A week or so ago we were discussing time travel on the Ellora’s Cave chat list. Most of us loved the idea of time travel but realized the lack of modern amenities plus disease and other nasties might send us back to the present in a hurry. Then there was the question of traveling forward in time or traveling back. Which would you choose? Decisions, decisions.
Time travel and history has been on my mind recently since I’ve felt a yearning to write a historical or two. I’ve filed an idea in the filing cabinet inside my head. My naughty muse keeps dragging my idea out and shoving it into prominence. “Brilliant,” he raved. “Absolutely brilliant. We should do this RIGHT NOW.”
My flat no took him back a bit, and he threatened to run off with TJ’s muse again. When I vetoed this idea, too, he sulked for a bit but did get back to work on our current work in progress, a feline paranormal. Color me one relieved author!
Anyway - back to time travel. As long as I could visit for just a short time, I’d go to the 18th century and Georgian England. Where would you go?
Decisions, decisions. LOL It is hard to think about going back in time, especially considering I want indoor plumbing, running water and chocolate…just to name a few essentials.
I wouldn’t mind a quick jaunt back to Medieval England to have a look around some of those castles when they were at their peak!
Into the future might be better. But, who knows, could be worse. Alternate realities work for me. That way I can have my castles and my chocolate. *g*
by NJ Walters February 20th, 2007 at 6:47 pmAlternative realities - good idea! I’m big into dragons and wars at the moment.
The future does loom as scary. Who knows what it will be like?
by Shelley Munro February 21st, 2007 at 1:03 pm