Hello everyone. I'm excited to meet new people and learn about new HF here. This is my first time using the Skool platform. It looks like it has some nice features. I'm a retired nurse turned historical fiction writer. I grew up in Southern California but came to Nebraska for college and stayed. In college I took a Nebraska writers course where I was introduced to Willa Cather and My Antonia. I think that novel started my love of immigrant stories. It also gave me tremendous appreciation for the early twentieth century history of the part of the country that represented my new home (the story takes place about 40 miles south of the town I live in). For that reason, when someone asks me to identify my favorite HF Cather's My Antonia is always my answer.

@Zena Ryder what a great story about what led to your interest in the US Civil War.