User blog:Nuaman/Hello I'm new, always been interested in alternate history.

Hi just joined, but I have since middle school been interested in counterfactual and alternate histories. Through out highschool I wrote many short stories and annecdotes invlolving history diverging. I don't know were I should start, I want to use a scribbled down story I wrote about two years ago called "Norse America" which involved the Vikings continued exlporation of North America, the only problem is I could never find a good solid POD as to why the vikings continued exploring/colonzing. Never the less I went on to write a whole universe about how the introduction of swords, sailing, navigation, and other technologies shaped Native American society and warfare, in addition to creating a new race of people I called the Norse-Skraelings; interbered Natives and Norsemen (after the Nordic name for the Native Americans). I believe that it could in fact be possible for the Vikings to impact and effect the history of the Americas and Europe, especially if they had a greater impact on American settlement. I am always open to suggestions for improvement, as I get historical facts mixed up a lot, but I hope to have fun and meet more fellow history nerds!