WWII Fiction Lovers

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Comment by Elizabeth Bennet on December 14, 2009 at 12:22pm

Rachel, yes I often do LOVE talking to veterans. I went to Michigan in June to meet a bunch of 101st vets as well as my author friend Mark Bando. Thanks for the advice, we have a AL and VFW here in my town, I'll have to visit sometime!

Comment by Nike Chillemi on December 14, 2009 at 7:39am

I think in this economy, it's even harder. Publishing houses don't want to take chances. That's why so many of them, even Thomas Nelson, are putting out a self-publishing option. The newbie author takes all the financial risks and if the book sells at all, the publisher might then sign them.

Comment by Roger Pepper on December 14, 2009 at 5:57am

Yes, you probably will need an agent if you want to get published by a major house.

First, you need to do some research to find literary agents that represent what you write. It can take as long as 3-4 months for an agent to sign a new client. And even if all goes well, it's not unusual for it to take as long again to sign with a publishing house. Following that it is likely to take a year or two for the book to appear in print.

In other words, agents, editors and publishing houses are very busy and it's slow.

The bar for the unpublished is high. Focusing on perfecting the manuscript is very important.

Roger :--))

Comment by Roger Pepper on December 13, 2009 at 9:48am

Hi Rachel.

Quiet and obedient, but just a little bit rebellious and catty behind the scenes should strike the right note!

My Memoir, My Father the Viking, won 3rd Prize in the 2006 Linda Joy Myers Memoir Competition of the National League of American Pen Women. (word limit 3,000).

Haven't published a novel yet :--))

By all means pick my brain. LOL

Roger

Comment by Roger Pepper on December 11, 2009 at 2:45pm

Rachel, I missed your earlier post. Sorry.

I may well be able to help with London during WW II. My memoir, My Father the Viking, would give you an idea what life was like back then.

This isn't my first, or my second novel. I recently finished Davide, Contemporary Speculative fiction (Christian). And it took a couple of weeks or so to get the writing bug again. But I have.

I'll be writing from the female as well as the male point of view, and I know I'll need a lot of help!

It is nice here in the orchard, especially at apple blossom time in spring. :--))

Think quiet, obedient nurses, kept in line by a dragon of a matron. And maybe talking about the Queen behind her back.

Comment by Elizabeth Bennet on December 11, 2009 at 8:04am

I also have plans on writing from the perspective of a nurse in WWII, but it will be about a US Army nurse. Still planning and researching for it.

Comment by Elizabeth Bennet on December 11, 2009 at 8:03am

I wrote first, but had to tons of revisions, so I dunno if I would suggest writing first. I learned the HARD way. But durring those times of revisions I have done tons of research of my current novel I'm writing. So that did help.

Comment by Roger Pepper on December 11, 2009 at 5:37am

Note: The matron of a hospital had as much power and influence as the senior physicians. In a sense, she was a working administrator, and disciplinarian. Think Alice in Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts :--))

Comment by Roger Pepper on December 11, 2009 at 5:30am

Rachel, I can only recall the somewhat austere, matronly impression of nurses back then. I did 'suffer' a week in a hospital, but the only thing I can offer is that the nursing profession and hospitals were, unlike today, prim and proper.

Doctors still visited their patients at the patient's homes, so nurses worked mostly in hospitals.

Roger

Comment by Roger Pepper on December 11, 2009 at 5:16am

I believe that research starts in the conceptual phase of an historical novel, and then goes hand in hand with the writing until the end. The more you know, the easier it is to (in your mind) 'live' in the time period that you are writing about. To be inside the character's skin. All of which is most important for creating character depth, vivid scenes and realism.

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