Heide: Do you remember why we started writing that series?
Iain: Because time travel is fun.
Heide: Time travel IS fun. And we really wanted to write books about people who could perhaps use the gift of time travel to fix problems in their own lives. Maddie is particular is very time-poor. She has a job, an older uncle to look after and no time at all to work on herself or her passions.
Iain: Of course the fun we have with time travel is that
people, no matter how many chances they get to put things right in their lives, they invariably muck it up.
Heide: If I could use time travel, I might go back a few days and take a photo of us when we went in the sea down in Dorset.
Iain: Yes! Having written a book
about sea swimming when we live in the land-locked midlands, we went for a swim at 6am in Swanage to see what it was like.
Heide: We did. Because when we went on our book tour to promote The Lyme Regis Women’s Swimming Club there might have been some light mocking of your previous attempts to go swimming in the sea.
Iain: Light mocking? I might never recover. You called me a cowardy-custard?
Heide: ...
Iain: Anyway, I bet we looked properly heroic when we went swimming in Swanage.
Heide: You’re right. We really do need a picture. I’m going to test out that prototype I’ve
been building.
Iain: What prototype? Tell me you’re not attempting time travel? We’ve spoken about this and everyone knows you’re WAY too reckless
POW! ZAP! FIZZ!
Heide: I’m back! And I got a great photo, look!
