I totally agree. We worked hard enough to get here!

Greg, this is what we should all be doing at our age, ie. doing things for our own pleasure !😉

Yes you are correct. Yes it does. I can't take any credit for an original idea as the theme I borrowed is from a TV programme a good few years back about a police officer who was transported back to the 1970s. The TV show was called "Life on Mars". There was also a spin-off from that about a female police offer who got shot and was also transported back to the past.

The only connection with my idea is that a catastrophic incident caused a return to the past like the TV shows.

Anyway, I did say that I would be writing for my own pleasure and not necessarily to publish.

Greg 👍

I'm sure that theme sounds familiar Greg 😉

Hello Brian,

Thank you for your reply. I am sure your book is going to be an interesting read when complete.

The reason I posted this question was because I was interested to know if people were interested in writing. I am an avid reader of both fiction and history and over the years I have often thought about writing a fictional book, not necessarily to publish, although that would be nice, but for my own pleasure in creating something. The same pleasure I get when building models.

Because, following my recent surgery on my right hand for Arthritis which is restricting my model building I thought about resurrecting the idea of starting a book.

Looking online I see that there is writers' software that you can sign up to to help you with the necessary construction of a book. Some of this software is free and others charge.

Having retired from the fire service the idea I had for a book is about a London firefighter who goes to work for his normal shift and is called out to a fire in an old warehouse in East London down by the docks on the river Thames. Having survived a floor collapse whilst in the warehouse he discovers that for some unknown reason he has been transported back to Second World War wartime London and the Blitz. Badly injured he recovers in hospital and on his release starts his search to find out why he was sent back in time.........

Greg 👍

Hi! Greg, I'm in the process of writing my 175 page (so far), Sailing Stories, (not including Models, Photos, & or even paragraphs. It covers from 1967, (yes!, I was a late starter?), till now, 8' Sabot to 8.5 M tri. called the 'Topless Girlfriend', & also Dragonfly tri., that I bought damaged for $10K instead of $35K, (Something for Nothing), If you can make 'editing' any easier, right at the start, I would strongly recommend it, as it's a 'drag' compared with writing. I put it in 'boat chapters' in to keep it in context. How far have you got, & or what's your subject? Model boats, of a specific era & or type? 'B J'.