I`m looking for help and contacts

[pleslie]

To All,

If you will review my profile you will find out more about me. I want to say hello and so far, I really like this site. My primary purpose here is to generate friendships with quality people in Scotland and Ireland specifically. My great-grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Aberdeen, Scotland in the early 1900s. As a result I was brought up with a passionate love for all things Scottish. I am married to an Irish-American. The reason I am putting this out on the `board is that I am writing what I hope will be the first of a three book series of fiction based on Celtic history and mythology. I have completed the bulk of my research and have 14 chapters done. The books are/will be centered in Ireland and Scotland.
I would like to begin email discussions with sincere people in these two countries (they must be native-born, not American, European, etc. transplants)who love and honor their heritage. Ideally at some point I would like to chat on the telephone and eventually meet when we travel to these countries in the fall of 2003.

My best to you all,

Patrick Leslie
Texas, USA

[SGoreGardner]

Hi Patrick!

I won't be of much help perhaps because I'm just an American, but I had to respond to your post - you be sure and let us know when the book comes out! Good luck with your search for information; it sounds like you have a good start on your writing already.

I know an American author (Lori Royal-Gordon, under the name Lauren Royal) who has written several romance novels set in Scotland and England... the titles are Amythest, Emerald and Amber, I believe. She says her trips to the UK have been for research but I've been there too now and I told her 'yeah, sure - you just want an excuse for going back to the most beautiful place on the planet!'

LOL!!
Good luck then,
Susan