Twilight Zone.
Did you hear the eerie music when you read the title?
Two of my favorite TZ episodes dealt with time travel.
Civil War.
And medicine.
Cliff Robertson in “A Hundred Years Over the Rim” (a father time travels to the future to save his ill son with modern medicine) and Kevin McCarthy in “Long Live Walter Jameson.” (check out an interesting filming note on this one). A professor knows history better than he should because “he was there.”
When I set out to write my Civil War romance, LOVE ME FOREVER, these two TZ episodes crept into my story line in a fun and interesting way: my time traveling heroine is a part time EMT and history teacher; she helps the Union Army physician hero in his fight against “germs” and how to combat disease back in 1862.
And yes, she knows exactly when the battles take place and does her best to save lives. But can she change history? If she does, will she lose the man she loves?
How do TV shows affect your writing?
Do shows we loved as kids have an even more powerful effect on our writing?
I think so.
LOVE ME FOREVER is proof of that.
What TV shows have affected your writing?
I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Till next time…
Jina
Civil War time traveler, belle…and spy: Love Me Forever from Jina Bacarr on Vimeo.
She was an imposter – a time traveler back to the Civil War in 1862 from Jina Bacarr on Vimeo.
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Twilight Zone.Did you hear the eerie music when you read the title?Two of my favorite TZ episodes dealt with time travel.Civil War.And medicine.Cliff Robertson in “A Hundred Years Over the Rim” (a father time travels to the future to save his ill son with modern medicine) and Kevin McCarthy in “Long Live Walter Jameson.” (check […]
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Twilight Zone.Did you hear the eerie music when you read the title?Two of my favorite TZ episodes dealt with time travel.Civil War.And medicine.Cliff Robertson in “A Hundred Years Over the Rim” (a father time travels to the future to save his ill son with modern medicine) and Kevin McCarthy in “Long Live Walter Jameson.” (check […]
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I discovered early on that I inherited the gift of the gab from my large Irish family when I penned a story about a princess who ran away to Paris with her pet turtle Lulu. I was twelve.
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I discovered early on that I inherited the gift of the gab from my large Irish family when I penned a story about a princess who ran away to Paris with her pet turtle Lulu. I was twelve.
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Twilight Zone.Did you hear the eerie music when you read the title?Two of my favorite TZ episodes dealt with time travel.Civil War.And medicine.Cliff Robertson in “A Hundred Years Over the Rim” (a father time travels to the future to save his ill son with modern medicine) and Kevin McCarthy in “Long Live Walter Jameson.” (check […]
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