there will be elements of the story set in something approximating to 3rd millenium BC Ugarit, but there will also be elements set in the house of the gods and the two will interact.

If you're struggling to get your heads round this, let me put the question another way. Which category would Homer fit into if he were hanging round the Water Cooler? ;)

I'd put you in historical fiction anf/ fantasy. I have a pretty expansive definition of historical fiction. I'd put Gene Wolfe's Latro books in those categories too. But your book is one case in which, were I querying an agent about it, I would not state a genre. I'd just describe the book and leave classification up to them.

[girlyswot]

Well, the good news is that I'm not really planning to approach an agent with it. And if I did, I'd try to write a more scholarly translation of the myth so that would have a different audience again and I'd know which publishers to approach. I just wondered whether it would be okay to discuss it/post snippets here on the forum.

[ned]

1799-1801, Plymouth (England), Avignon and Cairo

I just read this list, and what romping fun to see all the dates and places that inspire everyone.

I noticed a number of writers focusing on England and France around the Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars. So many historians suggest that our fascination with this period has grown in recent years because, first, our own time has so many similarities, and second, we know, deep down, that we are finishing what they started.

Not having the energy to study it in that much depth, I'll take their word for it.

[DeleyanLee]

Presently: London, 1888

Previously: Ireland/England, 1201; Ulster, 1178; Egypt, 2180 BCE

[donroc]

Spain and Amsterdam, 1617-1643.

To be released sometine in 2008 -- non vanity or POD.

www.donaldmichaelplatt.com

[Teena]

WIP is 1550-1560s England -- Mary Tudor's reign to the end of Elizabeth I's. [only important because heroine's parents were burned as heretics by "Bloody Mary."]

[Renee Russell]

KATE'S PRIDE is a post Civil War novel. Sort of a cross between Gone With The Wind and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Currently working on a Civil War novel.

Renee/Darcy

[ishtar'sgate]

current WIP - ancient Babylon in the months prior to invasion by Persians and Medes
prev novel - 14th century England - plague year
Linnea

[donroc]

One man's Mede is another man's Persian.

:roll:

www.donaldmichaelplatt.com

[ishtar'sgate]

One man's Mede is another man's Persian.

:roll:

www.donaldmichaelplatt.com (http://www.donaldmichaelplatt.com)
Okay, maybe I'm just tired but I don't get it. Huh?
Linnea

[donroc]

Okay, maybe I'm just tired but I don't get it. Huh?
Linnea

You will if you cogitate at dappled dawn.

www.donaldmichaelplatt (http://www.donaldmichaelplatt)

[job]

WIP: 1806, French Empire (Paris, Nancy, Dusseldorf)
Idea rattling around in my head: 1830's Paris

Ah. I have/will have works set in France. One in 1803 and one--I'll write it someday -- set in 1791 or 1792.

Cool.

[job]

1825ish London, England

Ah. Then you are just a little after my era. I'm doing 1789 to 1820, England and France.

Mine are Historical Romance too.

[job]

Well, the good news is that I'm not really planning to approach an agent with it. And if I did, I'd try to write a more scholarly translation of the myth so that would have a different audience again and I'd know which publishers to approach. I just wondered whether it would be okay to discuss it/post snippets here on the forum.

Look at the section 'Share Your Work'. That's probably what you're looking for.

[Zelenka]

One of my WIPs takes place between 1678 and 1720 (roughly), in England, Spain, the Gold Coast and North Carolina. It's a semi-fantasy story though as well.

The other series I'm working on is set during the English Civil War, with the first story taking place in 1642. I have no idea when the last one will take place. Depends how long I keep my MC alive...

[Drasheny]

Iowa during the early 1920s.

[erinbee]

Berlin, Germany, 1943-1945.

[Danger Jane]

Two during/around the fifth century BC, Greece.

Another in the planning stage in Persia during the reign of Darius the Great.

All of them have heavy elements of the mythology of the times, but they're not really sf/f.

[Manat]

Broken Wing, out next year: 1795-1805. Takes place in France, England, the Mediterranean and North Africa

An Inconvenient Bride, WIP almost complete: 1685-1689, covers death of Charles, reign of James and the 'Glorious Revolution' that brought William and Mary to the throne. Takes place in England, Highland Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.

[ello]

Hello. My finished work is WWII set in Japan and the PHilippines. My current WIP is set in 360BC Korea. Talk about difficult to research!

[JChoma]

It's really interesting (and encouragng) to see all this enthusiasm for history.

My WIP take place between the years 1835-1875 in Northeastern Ohio. It's been a WIP for the past two years, but I've been enjoying the ride. I think what I like best about it is that it takes place in my backyard rather than thousands of miles away. Goes to show there's interesting history everywhere -- it's all in how you present it.

Jim

[geologism]

Krakow, Poland, 1945.

[Beyondian]

Brest, Paris, and sundry other places in France. 1795-1840. Think a French version of Sharpe with heavy overtones of Les Miserables, Restoration, and Scaramouche.
Oh. And a mystery or five.

[girlyswot]

It's really interesting (and encouragng) to see all this enthusiasm for history.

My WIP take place between the years 1835-1875 in Northeastern Ohio. It's been a WIP for the past two years, but I've been enjoying the ride. I think what I like best about it is that it takes place in my backyard rather than thousands of miles away. Goes to show there's interesting history everywhere -- it's all in how you present it.

Jim

You should talk to Puma. Hers are in Ohio too, though a little earlier than yours, I think.

[girlyswot]

Way back when I asked what periods of history were over and under represented in works of fiction. Moving on to part 2 - in your WIP(s), what's the time period and the location?

My no longer WIP is 1800-1815 in Ohio. What's yours? Puma


There we go!

[tallus83]

England and The Med, 1941

[BarbaraKE]

1870 East Prussia and Berlin

[KikiteNeko]

My WIP: Early-mid 1960's California.

[DWSTXS]

I've got one taking place in Britain, 174 c.e., and another during the 1840s along the Oregon trail.

The 1840's along the Oregon Trail? Count me in as a beta reader, or just as someone who will buy it when published (notice I didn't say if published?)


Mine is set in 1969, San Francisco and the Woodstock concert in NY. (sex, drugs, and rock and roll.)

[Evaine]

I started off with a fantasy set in an un-named city, probably around the eighteenth century - but the story wants to be set very firmly in London, and in 1750, so I think I'll have to go with it.

[bylinebree]

England and The Med, 1941


As in the Mediterranean?

My current WIP is set around 1250 A.D. - France & southern England.

Another I have in mind is around 1916, just before WWI in the States - and before the Easter Uprising in Ireland.

[williemeikle]

1755 - Somewhere north of Albany

[tallus83]

Sorry.

Yes, The Med does mean the Mediterranean. Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, and the evacuation of British forces from Crete.

[jessicaorr]

My current WIP takes place in 1893 Chicago. Though I'm only in the good basic plot/characters/setting- lets research this baby and make her grow phase.

[PastMidnight]

My current WIP takes place in 1893 Chicago. Though I'm only in the good basic plot/characters/setting- lets research this baby and make her grow phase.

Hey, my NaNo novel was 1893 Chicago! So how many times do your characters ride the Ferris Wheel? :)

[Julianne Douglas]

Hi, all! I'm new here. I just introduced myself up in Newbies. I hope you'll let me play!

I have an agented first novel, set in Lyon, France in 1551, currently under submission.
I'm working on a second, set at the French court at Fontainebleau in 1539. I have a doctorate in sixteenth century French literature, so the period is pretty familiar to me. <s>

I look forward to browsing this thread and seeing what you are all working on.

[jessicaorr]

Hey, my NaNo novel was 1893 Chicago! So how many times do your characters ride the Ferris Wheel? :)

As often as she can afford :D Wouldn't it be great if the Ferris Wheel were still around like the Eiffel Tower, Space Needle and Arch?

[Gina_Marie]

American Civil War Syracuse & Albany New York.

[Pup]

American Civil War Syracuse & Albany New York.

Hey, we're not too far apart in years or miles! My just-finished WIP (is that an oxymoron?) was set in 1867 New York City.

Current WIP: 1850s Maryland.

[Gina_Marie]

The more Victorian Fiction out there, I say the better :)

[crrazyjane]

Surprised to see so many medieval middle and near eastern settings. Glad to know I'm not the only glutton for self-punishment on here.

WIP - 804-805AD, Baghdad.

Took me three days just to get a firm handle on the naming systems. But what can I say - I love it!

[Zelenka]

My new short(ish) WIP is set in London, on the evening of the 9th November 1888.

[angeliz2k]

Previous: Roman Britain/Rome, 60 AD.
Current: France, 1770's and '80's.

...go figure.

[jennontheisland]

11C Wales - about 67 of 80K complete in progress and frustrating me beyond belief
1740s France - 7K of 10K complete and being ignored
2500 BC Egypt - was done, nearly polished then lost in a disagreement between my laptop and flash drive. It lives on in my head and I will rewrite it. It was only 6K
Various and assorted others in a variety of stages of outlining and plotting.

All are erotic romance.

[murmel]

1689 Scotland (three books, the 2nd finished, the 1st started, the 3rd outlined)
1945 Germany

[PastMidnight]

My muse is setting up camp out your way, Puma. :) Ohio, 1917-mid 1920s

[Puma]

Hi Past MIdnight - If I can help in any way. let me know. What part of Ohio is your muse settling in? Puma

[PastMidnight]

Thanks! I might indeed shoot a few questions your way. At this point, roughly northeastern Ohio, but that may change.

[Pup]

Thanks! I might indeed shoot a few questions your way. At this point, roughly northeastern Ohio, but that may change.

Don't know just how far northeast, but if you need to include Cleveland, here's a fairly detailed site on the city's history that I've found helpful: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. (http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/search.pl?section=A)

[PastMidnight]

Don't know just how far northeast, but if you need to include Cleveland, here's a fairly detailed site on the city's history that I've found helpful: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. (http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/search.pl?section=A)

Excellent! Thank you for the link, Pup!

[Rattus]

WIP either 1880s or early 1900s Sydney. Still in its infancy and research stage (which explains why I'm not real sure on the time period).

[Giovanni_Spada]

Riiiiise from your grave, thread!!

Ahem.

My current works take place in Italy (mostly in Rome) between 1590 and 1600.

[donroc]

My sequel to ROCAMORA takes place mostly in 17th century Amsterdam.

[Puma]

I'm not writing fiction right now, doing a lot of work with real history in early 19th century Ohio. Puma

[firedrake]

Querying WW2 novel (1939-1945) set in England;
Just finished novel: Begins in Kashgar in 1937; second part England 1941 to 1944

[Steam&Ink]

Riiiiise from your grave, thread!!


LOL.


My WIP (just completed first draft): 1890 - London.
My new WIP: 1921 - A small town in Oxfordshire, England.

[GJB]

1) 216-208 B.C. Starts in India, moves to North Africa, Iberia, Rome and back to India. Agented and on sub with that one, but for too long already....
2) WIP is set 184-178 B.C., all in Iberia. Soon to be finished....

[cooeedownunder]

Starts 1814 England/London and ends Australia/Cambelltown 1823 - First draft recently completed.

[angeliz2k]

I'm more or less where I was a year and a half ago! Well, at least on paper I am. I've actually finished the WIP I was working on.

old WIP: 60 AD Rome/Roman Britannia . . . . no agents are giving me the time of day here.

new WIP: 1780's Paris: finally finished a real first draft! I need a beta reader now. Anyone interested?

[Tepelus]

My WIP: Mid-Late 15th Century Hungary and what is today Romania.

[cooeedownunder]

I'm more or less where I was a year and a half ago! Well, at least on paper I am. I've actually finished the WIP I was working on.

old WIP: 60 AD Rome/Roman Britannia . . . . no agents are giving me the time of day here.

new WIP: 1780's Paris: finally finished a real first draft! I need a beta reader now. Anyone interested?

Have you tried the beta reader forum?

I'm currently beta reading someone's work while trying to rewrite my own, and do some other stuff, but although I know it sounds like a long time away, but if you are still looking for someone after Christmas or need another reader - early New Year, I will have a look over it for you.

[shethinkstoomuch]

My WIP: Summer through early Autumn 1940 in England. Battle of Britain. :)

[Albannach]

In edit--13th and 14th century Scotland.

[Puma]

Hello all you newcomers. If you haven't yet, you might want to take a look at historical Share Your Work (SYW) which can be accessed from a bit farther down this main page. We have monthly challenge topics and offer crits and comments on each other's posts. And, anyone can post the beginning of a WIP at anytime. There are some historical regulars around who make sure posts don't get ignored (but if you post more than about 1500 words, it may be too much to get many comments). So - welcome to historical. Hope to see you around. Puma

[Albannach]

Thanks. I posted the first chapter but I"m afraid it's more like 2500 words. :(

[AZ_Dawn]

Time: Some time in the first decade of the 18th Century.
Place: Here and there in the Caribbean.

[Snowstorm]

My NaNovel takes place 1846-1847 in Nebraska, USA. [well, to be historically accurate, the novel takes place in Missouri Territory. :D)

[angeliz2k]

Have you tried the beta reader forum?

I'm currently beta reading someone's work while trying to rewrite my own, and do some other stuff, but although I know it sounds like a long time away, but if you are still looking for someone after Christmas or need another reader - early New Year, I will have a look over it for you.

Yeah, I did try the beta readers forum, and it seems that like you most people are pretty busy until Christmas. I'll let you know if I could use your help. Thanks! :D

[cooeedownunder]

Yeah, I did try the beta readers forum, and it seems that like you most people are pretty busy until Christmas. I'll let you know if I could use your help. Thanks! :D

Ah, if your serious about publication, and don't already have am agent, looks like after Xmas is a good time to get a beta reader :D

[SilverBirch]

Well, as if a writing a good historical story isn't hard enough, I had to go and find an immortal character to write about. The fragment of her life I've focused most of my energy on thus far is set in Boston, 1720s through 1770s. I do have more ideas waiting in the wings, ranging from 1780s Philadelphia, late 1800s Arizona, and some fabulous, yet-to-be-determined adventure in the 1920s US (location and adventure yet to be determined, though I'm pretty sure bootlegging will play a part).

[Steam&Ink]

... and some fabulous, yet-to-be-determined adventure in the 1920s US (location and adventure yet to be determined, though I'm pretty sure bootlegging will play a part).

Fun! My only regret with my 1920s mystery is that it's set in the UK, which did not have prohibition - I would love to write a scene in a speakeasy :)

[Sirius]

My (just finished) MS is set in Manchester and a small town/large village in the Peak District with the first part set in February 1863 and the next part set between 1915-1919.

I'm also working on an alternative historical fantasy (in which the course of history was changed when James VI of Scotland was actually drowned by the North Berwick witches when sailing home with Anne of Denmark) which is set in a very alternative 1903.

I'm engaged in active research to a semi-sequel to the first MS (some of the minor characters from the first one get to take centre stage and vice versa) set between 1868 and 1905, again in and around Manchester and the Pennines, under the working title Death on The Clarion Van.

[mayamolly]

My WIP is set in 480 BCE Persia...

[MissAimee]

I have two in mind

One is 1770-1790, Revolutionary War
The other 1568 England.

[cooeedownunder]

Certainly a lot of interesting writings happening.

[Puma]

And I'm stuck copy typing old cemetery records! But even that is interesting. Seeing how many children didn't even survive their first year is pretty appalling. Seeing the 17 year-olds who died in the American Civil War is too. I really have the feeling people either died before they were 25 or made it past 60 - the ages in between those aren't as well populated as the two ends seem to be - which is odd. Puma

[funidream]

It's fun and interesting to see what everyone is cooking up, but geez, how time flies!

The WIP I was working on in my original post was published this past April.

I'm now working on the sequel that I'm supposed to turn in this coming April. It's 1777 and my MC is a camp follower with the Burgoyne's Army heading toward Saratoga.

[angeliz2k]

I have two in mind

One is 1770-1790, Revolutionary War
The other 1568 England.

I'm curious about the second one here. What's the event you're working with? Or are you not using actual historical/political events (in other words, are you writing about mere mortals living in the Elizabethan age)?

It's fun and interesting to see what everyone is cooking up, but geez, how time flies!

The WIP I was working on in my original post was published this past April.

I'm now working on the sequel that I'm supposed to turn in this coming April. It's 1777 and my MC is a camp follower with the Burgoyne's Army heading toward Saratoga.

Congratulations on getting published! :D

[MissAimee]

I'm curious about the second one here. What's the event you're working with? Or are you not using actual historical/political events (in other words, are you writing about mere mortals living in the Elizabethan age)?

Actually, I haven't started yet. It's a project that I've been working on for the last couple of years. There is a legend about the Casket letters that were "supposedly" written br Mary, Queen of Scots. About her involvement in the murder of her 2nd husband. In 1568, the letter were found when she was under house arrest.
And the idea I'm working with is to prove that Mary, Queen of Scots actually wrote the letters or it was something that was made up. It's more a mystery story then anything else.

[Deb Kinnard]

Working on a sequel to the time travel romance pictured at left. It's set three years later, hence 1356, in Cornwall. Someone has ventured back in time to discover what happened to the original time traveler, and I'm dreaming up all sorts of complications for the hapless wayfarer.

Original publisher has expressed interest in seeing this when done. We'll see.

[ishtar'sgate]

Working on a sequel to the time travel romance pictured at left. It's set three years later, hence 1356, in Cornwall. Someone has ventured back in time to discover what happened to the original time traveler, and I'm dreaming up all sorts of complications for the hapless wayfarer.

Original publisher has expressed interest in seeing this when done. We'll see.
Did a double-take when I looked at your cover and then read '1356'. I'm pretty sure no one wore jeans in the 1300's. Bet she caused quite a stir.:D

[Deb Kinnard]

LOL, you betcha. However, that was one of the fun things about writing a time-travel story...I got to deal with the main character's "future" ways and the wonder and skepticism of the locals among whom she lived.

Why else is time-travel so enticing a theme?

[Libbie]

Did I already post in this thread? I might have, so pardon me for repeating myself if so.

My current book (about Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose, on sub to agents) is set in Egypt, 1500 B.C.E.

Depending on what I decide by tomorrow (that's the deadline I've given myself to get crackin'!) my next one will be Egypt in roughly the same era (Hatshepsut, picking up about eight years after this one leaves off, ending about 40 years later); Egypt about 50 years before this book's beginning (King Ahmose and Ahmose-Nefertari); Paris and some other parts of Europe just after the turn of the 20th century (Nijinsky, Stravinsky, and other artists of the time and place); USA and parts of Europe around the same era (Houdini); or North America in the late 1500s (Pocahontas).

I'm really not sure which direction to go next. I should probably stick with Egypt since it requires the least amount of research for me right now. I'm really fired up to do the Nijinsky/Stravinsky and Houdini books, though. Arrgh!

[Blondchen]

I'm now working on the sequel that I'm supposed to turn in this coming April. It's 1777 and my MC is a camp follower with the Burgoyne's Army heading toward Saratoga.

The YA Historical my agent is prepping notes on has the Battle of Saratoga as a central theme. It's set in the spring of 1777 in New Jersey and the Caribbean.

[Hip-Hop-a-potamus]

Two:

circa 1916 Ithaca/Finger Lakes, NY

1950s to modern day Chicago suburbs

[OpheliaRevived]

1799-1800 Grand Principality of Translyvania (This location will change so as to correct any expectations of vampires.) England, Greece...

[Tepelus]

1799-1800 Grand Principality of Translyvania (This location will change so as to correct any expectations of vampires.) England, Greece...


You got me excited until I read what you wrote in the parenthesis. Sigh. Will Transylvania be associated with vampires forever? A non-vampire story set in Transylvania would be cool.

[firedrake]

WW2, again. September 1943 to, probably, Christmas 1945.

Set in Aldbourne, Wiltshire (UK) so involves the 101st Airborne.

[DustyBooks]

I thought I'd already posted, but I don't see myself anywhere in here. The year is 1795, the sea is the Caribbean, and the ship is a British frigate of 36 guns.

[Elias Graves]

WIP: England, 1870s
WIP, in head: Oklahoma, mid- to late-1800s

There was some CRAZY stuff happening in Oklahoma during that time.

Part of my WIP is set in 15th century England. Parts occur in Rome in the mid 1st century. Most of it happens today.

EG

[David Wisehart]

My current WIP is set in the Italian Renaissance.

[Eddyz Aquila]

One set in 1453; the Fall of Constantinople.

52k and going :)

[Libbie]

You got me excited until I read what you wrote in the parenthesis. Sigh. Will Transylvania be associated with vampires forever? A non-vampire story set in Transylvania would be cool.

Just more to support my hypothesis that vampires ruin everything.

[liwi]

The 1700s southeastern U. S. from a Native American prospective>

[Belle_91]

1860s/Victorian New England

[LaurieWipp]

The Dark Ages - around 923A.D. - Devon England

[Snowstorm]

1846-1848 Nebraska, US.

[firedrake]

Ack! The WIP above has been abandoned for the time being.

Now obsessed with new WIP set in Cumbria in late 9th century.

[dgaughran]

Current WIP (just completed) set between 1806 & 1823 in Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina & Ecuador (and briefly off the coast of France).

Next Project: 1957 - 2010 Mostly Angola & Portugal with bits of Russia, the Carribean & Macau.

(am I only writing stuff for an excuse to visit places?)

[Deb Kinnard]

@those who are writing Dark Ages (actually that term is outdated, but oh well) fic set in England...feel free to drop me a PM if you want feedback on any scene. I'm working on one set in 973 Wales and have done more research on this time frame than I really want to think about. So I'm willing to crit if that's your pleasure, when you're ready.

[vsrenard]

WIP: Renaissance Venice

In publication: Medieval France

[firedrake]

@those who are writing Dark Ages (actually that term is outdated, but oh well) fic set in England...feel free to drop me a PM if you want feedback on any scene. I'm working on one set in 973 Wales and have done more research on this time frame than I really want to think about. So I'm willing to crit if that's your pleasure, when you're ready.

I may well take you up on that. That's a very kind offer. :)

[Sieglinde]

Roman Republic before the time of Marius / Sulla / Caesar.
Pagan-era Finland? Anything besides Kalevala?
"Trilogy" era (1600s) Poland. A very good era.
I want more about 19th century civil wars in Latin America.

[sfauthor]

I have finished the first book of the Gastineau Channel Quartet, Treadwell, which takes place from October 1915 to April 1917
Book Two: Thane, 1921-1923
Book Three: Douglas, 1934-1935
Book Four, Juneau, 1943-1944
All combine real people with ficticious characters, and are based on actual events. Some characters are in all four books, some don't make it that far. Gastineau channel is the body of saltwater that lies between mainland Alaska where Juneau is located and Douglas Isdland which is (now) connected to Juneau by a bridge. All four titles are/were the names of towns or mines within 4 miles of each other. Not much written on Alaska Territory. Still looking for an agent.

[Kitti]

I'm working on what will hopefully be a trilogy. It takes place in London, April-November of 1618.

[Lyra Jean]

I have two ideas in my brain and I'm trying to decide which one to work on first.

1. Florida during the Revolutionary War. It was actually two colonies at the time and didn't secede from Britain like the rest of the colonies.

2. Is about Hernando de Soto's first translator. He actually came on an earlier trip to Florida with someone else, was captured by Indians and thought to be dead. Ten years later when de Soto came to Florida he was found or rather he found de Soto and said he was a Spaniard and a Christian in Spanish to keep from getting killed. He spent the last 10 years living with the Calusa and I want to write about those 10 years.

[khalleron]

1850s - 1880s
Kentucky, Louisiana and California

[meddyK]

Querying a novel set in 1830's Northwest Territory and St. Louis.

[Deb Kinnard]

Rosemerry, I for one feel your translator story is rich with possibilities. What a tale!

[hannah_92]

Set in England during King Richard's reign (1189 - 1899) while he was in the Holy Land. I'm stil very much in the planning stage but I hope to begin writing soon.

[Gabriele Campbell]

I've posted back on page 2 or so, but things have changed a wee bit.

I'm still working on A Land Unconquered, the novel about the Varus battle. Last year we saw the 2000 year anniversary of that, and in its wake some metres worth of new non fiction books have been published, so I'm doing more research. I've also visited several exhibitions and historical sites. The story has grown tentacles on me and will turn into a BIG book. It will include Germanicus' campaigns as well, so it covers the years from 8-16 AD.

In planning (with only some scenes written) is a sequel, Eagle of the Sea, that takes place during the reign of Domitian and will culminate in the battle of Mons Graupius. It's connected with ALU by an ongoing family feud and some other motives. There will probably be a third book taking place during Hadrian's time as well.

Another NiP I'm working on is my Big Epic Mess, Kings and Rebels, an alternate historical Fantasy that is busy turning series on me and has grown more subplots and plot threads than Cthulhu has tentacles. But it's fun, in a slightly masochistic way. :)

Plus I'm back at university, getting yet another useless degree. ;)

[TameraLynnKraft]

1857 - Oberlin, Ohio & Maysville Kentucky.

My last novel was 1862-1877 - Lawrence, Kansas, Colorado, & Wyoming.

[Bookewyrme]

I've just finally managed to pin the time down, so here goes.

Egypt, approximately 1170-1152 BCE.
It's my first attempt at a historical, but it's a period I've been obsessed with for years, so I'm hopeful.

[Kelsey]

1943 ... Vienna and what is now the Czech Republic.

[donroc]

9th century France and Spain.

[lkp]

9th century France and Spain.

That's interesting --- I think my next one is going to be about 9th century Spain and France.

[donroc]

That's interesting --- I think my next one is going to be about 9th century Spain and France.

We may meet in the Spanish March. :D

[Hip-Hop-a-potamus]

Since I've come so far on my Finger Lakes WIP (yay! Almost ready to query!), I've gone in a southerly direction.

The next one dominating my attention these days is in 1930s Central Texas. Sort of a Diane Downs transplanted to that era and area. And the more the authorities dig, the worse it gets.

[Big Wolf]

WIP: American West post Civil War (a Dances with Wolves sort of thingy) 1860's - 80's

WIP: France 1600's (King Louis XVI ?, can't be sure of the XVI offhand.) A bio-dramatization.


Mid-1600s would be Louis XIV - the fourteenth, not the sixteenth. Louis XVI died in 1793, beheaded by the Revolution.

Just tryin' to help.

[Big Wolf]

The Dark Ages - around 923A.D. - Devon England

This sounds very interesting, as I am working on a story set in the Dark Ages, too, but mine is in eastern Europe, north of the Eastern Roman Empire.

By the way, 923 would be after what I have always understood were the definition of the Dark Ages, which were by popular convention to have started at the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 456 or something and ended with Charlemagne's crowing as the new Emperor in 800, Christmas Day.

But you may have a different interpretation.

[angeliz2k]

Mid-1600s would be Louis XIV - the fourteenth, not the sixteenth. Louis XVI died in 1793, beheaded by the Revolution.

Just tryin' to help.

I'm going give the OP the benefit of a doubt and say that he just wasn't sure about the Roman numerals...

[angeliz2k]

I'm toying with the antebellum South, Georgia to be specific. I picked up a wonderful book written by Fanny Kemble, an English actress who married into a slave family and ended up spending a winter on her husband's plantation on the Georgia coast. She hated pretty much every minute of it. She was very shrewd, though, and picked out just about every inconsistency in the Southern logic.

[Big Wolf]

My WIP is based in 6th-century eastern Europe, the darkest part of the dark ages.

[Inarticulate Babbler]

I'm finally getting a good editing pass through A Path to War (set during the opening of the American Revolution). I'm hoping one sequel can finish the entire tale, but it might end up a trilogy. I'm also planning a historical set during the War of 1812, the tale of the son of A Path to War's protagonist. It's my hope to follow this family up through the wars in US history. But, I'm also plotting a stone age novel.

[RichardB]

Just started something new: 1905, United States and Asia. Also working an alternate history/horror 1798-1814. 9th century Venice with reloaded query.

[MelissaAnne]

Hello all.

New here and excited to jump into the discussions.

I write fiction set during World War II, mostly on the American Homefront. I'm working on my fourth novel right now. Nothing published yet, but hopeful!

[autumnleaf]

Late 17th century Ireland and Algeria. One chapter is set in London and two important characters have their back story in Spain.

[donroc]

Welcome to the Historical cooler, MelissaAnne and autumnleaf.

[MelissaAnne]

Thanks, donroc! Looking forward to meeting everyone. :)

[MelissaAnne]

1943 ... Vienna and what is now the Czech Republic.

Sounds intriguing! I'm a HUGE fan of WW2-era novels in Europe and elsewhere.

[MelissaAnne]

WW2, again. September 1943 to, probably, Christmas 1945.

Set in Aldbourne, Wiltshire (UK) so involves the 101st Airborne.

Wow. I definitely came to the right place. Fellow WW2 novelists!

[firedrake]

Wow. I definitely came to the right place. Fellow WW2 novelists!

:D

Sadly, that one's on the back burner but I'll be revising another WW2 novel shortly, starts in 1937 in Kashgar and is mainly set in the UK and still needs a lot of work :Wha:

The first WW2 one has been trunked for the time being until I can introduce a bit more trouble for the MC

[Kitty27]

It's on the backburner now,but I am going for a story set in the Ancient kingdom of Nubia,with a little of Mali on the side.

Normally,I HATE research, but for this book,I want every.single.detail to be perfect.

[autumnleaf]

MelissaAnne: Did you ever see the series "Homefront"? Out in the early 1990s? Theme tune was "Accentuate the Positive"? I went looking for it on DVD recently (gift for my mother, who I used to watch it with). No luck :(

Kitty: I already want to read your book! Ancient Nubia sounds like a fascinating setting.

[MelissaAnne]

MelissaAnne: Did you ever see the series "Homefront"? Out in the early 1990s? Theme tune was "Accentuate the Positive"? I went looking for it on DVD recently (gift for my mother, who I used to watch it with). No luck :(

Kitty: I already want to read your book! Ancient Nubia sounds like a fascinating setting.

YES!!! I LOVED that series! It only ran for two seasons, but it was amazing. As far as I know, it hasn't been released on DVD yet, though there is a group on the Internet that is trying to make that happen.

[autumnleaf]

<Goes to sign online petition for Homefront on DVD>

[roonil_wazlib]

The main WIP is set in 1872 Colorado during the winter.

The second WIP is set in 1886 Colorado during the fall.

I'm wild and crazy! Whatever will I think of next?