Jon Cox
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Jodi Taylor:
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(view spoiler)[I have read your Time Police books and now St Marys books and am enjoying them immensely. Totally brilliant, all of them. I am currently reading An Argumentation of Historians and as usual they are after Clive Ronan. However, Max does not mention to the Time Police that they must not kill Clive because, if I remember rightly Max has already killed him and felt that he looked older. Is that right? Paradox?? (hide spoiler)]
Jodi Taylor
Hi Jon, thanks for your question. The problem they all have is that they can't kill Clive Ronan now because there are things he does in the future and if they do they'll change the future which means some events might not occur so they don't need to change the future so yes - paradox. Or, as Max refers to it in one of the later books - the 'p' word. At the risk of sounding self-serving - read on. I hope the matter resolves itself in the end. And thank you for enjoying the books.
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Alison
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Hi Jodi, I'm rereading the TCSM for the umpteenth time & a thought occurred to me reading NTLTP. Why did Markhams' ghost suddenly start appearing or had he just not noticed it before? And why did our 3 musketeers get involved in the family drama at all? Were they not interfering with history? I don't understand the reasoning for their actions - unless it the same kind of situation as the Mary Stewart history? Help!
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Gareth Howells
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Jodi Taylor:
Hi Jodi. I have become a huge fan of the Chronicles of St Mary's books, and I started reading them around the same time that I was writing my first book, so they've become a big inspiration and aspiration as far as cohesive plots with likeable characters. I wanted to ask if you sometimes get an idea, then work it into a St Mary's plot as you're already rolling with them, and if you have some ideas reserved for later?
Raymond White
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Jodi Taylor:
This isn't a question so much as a compliment. I love your "voice" and the sense of humor with which you imbue your books. You've joined the ranks of my favorite authors. Keep up the good work. Oh, I just found out I have to end this compliment with a question mark to get it to post so here goes?
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