I'd go to October 14th 1066, go up to dear old Harold and say don't fall for the trick where they pretend William's dead. Stick together and battle hard!
I'd go back to the 5th century BC to meet the Sythians and their ladyfolk, the originators of the Amazons myth. It would be fascinating to explore how someone from the 21st century would cope with the hard nomadic lifestyle, customs and warefare.
One of my protagonists would love to go back to the turn of the last century and the golden age of music hall. Another would probably love to go back to the fifties and the opening out of Himalayan mountaineering. But I would have loved to have gone back to 1910 and set sail with Scott for the Antarctic in the Terra Nova.
I stopped writing about Time Travel after reading The Time Traveller's Wife. That nailed the lid on it as far as I'm concerned. It's as perfect a wheel as it gets. Why reinvent it.
Mine already do! They go back to see iconic concerts and artists, from Edith Piaf in 1930s Paris to David Bowie's Ziggy era. Of course, it's not quite as simple as that... ;)
My protagonist would peer 10yrs into the future, in a snap-shot wide angel view. Because the decision he just made has gravity, in a soul rattling sense. He doesn't want to resurrect another ghost of the past that will cast a shadow on the future again. He doesn't need to know everything, he doesn't need to fix everything, he doesn't need all the answers in a micro manage control agenda. It's all about survival, protecting the love of his life, his wife, his rescue team and quality of life he persevered for. Its not about winning or loosing, changing the past, present or future. It's the art of survival with a few good things, putting to rest, erasing a few lingering demons at all cost... Milometers and milliseconds, with every breath, will buy another minute, hour, day, kilometer, month, year, time and distance.... Extending a life love affair with the same artful care of passion that his wife nurtures the garden with, the seasonal blooms, fluttering butterfly's and those (fx#+!*}>; spoiled begging sparrows demanding re-fill service at the bird feeder.... If he can glance into the future and see that... All good.. He won by survival, protecting, extending the present to last, not what was or what could be.
To a place where there is no bullying and no trolls least of all over books - the world has gone mad! Do people not have more pressing worries in thier lives! LOL
I'd go to October 14th 1066, go up to dear old Harold and say don't fall for the trick where they pretend William's dead. Stick together and battle hard!
I'd go back to the 5th century BC to meet the Sythians and their ladyfolk, the originators of the Amazons myth. It would be fascinating to explore how someone from the 21st century would cope with the hard nomadic lifestyle, customs and warefare.
Maybe a thousand years into the future, to find out if mankind survived - and if so whether we ever got to the stars
I would have my protagonist to go back at the beginning of the previous century, when women started to discover their voices, and fight for them.
One of my protagonists would love to go back to the turn of the last century and the golden age of music hall. Another would probably love to go back to the fifties and the opening out of Himalayan mountaineering. But I would have loved to have gone back to 1910 and set sail with Scott for the Antarctic in the Terra Nova.
Sainsburys, 8.00pm. Christmas Eve, to get a cheap turkey...
I stopped writing about Time Travel after reading The Time Traveller's Wife. That nailed the lid on it as far as I'm concerned. It's as perfect a wheel as it gets. Why reinvent it.
Mine already do! They go back to see iconic concerts and artists, from Edith Piaf in 1930s Paris to David Bowie's Ziggy era. Of course, it's not quite as simple as that... ;)
My protagonist would peer 10yrs into the future, in a snap-shot wide angel view. Because the decision he just made has gravity, in a soul rattling sense. He doesn't want to resurrect another ghost of the past that will cast a shadow on the future again. He doesn't need to know everything, he doesn't need to fix everything, he doesn't need all the answers in a micro manage control agenda. It's all about survival, protecting the love of his life, his wife, his rescue team and quality of life he persevered for. Its not about winning or loosing, changing the past, present or future. It's the art of survival with a few good things, putting to rest, erasing a few lingering demons at all cost... Milometers and milliseconds, with every breath, will buy another minute, hour, day, kilometer, month, year, time and distance.... Extending a life love affair with the same artful care of passion that his wife nurtures the garden with, the seasonal blooms, fluttering butterfly's and those (fx#+!*}>; spoiled begging sparrows demanding re-fill service at the bird feeder.... If he can glance into the future and see that... All good.. He won by survival, protecting, extending the present to last, not what was or what could be.
To a place where there is no bullying and no trolls least of all over books - the world has gone mad! Do people not have more pressing worries in thier lives! LOL
Zep tepi.