Time Travel discussion

Appy polly loggies to all you time travel group members. I'm now a week behind in announcing our next book giveaway, so let's not waste any more time. Our featured book for this month's giveaway is Untimely by J. and L. Wells. Our question for this month's drawing is this:

"Would you use time travel technology to seek out true love in another era. If so, what era would you visit in the hopes of finding your soulmate? Is there a particular person you would seek out? Would you live in that era or bring him/her to the present?"

Note: The author is offering the winner a choice between an unsigned paperback or ebook edition. While the ebook is available right away, if the winner opts for the paperback it will be sent out at the end of the month. Please also note that this book is rated 16+ due to language and content.

Anyone who posts an answer to the above question will be entered in our drawing. The winner will be selected at random and will be announced on July 15. So that means you have just one week to post your comments for a chance to win this book. Once the winner is announced, the author will contact him or her to arrange for delivery of the book.

I will invite L. Wells to post some additional info about this book. And please feel free to ask any questions you might have. Also remember that the winner of this giveaway is encouraged to write an honest and thoughtful review of the book once they have a chance to read it. Good luck all, and "may the odds be ever in your favor."

Hi guys, just saying hi, and I hope you will like an untimely romance :) I will pop a recent interview we did on here tomorrow- so you can get to know us and our story a little better-


Author Interview Questions

1. Have you always wanted to be an author?

Judy- I always wrote poetry, and I guess it just moved on to novels. We got our inspiration on each other, and everything fell into place, and the writing was so natural.

2. How long have you been writing for?

We started our first novel in 2009, had a break, and began our untimely series in September 2012


3. How did the inspiration for your book/s come to you?

Just an idea we built on, and kept adding to.


4. Do you read the same genre that you write?

We read fantasy, paranormal, and romance- and guess we added the element of time travel to our own novel.

5. Typically, how long does it take you to finish a book, from conception to editing?

3-5months

6. Do people you know inspire your writing?

Author friends are our inspiration (indie community is so great), we have met so many lovely people, and our cover designer Regina wamba just amazing, and gives us the inspiration to finish the novel- just to see what cover she is going to come up with.

7. Which authors have inspired you?

Jeff Bennington, a great author, a couple of his works being reunion, and the secret tree- not only an amazing author, but long ago became our publisher of An untimely Romance, and a good friend who has helped us immensely.

8. Do you have a favorite author/s?

Jeff Bennington, L.L Hunter, Jake Bonsignore, S,K Anthony,
Enid Blyton, Jane Austin, are a few we would like to mention.

9. Are there any other books in this series?

An untimely romance is one of three

10. Is your protagonist based on yourself?

No, but similar characteristics to someone we know.


11. What is your goal/wish for your book in the upcoming year?

To finish our next two novels in the series, and hope all our readers enjoy.

Well I found my soulmate in this time, so no reason to look elsewhere. If I could travel in time and we could both go, I would like to go to the future and see what it holds.

If it wasn't for the fact that I already found my true love, if I felt a connection to someone in the past that I knew could turn into something then I would definitely used time travel to obtain this love. I would go back probably only a few decades to the late 60's early 70's to possibly be able to meet John Lennon whom I feel is an amazing artist and activist. But I would do so only on a curiousity level as I have already, as stated before, found my true love.

If I was single maybe I would. I would go to an age where men were men and women were women. I could then come back and write a rip-snorting bodice ripping historical romance novel.

John wrote: "Appy polly loggies to all you time travel group members. I'm now a week behind in announcing our next book giveaway, so let's not waste any more time. Our featured book for this month's giveaway i..."

I would definitely time travel to find a love IF I could find one like Diana Gabaldon's Jamie character!!

If I could time travel, I would go back to an earlier time of this life, knowing what I know now, and make different choices to see what different results would occur.

Well, I am single and there are so many potential loves for me, here and now...if only they thought likewise :( They either reject me, or they're bloody taken.

...wait they weren't always taken...yes yes yes, I will time travel back and get in there before the better man gets her!

steals Howard's time machine and climbs in

No wait, that would make me such a weasel. No, the better man won, gotta accept that. B'stard. No, no, he is a nice guy...b'stard...no, its fair and square, and...and they're happy too.

climbs back out

Well I gotta time machine be a shame to let it go waste and not have a tour around with it.

climbs back in

How the hell do I work this thing? Oh for Pete's sake, why does Howard have to make everything so damn complicated, I mean there's not even any labels on these blasted dials!

I would love to travel back in time, whether to find a man or not. If I could go back in time I would go to the Victorian era (1837--1901) or the 1920s--1930s. If I were going back I would want to be in England or NYC for the Victorian Era and definitely NYC or Chicago for the 20s and 30s.

I have always been drawn to "bad boys" so in the Civil War years someone like Rhett Butler and in the 20s--30s maybe a nice Mafia family tie-in.

Would I live then or bring them forward--I'm not sure. In my early life I lived without air conditioning and all of the conveniences of today (used a wringer washer, hung the clothes outside on clothes line, no dishwasher except for my two hands). I still don't have a cell phone.

Or as an alternative, I would like to travel back about 25 years and know what I know now so that I could get my former significant other and almost husband to a doctor in time before his pancreatic cancer had spread beyond control. From diagnosis until death was only 6 weeks. One of the nurses at the hospital told me that he had probably had the cancer at least 5 years before the symptoms came. On July 12th it will be the 18th anniversary of when he died and I miss him as much today as I did 18 years ago when he died.

Love is the most important factor in my life. I would do whatever it took to find my love. forward or backward or today. It it were backward, I would like to go to the 1980's and tease my hair. Whatever, I would find him and be with him.

Tej asked: 'How the hell do I work this thing?'

Grasshopper, I think there's an app for that.

Or try Youtube, they got everything.

No wait, that's the 2nd book & the 'how to' is in the 1st one & you've yet to read that Epic Fable.

But who knows what the future will bring?

Oh yea, that's also in the 1st book, so ditto.

Heh heh heh

Cora: "Cora Ramos (CoraR) | 1 comments If I could time travel, I would go back to an earlier time of this life, knowing what I know now, and make different choices to see what different results would occur. "
That's me too.

Well, I think I would like to meet my husband also in another era. (yes, I have found my soulmate already ;)
I think we would have great fun living at the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th. We both love flying and I think that was a very exciting time for that :)

John wrote: "Appy polly loggies to all you time travel group members. I'm now a week behind in announcing our next book giveaway, so let's not waste any more time. Our featured book for this month's giveaway i..."

Please consider me for recieving the book. If I could time travel, it would have to be by TARDIS.

I HAVEN'T FOUND MY SOUL MATE YET. I WOULD LOVE TO TRAVEL IN THE FUTURE TO 3023 FIND MY SOUL MATE AND IF I LIKED LIKE FUTURE I WOULD STAY THEIR WITH HIM. IT'LL BE AWESOME TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE IF I FOUND MY SOUL MATE THEIR.

I see a business opportunity to start up a time travel dating agency going by many of these answers :)

Future for me. Truth is stranger than fiction.

I would go back to the soulmate that I lost through my own stupidity. Then I would do and seek everything medically in my power to try and prevent the stroke that I recently found out she had. She's alive, but doesn't speak and has some one-sided paralysis. Didn't plan to write such a bummer. And no, we haven't had contact in 25 yrs.

Interesting question. I believe that we live in the best of all possible worlds now; many diseases have been conquered, technological wonders abound, etc. Would I go back in time to find true love? I'm very happy with my wife, so...

...but—there were others in the past who were intriguing and well worth knowing better. Would I treat the relationships differently knowing what I know now? Of course! Would it make any difference? Who knows? I'm firmly of the opinion that there are hundreds of "perfect people" for everyone...the trick is being in the right place at the right time to be able to meet them. Time travel might get you to the right time...but would you know the right place?

Stanley wrote a lot after 'but'

Stanley, your answer is the best to date, succinct in a way others may miss or not care about.

I think Time comes in cycles not lines & this is why without going somewhere one gets stuck in a rut & has that nagging, unending feeling that they've done this all before, etc.

Time is giving them (all of us) another chance not by repeating itself per se, but the same type of circumstance wrapped in a different context, until you get it right & then move on, as I’ve said.

It’s all about energy.

Happy people do get it right, by being drawn to the energy in 'the right place at the right time' & as you say this is a prerequisite to making the best possible choice.

Many don't consider this outlook.

But hey, Tempus Fugit & all that.

I am having my TARDIS in for a checkup at present.

Howard wrote: "Tej asked: 'How the hell do I work this thing?'..."

If there isn't a book out called Howard's Time Machine for Idiots Dummies , it's high time that somebody published one!

In answer to the giveaway question, may I pick three potential lovers, all of whom I would stay with in their own eras?

1. Cleopatra : My hope would be that I would be able to serve her so well that, by the time Mark Anthony mounted his horse and rode off into the distance, she would be yelling, "Good riddance Mark Anthony!" rather than, as Shakespeare reports, whispering to herself, "Oh, lucky horse, to bear the weight of Mark Anthony."

2. Louis Armstrong (or any one of his close, musician mates: Just to be part of that whole scene. Trad jazz of that era make me so emotional.

3. Archimedes : OK. I realize that I would have to transform gender to get there, but surely I'd find a button on Howard's time machine which would perform that function! Maybe I'd go down in history as Archimedes clever wife and advisor... Is that one dream too far?!

I, also, have found my soulmate, but I think that we have multiple soulmates possible, in different eras. I think I 'd like to go back to the post-world war 2 era, when music was so much more vibrant, and lyrics had meaning, without the noise of today. Then I'd look for someone of like mind, to make beautiful music.

Lance Greenfield wrote: "Howard wrote: "Tej asked: 'How the hell do I work this thing?'..."

If there isn't a book out called
Howard's Time Machine for Idiots
, it's high time that somebody published one!"

Sorry Tej. To be clear, I was NOT calling you an idiot! I was trying to inspire Howard to write a guidebook.

Lance 'was trying to inspire Howard to write a guidebook.'

Tej, I'm afraid Lance is pulling your leg here, for he knows I'm halfway through the next book, a collection of short stories in the Epic Fable form, 'Tales of the Elastic Limit' & he's even read the one about our mutial friend, the great genius Archimedes of Syracuse, see his response #24.3.

Ole Archie agrees, by the by, that a guidebook would be helpful & that's why I'm writing it & all questions will be answered then.

Well, maybe not all.

Heh heh heh

Howard wrote: "Lance 'was trying to inspire Howard to write a guidebook.'

Tej, I'm afraid Lance is pulling your leg here, for he knows I'm halfway through the next book, a collection of short stories in the Epi..."

I am quite tall, but do I need a horse?
Howard, and a few others, will know what I'm talking about. The rest of you will think that I am completely crazy!

Okay y'all, let's pick us a winner. Dim the lights, and here we go. The winner of this month's book giveaway is...

Shelly!!!

Congratulations, Shelly. I will contact the author and ask her to contact you to make arrangements to send your free book. You will have a choice between an unsigned paperback (which will be available at the end of the month) or an ebook edition (available immediately). And don't forget to write an honest and thoughtful review once you get a chance to read the book.

Thanks to all those who entered this month's giveaway. Be sure to tune in next month when our giveaway will feature I'll Be Seeing You Through Time by Jennifer Conner. A special gift will be included in our next giveaway, so watch for more details.

If there are any authors out there who would like to be included in our monthly giveaway, please let me know. After our next giveaway I do not have any books on my list. So if we do not get any additional books to feature, our monthly giveaway may come to an end.

Shelly, congrats & give us a review.

And Lance: Heh heh heh

Thanks for participating guys :)

Congratulations Shelly! Look forward to your thoughts on the book.

Great answers everyone and I love how faithful everyone is being to their present day loved ones ;)

Lance Greenfield wrote: "Sorry Tej. To be clear, I was NOT calling you an idiot! I was trying to inspire Howard to write a guidebook. "

Oh not at all but isnt it "guide to......for Dummies"? Or is there an Idiot series too?

You are correct Tej.

It turns out that it is I who is the idiot!

I have edited that posting now, and Howard is going to be starting on his guidebook when he is finished with his elastic shorties book. Now there's another paradox: how short can a piece of elastic be? Measured in units of time, of course!

Assuming that such a thing as a "soul mate" exists and we were accidentally born at different times from each other, my first worry would be the barrier of cultural differences. Of course, you see marriages all the time of a 70-year-old man to a beautiful 20-year-old bombshell. But there's a generational gap of shared culture and values that they have to overcome. 50 years is a big enough chasm, but more than that? I would think it would make for a more complicated than usual relationship. The person from the past knows nothing about the culture of the world of the future while the person from the future only understands the culture of the past through the lens of history books. Can people of different cultures have successful relationships? Of course. However, I would imagine that the larger the cultural gap (500 years versus 50), the harder it would be to relate to each other.

But we're talking "soul mates" here. And I think that the romanticized idea is that they'd be a perfect fit for each other no matter what ... no matter if the soul mate of the past was a cruel slave master or had a low tolerance for the person of the future's "liberal" values. We'd hope that the soul mate of the past would be someone who really "got you" ... a Ralph Waldo Emerson whose thoughts and ideas mirrored yours on many things. But what are the chances of that?

"Soul mates" seems to presuppose a sort of reincarnation process, and isn't the whole point of reincarnation to smooth out the rough edges over time?

So, I'm not really sure that I'd want to even give it a theoretical try if I were single. If I did go searching around, I'd find a make friends with the aforementioned Emerson and acquaint myself with his friends. I'd also seek out some of the friends of the likes of Steinbeck and Carson McCullers and see what people might be in their circles. Then at least I'd be more likely to find someone a bit more forward-thinking and future-tolerant.