Please help me welcome Marie Higgins to my blog today. One lucky commentor today will receive a print copy of Marie’s book WAITING FOR YOU (US Only), so be sure and leave her a comment. Marie has written a wonderful blog about time travel. Read on….
The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? “Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way that I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you”. Such would I say to him if he were really here. ~~Elise McKenna
Back To The Future –
Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?
Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
George McFly: Lorraine. My density has popped me to you.
Kate & Leopold –
Leopold: That thing is a damned hazard!
Kate: It’s just a toaster!
Leopold: Well, insertion of bread into that so-called toaster produces no toast at all, merely warm bread! Inserting the bread twice produces charcoal. So, clearly, to make proper toast it requires one and a half insertions, which is something for which the apparatus doesn’t begin to allow! One assumes that when the General of Electric built it, he might have tried using it. One assumes the General might take pride in his creations instead of just foisting them on an unsuspecting public.
Kate: You know something? Nobody gives a rat’s ass that you have to push the toast down twice. You know why? Because everybody pushes their toast down twice!
Leopold: Not where I come from.
Kate: Oh, right. Where you come from, toast is the result of reflection and study!
Leopold: Ah yes, you mock me. But perhaps one day when you’ve awoken from a pleasant slumber to the scent of a warm brioche smothered in marmalade and fresh creamery butter, you’ll understand that life is not solely composed of tasks, but tastes.
Timeline –
Robert Doniger: Yeah, yeah, look. We need cultural experts, not scientists. My people simply don’t know about the medieval world, or how to mingle with the locals, which is what we’re gonna have to do, if we’re going to find the professor and bring him back.
Marek: So that’s it? We just step on that machine and wiz back to 1357?
The Time Traveler’s Wife –
Alba at Nine: Tell me the story of how you and Mama met?
Henry DeTamble: Doesn’t she tell you?
Alba at Nine: She does, but not like you do.
Henry: Well, it was right here in this meadow. And one fine day, your mom, who’s just a tiny little thing, goes out to the clearing, and there’s a man there.
Alba: With no clothes.
Henry: Not a stitch on him. And after she gives him the blanket she happens to be carrying, he explains to her that he’s a time traveler. Now, for some reason I’ll never understand, she believes him.
Alba: ‘Cause it’s true.
What kind of research goes into writing a time-travel novel? Do you need some kind of time machine like the DeLorean…or will a penny be enough?
Lately, I have become fascinated with time-travel stories…and movies. Every writer puts a different spin on their plot, which is what I love. It’s so intriguing to read how someone from our time can be sent back (or forward) to another dimension. I love reading how that person adjusts—or at least tries to adjust—to their new world, and then what steps they take to return to their own time.
Over the years, many movies have grabbed my curiosity mainly because of the time-travel element. In Back To the Future, Doc & Marty tried to create a new way to get Marty back home—without messing up the time-continuum. The intrigue of waiting for that moment, and almost not making it, kept me captivated. In Timeline it was the fast-paced story of trying to find the one man they were sent back in time to get, only to have everything go wrong at every turn. In Kate & Leopold…okay, mainly I loved this story because of the romance, and hullo—Hugh Jackman! (heehee) But I loved how he was sent forward in time, only for her to go back in time. Loved that concept! And with Somewhere In Time, (dreamy sigh) it was a wonderful romance that lasted throughout the years, combined with the romantic music…(another sigh). Yes, that is one of my all-time favorites.
I think one of the reasons I like time-travels so much is because I find myself thinking about how I would change my life if I knew what I did and could travel back in time to change it… I also think of how I would like to experience the 1800’s (Regency or even Victorian England) if just for a week; to see what the gentlemen were really like, and how the women of those times really behaved. After a week though, I’m sure I’d want to return to my own time.
I have written a couple of time-travel novels. Each one has a different twist to the time-travel element. I tried to combine all the things I enjoy reading or watching movies that make the storyline interesting. I invite you to check out “Waiting for You”, and coming soon, “Love Lost in Time”.
Here is the blurb and snippet from my book, “Waiting for You”.
When a beautiful woman claiming to be a ghost from 1912 appears in Nick Marshal’s new office and begs for help in solving her murder, he’s intrigued enough to consider her plea. A scandal that rocked Hollywood almost destroyed his law practice, so taking on a client who insists she’s dead seems a good way to refresh his career. The more history he uncovers, the deeper he falls for the ghost. Abigail Carlisle believes Nick is her heart’s true desire, but how can happily ever after happen when she’s already dead?
**excerpt**
“Excuse me if I’m intruding.”
A feminine voice broke his concentration, and he swung around. A woman rose from the brown leather chair in front of his desk. Confused, Nick glanced from the woman to the closed office door and back again. When did she get here? His face heated from embarrassment. She must have been in the office waiting for him when he’d arrived with Vanessa. But why hadn’t he noticed her until now?
Not believing his eyes, he blinked and ran his gaze over the strange woman again. She definitely didn’t look like a model from a style magazine, like Vanessa did. Instead this woman looked as if she had stepped off the set of a motion picture from the early 1900s—or a historic magazine.
His visitor smoothed a hand down the side of her ankle-length dark brown skirt decorated with entirely too much lace. Her silk blouse was the darkest purple he’d ever seen, and the color brought out her amazing cobalt eyes. Her clothes contoured her body nicely yet were modest, especially in this day and age. Her dark brunette hair was swept up beneath a flat purple hat decorated with an outlandish matching bow-shaped flower in front. White-laced gloves encased her slender hands, adding to the olden-day glamor style. Even her proper posture spoke of an old-time society dame. Yet her smooth, youthful face told him she wasn’t old at all—probably somewhere in her mid-twenties. And her eyes… He’d never seen such intriguing blue eyes before.
The oddly dressed lady cleared her throat and stepped closer. “Forgive me for interrupting.”
Despite the musical lilt to her voice, the trace of British intonation brought to mind the high-and-mighty aristocrats Nick had rubbed elbows with at his last firm. With quick fingers, he straightened his tie and came forward. “Uh, no, ma’am. You didn’t interrupt anything important. I’m sorry you had to witness that, um, display just now.”
Her lips remained stretched in a thin line and he couldn’t quite tell if she was irritated at him—and at the situation—or not.
“Are you Mr. Nicholas Marshal?” she asked in a choked voice, almost as if she was holding her breath.
He maintained a professional smile, but after what she’d caught him doing, it was hard not to feel like digging a hole and sticking his head inside…then covering it up. Maybe Vanessa set out to sabotage his first day in a new town after all.
“Yes, I’m Nick.”
“The solicitor?”
Solicitor? Who uses that term anymore? “I’m a lawyer, yes. And you are…”
She took another step toward him. “I’m Abigail Carlisle.”
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What type of time-travel stories to you like to read or watch? Please leave a comment (with your name and email) for a chance to win a paperback copy of my story “Waiting for You”.
About the author
Marie Higgins is a best-selling, multi-published author of sweet romance; from refined bad-boy heroes who make your heart melt to the feisty heroines who somehow manage to love them regardless of their faults. Visit her website / blog to discover more about her – http://mariehiggins84302.blogspot.com
I love the time travel stories where someone from the present is sent back in time! I love to watch characters used to modern conveniences struggle with how different things were! Thanks for the fun interview. I especially enjoyed the time-travel movie references.
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I enjoyed your post Marie. I just love time travel. Best luck!
Thanks Rose!
I love the idea of time travel. I think it’s the ‘what if’ that intrigues me so much. I love the TV show “Quantum Leap”. I love how Sam ‘leaps’ through time and changes outcome of events to change the world as we know it.
What if we could go back in time and change the sequence of events? What if America had lost its freedom from England? What if the South won the war? What if on that November day in 1963 there was no access to the book depository? What if the grassy knoll was covered in spectators? How would changing any of these days events change the world today?
I’d forgotten about Quantum Leap. I used to watch that all the time. Fun show! And I love playing the what if game! Thanks for your comments!
Time travel stories are tricky. I love a good one, but I have a problem with some of them. The story is spoiled for me if the heroine chooses to remain in an earlier time. I just can’t buy it. Women still aren’t considered equal to men in our current time period, but we’re better off than if we were in an earlier period. Plus, now there are lifesaving knowledge, medicines, and procedures that didn’t exist even a few years ago. I’m intrigued by your story premise for this time travel. Many sales to you.
I guess it’s different when a guy goes back in time? Hmm…good concept. I have another time-travel where the woman goes back in time, but the characters in the past can tell she’s different…and the difference is what the hero loves. 🙂 Thanks for your comment.
Nice blurb and excerpt
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Thank you!!
I do love a good time travel. I’ve read the ones you gave a glimpse of and/or watched the movies. Don’t forget Diana Gabaldon’s wonderful Outlander series!
I’m so happy to have found yet another time travel author!
I have not read Diana’s Outlander series. A co-worker of mine let me borrow her books and I tried to read them, but I couldn’t even get into the first chapter. Of course, I’m not a big fan of 1st person pov, and this was written that way. So unfortunately, I couldn’t read it. 🙁 Thanks for your comment!
Time travel stories are my favorites! And paired with a romance with a couple divided by time, I’m hooked!
And I agree that its the fascination of how a person from our time learns to adjust to life in the past…or even a peron from the past adjusting to life in the future. There are so many possibilities for great time travel romances. Best of luck with yours!
I agree. I love reading about that. It definitely makes a great place in my story for humor. lol Thanks!
I love a good time travel and I love ghost stories. This sounds like the perfect combination! 🙂
Thanks so much!
I love reading/watching time travel romance. Somewhere in Time is my favorite movie, very inspiring to me. Love your cover. Waiting for You sounds like an exciting read. Have you seen Two Worlds of Jenny Logan? Another of my favorites.
OOOHHH!! I totally LOVE Two Worlds of Jenny Logan. I wish I could find that movie. It’s been so long since I’ve seen it. I’m glad you love my cover, too. 🙂 Thanks!
Cynthia, I want to thank you for having me on your blog. I’m sorry I didn’t get to comment yesterday, but I was sick and didn’t even get on the computer. I hate days like that… Anyway, thank you – and thanks to everyone for commenting!