Hello all,

I'm Wedgetail. I joined something like two months ago now, but I'm only just getting around to introducing myself. I've been writing on and off since my early teens. Fantasy and MCU fanfiction tend to be my preferred genres, but I'd love to branch out into science fiction and historical fiction in the future.

Hi there! Welcome to Royal Road :) I love MCU fanfiction and fantasy, so I'll check out some of what you've written!

Better late than never! Welcome to Royal Road. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask.

I wish you a great and productive time here. 

Welcome! Historical fiction is fun to read, but damn I imagine that's a lot of research... I hope you find an audience for your work here, certainly sounds like you should with your genres.

Hello and Welcome

I am a new user as well.  I think the new users should be going out of their way to help each other out with responding to their post and reading what they publish as well as writing comments.

If you would like me to read something you wrote, just respond to this post or message me.  I will try to read everyone that responds and comments and ask you to do the same for me.

Welcome to Royal Road. Good luck with your writing.

Welcome! I am also a new user here. 

wedgetail Wrote: Fantasy and MCU fanfiction tend to be my preferred genres, but I'd love to branch out into science fiction and historical fiction in the future.

I like these genres as well, and will probably check out your stuff.


I wish you all the luck with your writing.

Cinn Wrote: Welcome! Historical fiction is fun to read, but damn I imagine that's a lot of research

That's what makes me nervous as well, but one day I'll be brave enough to give it a go :)

Gin Wrote:

Quote:I like these genres as well, and will probably check out your stuff.

Thanks, mate. I'll check out your stuff as well :)

wedgetail Wrote: That's what makes me nervous as well, but one day I'll be brave enough to give it a go :)

Don't be. It is a lot of fun, actually. Although what I'm writing is fantasy in a fantasy world, I have my world rooted in medieval European history and it has worked pretty well for me (well I usually look for smaller things like medieval penalties and medical practices). The closer to real history you go, the harder it becomes, of course, but if you start first with stories carrying smaller historical details and then go deeper with the next stories and then even deeper, then the transition would be easier. The more historical accuracies you want to retain and the closer to the real world you want it to be, the greater the "restrictions" and research input required are. If you like good historical fiction but on a "smaller" scale, try the Father Cadfael Mysteries - medieval crime novels. Another very good historical series is the Sano Ichiro books.  

Oh, I love the Cadfael stories! Also, Moon Riders by Theresa Tomlinson is a series (tbf I think there's only two or three) loosely based on ancient Greek myths around Troy. I really enjoyed them (disclaimer I was a teenager when I read them 🤣).

Ariana Wrote: Don't be. It is a lot of fun, actually. Although what I'm writing is fantasy in a fantasy world, I have my world rooted in medieval European history and it has worked pretty well for me (well I usually look for smaller things like medieval penalties and medical practices). The closer to real history you go, the harder it becomes, of course, but if you start first with stories carrying smaller historical details and then go deeper with the next stories and then even deeper, then the transition would be easier. The more historical accuracies you want to retain and the closer to the real world you want it to be, the greater the "restrictions" and research input required are. If you like good historical fiction but on a "smaller" scale, try the Father Cadfael Mysteries - medieval crime novels. Another very good historical series is the Sano Ichiro books.

I suppose I'm starting to head in this direction already. I'm currently working on a project that's heavily inspired by early Nineteenth Century Russia, but with magic thrown in