Any writers?

[MelissaAnne]

Hi all -

Just wondering if any of you write fiction set during the Golden Era. I'm currently working on a WWII fiction novel and have another WWII thriller series in the works.

Anyone else?

 

[jitterbugdoll]

I'm working on a children's book right now...

 

["Doc" Devereux]

I'm currently working on a modern-day, and contracted for another one after that. Once those are out of the way, I've got a lovely little yarn set in the thirties called Talons of the Sphinx that needs to be dealt with.

Whether it'll sell, of course, is another matter...

 

[Lena_Horne]

My stories, as of late, have been post-WWII right up to 1968 at the latest. I keep them on my MySpace blog.

http://blog.myspace.com/35696929

L_H

 

[Senator Jack]

My work is a cocktailian comic disaster set in Manhattan, 1958. With a little more effort, I should have it done by 2058.

Regards,

Senator Jack

 

[Jack Scorpion]

Mine is modernday P.I. stuff w/golden-era remnants.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Mine is set in an immigrant community in Philadelphia during Prohibition.

 

[MK]

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Anyone making a living as a writer?

 

[Story]

Mine is set in an immigrant community in Philadelphia during Prohibition.

Why Philly?

And to answer your question, Melissa - yes. Set in 1938 and based somewhat on time I spent in the Caribbean. Spies, flying boats, skullduggery, etc.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

Anyone making a living as a writer?

Oh you w/your jokes.

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Anyone making a living as a writer?

With a little consultancy on the side, yes.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Why Philly?

Because I am from there and I understand it. Philadelphia's history is only slightly hidden beneath a veil of commercialism. Stand on Market Street long enough, and all those images rush back to you.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Anyone making a living as a writer?

(raises hand)

When I'm not working at the movie theatre, I do freelance writing -- mostly corporate PR stuff (which might fall under the category of "fiction," but hey, it's a living), but I also do a lot of non-fiction writing on Golden Era subjects. Last year I published a book, a biography of the radio team "Amos and Andy," and have had quite a few articles in radio-oriented magazines.

Back in my school days, I wrote dozens of short stories set during the Depression era -- mostly just for fun, and most of them not very good. But it was a way of getting my thoughts on paper and building my writing skills, so it was a worthwhile exercise. Now I wish I'd kept them -- they'd be fun to look at again...

 

[MelissaAnne]

I'm a copywriter for a book publishing company, so I guess you could say that I do make my living from it. But I hope to make my living from my novels someday - with the understanding that I'll probably have to keep my full-time job.

 

[scotrace]

Anyone making a living as a writer?

Not "as a writer," but mainly from writing.

 

[Zemke Fan]

That sums me up, too, Scott...

Not "as a writer," but mainly from writing.

... although I also have several major writing projects in the works. Hope to share some news on one of these shortly.

 

[Tin Pan Sally]

Yes, and I'm even published. I'm just writing book reviews for the Joe Bob Report right now. I have done poetry (yuck), gig and movie reviews (free shows yippee), song lyrics, short stories, and such. I've started a couple novels ... but then who hasn't?

 

[AeroDillo]

Hey, I'm only fourteen months late, but....

I have one about Texas during Prohibition and the Depression. Still mostly in the planning stages, though. lol

 

[Cobden]

I often write little short stories for my own amusement; they usually just sit on my hard drive until the computer dies (I don't back them up). I don't plan to have them published (most I don't even shew people); I just do it for fun. Although once I made £13 writing other peoples creative writing english coursework for them at school - they all got A*!

 

[Jack Scorpion]

Well, this thread is old. Since the previous reply, I have made a living writing... copywriting.