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An imaginary land...!

Posted on 2008/03/02 20:45:54 (March 2008).

Regarding my new script (see previous entry), I think I'll go for a British colonel (and not a French one) who decides to settle in French Saigon as a place of exile. The journalist would be American, writing a book about western colonies in the Far-East. And the girl would remain French.

Now, you know I'm an e-bay fan. Keep buying ancient artefacts and coins. Today, while browsing through the world coins category, I found a curious copper (or bronze) coin dating 1907. It is a British cent depicting king Edward VII on the obverse and bearing the legend Newfoundland on the reverse. "What the deuce is that", I exclaimed! Thought it was some kind of fictitious, fantasy name. Then I realised, consulting my dictionary, that it was the English name for Canadian Terre-Neuve. I was surprised and a trifle disappointed. I was hoping for an imaginary country, such as Peter Pan's Neverland...!
Then an idea struck me. What if... What if I were to buy the coin and offer it to my son Brinsley, pretending it is the sole evidence brought back by a scholar who had found and visited that mysterious country? What if I were to write a diary about it? The scholar's diary, getting inspiration from my collection of travel narratives (see previous entry). I would write it bit by bit, day by day, and I read it to Brinsley at bedtime.

How does that sound to you, my friends?

Comment 1

It sounds like a great idea! Write each chapter down, and once the story is told, either offer it to a publisher of fantasy fiction, or maybe have it printed on Lulu as a keep-sake for Brinsley! :)

Posted by Nigel at 2008/03/03 09:07:54.

Comment 2

Actually, I believe I'm going to send it by post. Brinsley would receive the diary by bits, say... once a week.
He's always crazy when he gets mail and I'm sure he would wait eagerly for each post, the first one containing the coin.

Posted by Sheri at 2008/03/03 18:09:22.

Comment 3

It would have to be handwritten on the pages of an old notebook which I would tear one by one.

Posted by Sheri at 2008/03/03 18:13:22.

Comment 4

And if you're willing, Nigel, I could do the same with your kids! You would read the pages I would send them on a regular basis. We might even work on the translation together.

Posted by Sheri at 2008/03/03 18:28:41.

Comment 5

(And, who knows, if it works we might even consider its marketing: a split diary including envelopes. I'm sure the concept would win over many parents!)

Posted by Sheri at 2008/03/03 18:59:07.

Comment 6

Yes, indeed! The idea blossoms! There is great potential in this :) For sure people *do* buy "part-works" each fortnight for a couple of years (we bought Timothy one such, about Roald Dahl - he loved every episode!) and maybe - eventually - the idea could be marketed this way...