Francophiles discussion

Please add your French-themed Facebook Pages Below.

I often post about France or French-related subjects at my Facebook Fan Page,. If you "Like" my page and message me a link to yours, I'll "Like" you back. Merci! https://www.facebook.com/lindakovicsk...

Not exclusively French, but a lot of it is: https://www.facebook.com/Words-And-Pe...

thanks, Linda and Emma, I've Liked your pages. If anyone wants to return the favour, here's mine:
https://www.facebook.com/Liza-Perrat-...
Thank you!

Here is the FB group pertaining to France that I enjoy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/frenc...

And the bookclub offshoot (just started up) of French Focus Friends:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/16432...
Members can post their French-themed books in a file of the bookclub.

Here is my Facebook page where I share lots of photos of France, stories about life in France and books set in France, especially free or discounted ones. Do come and say hello!
https://www.facebook.com/TheFrenchVil...

Liza wrote: "Here is the FB group pertaining to France that I enjoy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/frenc...

And the bookclub offshoot (just started up) of French Focus Friends:
https://www.facebook.com/..."

Liza, thanks so much for this information. I'm going to check it out today!

Have liked your pages, Linda and Emma. I had already liked yours, Liza and Jacqueline.

This is my FB page, centred on my writing about the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.

https://www.facebook.com/houseatzaron...

Liza wrote: "Here is the FB group pertaining to France that I enjoy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/frenc...

And the bookclub offshoot (just started up) of French Focus Friends:
https://www.facebook.com/..."

Thanks for this, Liza. Will join the group and the Book Club.

Vanessa wrote: "Have liked your pages, Linda and Emma. I had already liked yours, Liza and Jacqueline.

This is my FB page, centred on my writing about the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.

https://www.fa..."

I just hopped over to your Facebook Page. Corsica high on my list of places to visit :)

Linda wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "Have liked your pages, Linda and Emma. I had already liked yours, Liza and Jacqueline.

This is my FB page, centred on my writing about the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. ..."

Thanks, Linda! Yes, you must get to Corsica. As well as wonderful scenery it has such a fascinating history and culture. Separatist violence (some Corsicans don't like being part of France) sometimes erupts but is never directed against tourists.

Bonjour a tous,
I have finally found my treasure trove of books to read! I read anything to do with life in France. I am particularly interested in stories on buying and renovating as we have done the same thing with a little rental apartment in the lovely Loire. I have been writing about our adventures since 2008 but have yet to get it to a final stage. These books inspire me to share those highs and lows and maybe inspire others to take the plunge.

My books are about my French husband and myself buying / renovating old ruins in Burgundy to turn them into vacation rentals. A herculean task, I know! This place is a fantastic spot to find new titles to add to my TBR pile! We may have to arrange a house swap in France one of these days - it's been too long since we visited the Loire!

Sunny wrote: "Bonjour a tous,
I have finally found my treasure trove of books to read! I read anything to do with life in France. I am particularly interested in stories on buying and renovating as we have done..."

Hi Sunny. You might want to join the conversation in the "Introduce Yourself" thread. There are some fun discussions going on there. Here's the link.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Also, Laura Laura Bradbury's book "My Grape Escape" comes to mind when I think of books about buying and renovating homes. Also, "Fat Dogs and French Estates," by Beth Haslam.

Laura wrote: "My books are about my French husband and myself buying / renovating old ruins in Burgundy to turn them into vacation rentals. A herculean task, I know! This place is a fantastic spot to find new ti..."

I would love you to read my French Illusions Series set in the Loire Valley in 1979. I think you'd find my stories intriguing. I'd be happy to gift you a copy :)

Here's another FB page about France-themed books. I don't always agree with her reviews but she's a great source.

https://www.facebook.com/TheFrenchVil...

Leslie wrote: "Here's another FB page about France-themed books. I don't always agree with her reviews but she's a great source.

https://www.facebook.com/TheFrenchVil..."

Yes, I know Jacqueline Brown and have enjoyed her reviews on many occasions (including my own). Thanks for sharing :)

Some of you might be interested in a new group that's just started on Facebook, Wartime Fiction Fans. It focuses on WW2 and, to a lesser extent, WW1. While not specifically about France, there's bound to be quite a lot about France on it by virtue of the topic. It's for readers and writers of fiction and there's a separate private authors' group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/96208...

So far I have resisted Facebook (paranoia?) Am on Twitter and Linked In, now coming to the conclusion that Facebook is inevitable. Any do's and dont's from you wise ones ?
They would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance
Laurette

Laurette, I resisted Facebook for a long time, too, but I really enjoy it now that I've succumbed. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and some old pals have found me that way, which was a lot of fun. I have a FB page for my art as well as a personal one, and I put up a lot of my photos from France to make a virtual tour for people when I was there this past fall. I don't have my phone number or my hometown up there, and there's a lot I don't share, but it's been a good experience.

Leslie wrote: "Laurette, I resisted Facebook for a long time, too, but I really enjoy it now that I've succumbed. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and some old pals have found me that way, which was..."
Thanks for that info Leslie. I know your professional site and its lovely paintings, will take another tour just to see what you've put on there, obviously as you say no phone numbers or addresses.

Laurette wrote: "So far I have resisted Facebook (paranoia?) Am on Twitter and Linked In, now coming to the conclusion that Facebook is inevitable. Any do's and dont's from you wise ones ?
They would be greatly app..."

Yes, Laurette, I think it's a good idea to be on Facebook. I recommend you create an author Facebook FanPage rather than a personal page and try not to spam people with book promotions. Other than that, post regularly and gather "Likes" whenever possible through other groups and places like Twitter. Forgive me if you've seen it, but here is my page if you're interested. https://www.facebook.com/lindakovicsk...

Thanks to all for your advice. Created an author page with difficulty, but inadvertently ended up with personal page as well which I don't really want. Now engaged in struggle to sort things out, if successful I will celebrate by liking all of your pages...where is the local 10 year old genius who can help me out???

Laurette wrote: "Thanks to all for your advice. Created an author page with difficulty, but inadvertently ended up with personal page as well which I don't really want. Now engaged in struggle to sort things out, i..."

I'm not positive, but I think you have to have a personal page to create an author page. Facebook doesn't make it easy, do they?

I think Linda is correct. You need a personal page in order to have a public page.

Thanks Linda and Jaqui, so does that mean I should put the same stuff on my personal page as well as author page? Or do I have to run two pages? This social media stuff is getting very time-consuming...And how do people get directly to my Author page? You're right Linda, I found Twitter much easier to navigate, even Goodreads now that I'm used to it!

You post what you want, where you want! You can totally ignore your page and just use your author one, but people can only like your author page not become friends, that has to be via your personal page.

Ah, the mystery begins to clear...friends are for one page, likes for another. Thanks Jaqui!

And it seems as though it used to be that in order for me to have full access to my artist page I had to change the identity in which I was using FB, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. If I post something on my portrait page, though, I can share it with my personal page. And I post a lot of things on my personal page that don't fit on my professional one.

Leslie wrote: "And it seems as though it used to be that in order for me to have full access to my artist page I had to change the identity in which I was using FB, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I..."
Is there a Ph D in Facebookology?? I think you have 'liked' my author's page, Leslie, is that correct? Will try to do the same for yours...

Yes, I did, immediately! Wanted to show my support for this big step into the unknown waters of Facebook!

Mine is called Leslie's Portraits.

Leslie wrote: "Yes, I did, immediately! Wanted to show my support for this big step into the unknown waters of Facebook!

Mine is called Leslie's Portraits."
Thanks for the encouragement, ok, think I liked your page as well, and think I commented... who knows? Anyway it's a great page!

Thanks, Laurette! Yours looks excellent! Welcome to social media...

Leslie wrote: "And it seems as though it used to be that in order for me to have full access to my artist page I had to change the identity in which I was using FB, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I..."

Leslie, I try to keep my personal page...well...personal. I encourage people to "Like" my Facebook Author Page instead. Here it is if anyone would like to visit and "Like" it. I will check and make sure I've "Liked" your page and Laurette's (if I can find them).

Is this you Leslie? https://www.facebook.com/LeslieFiccag...

Yes, that is indeed me. What I was trying to say, though, was that formerly, in order to post as Leslie's Portraits instead of Leslie M. Ficcaglia, I would have to switch identities at the top right of the blue bar. Then the comment box would have my portrait page atavar rather than my personal one. Now I no longer have to do that, and can access anything on my portraits page as Leslie Ficcaglia. I'm not sure what functions I've lost, if any, with that change...

Wouldn't say I've got past Facebook Level 1 yet but thanks to your helping hands I'm making progress. Now managed (I think) to like everyone's pages: Leslie, Linda, Jacqueline, Vanessa, Liza, Emma
Let me know if I've missed anyone...

I saw that you liked my page; thanks! You are coming along wonderfully!

Bonjour !

My Facebook page has lessons and other resources for learning French, as well as comics, news, and whatever other interesting stuff I happen to find: https://www.facebook.com/LawlessFrench/