Hmm, I recognize the mention of Anomaly but can't place it. I take it that's another forum?

So, do you write fantasy?

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Resha! What are some of your favorite books?

Welcome, welcome, Resha Caner! What are your stories about?

As far as fantasy goes, I tend toward the old stuff - Greek myth, Arthurian legend, Sir Walter Scott & Robert Burns, etc. Of course LOTR is on a pedestal.

But I like to read a lot of other stuff as well. Two of my favorite books are Crime and Punishment and Don Quixote (I usually use a painting of Don Quixote by Picasso as my avatar, but it seems this site doesn't allow that).

Recently I a read a hilarious little book called The Pig Did It.

So, how about you? What do you like to read?

Oooh! Sir Walter Scott is wonderful. I think Ivanhoe might be my favorite book of his. How about you?

My favorite genre is historical fiction, particularly the French revolution, though I like period fiction as well.

Idril Aravis Mimetes wrote:
Oooh! Sir Walter Scott is wonderful. I think Ivanhoe might be my favorite book of his. How about you?


Yes, Ivanhoe is the best. In Scott's case, he was either on or he wasn't. So, Ivanhoe ranks as great all time literature, whereas The Talisman gets a shoulder shrug. Meh.

Ah, so do you haunt the history forum the most? I've signed up there as well. So, French Revolution. Does that mean you like A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlet Pimpernel, or The Three Musketeers?

Yes, Ivanhoe is the best. In Scott's case, he was either on or he wasn't. So, Ivanhoe ranks as great all time literature, whereas The Talisman gets a shoulder shrug. Meh.

Ah, so do you haunt the history forum the most? I've signed up there as well. So, French Revolution. Does that mean you like A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlet Pimpernel, or The Three Musketeers?

Again, I like the eastern Mediterranean. So, for historical fiction I prefer Greece, Turkey, Egypt, etc. I really like Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish writer who won the Nobel Prize (My Name is Red).

I've only read snippets of Ivanhoe, but as I'm trying to 'broaden' my literary knowledge, Sir Walter Scott is going on my to-read list.

That's why, if you'll head over to the Historical Forum, you'll see a Lady Marguerite Blakeney.

I've read some Egyptian historical fiction. Particularly the ones by Elois Jarvis McGraw. Have you read them? I haven't read anything by Orhan Pamuk yet, but he sounds quite interesting.

OK, this is going to get confusing if people use different names in the different forums.



No, I haven't read McGraw. I'll have to check into it.

No, it's not confusing! You just have to keep an eye on the mini profiles that are on the left side of each post, below the avatar.

Got it. I hadn't noticed that yet.

(Though I still think using "jellyfish" as a code word is easier)

Fine. Jellyfish then.

Welcome!!! We are so happy to have you, and you are just in time for the Masquerade Ball, should you like to join us.

What's that?

Have I upset m'lady?

Oh, no, no. Be assured that you have not.

You have assuaged my heart, m'lady, for I passed a restless night pondering the malodorous sins of masculine offense against the fairer sex, and had prepared a labor of a year and a day for recompense.

On a side note, if you about any of the forums, please feel free to ask me and I will do my best to answer them.