I was recently looking at some old family photographs and wishing that I could have known this particular family member. Did she read, sew, enjoy walking? All these things that I wish I knew about someone who to some degree shares my genetics. Then I thought, if I could wind the clock back and sit with her what would we talk about?
In turn, that gave way to thoughts for a Thursday Thread and I wondered........
Q - Which historic author or character would you invite for dinner? In fact, if you could meet any historical fiction author, who would you choose and what question would you ask?
A - As a reader who tends not to read science fiction or books that do not have a dose of reality or almost reality I surprisingly love the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. On Diana's web page she explains how she came to write the series, but would it not be wonderful to have dinner with Diana and Claire and Jamie (the two central characters of the Outlander Series).
As the books are predominantly set in Scotland, we would in Jamie's honor have a traditional Haggis Supper, which is Potato, Neep or Suede and Haggis, a lovely glass of chianti and a good old chin wag about the period of history that is used as the setting for the novels.
Now as I come back to reality I wonder who you would invite for dinner?
I feel exactly the same when I see pictures of my grandmother so I've decided to make my second novel about her providing me with the motivation to get her stories out of my grandfather and her sisters before it is too late.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful. Do let us know when you are going to publish!
DeleteI am lucky enough to have some documents from my grandmother but not enough I guess.
ReplyDeleteIf I was going to pick one author it would probably be Susanna Kearsly....just because I love her book so much!
...even though I can't spell her name.... Susanna Kearsley!
DeleteI've grot so much stuff on my 'Nonna'- I should really consider writing about her! As for who would I love to have for dinner...I would have loved to meet Jean Plaidy!!! That woman kept so much to herself- and so there's not much out there written on her...I'd love to know how she managed to write so in-depth about all her historical characters. As for an historical figure- no doubt in my mind- I'd have dinner with Louis XlV!!
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