No, I don't even know either
Nov. 8th, 2022 11:38 amI was chatting to my mother earlier, and the result was a rather amusing misunderstanding.
I was talking to her about how (apparently, according to Australian author Catherine Jinks), there is no market any more for children's historical fiction, and it's impossible to publish it, because no publisher will pick it up.
Mum: That's really surprising to me, given the popularity of that TV show.
Me, struggling to think of any popular children's historical fiction TV show: What show do you mean?
Mum: Oh, that really popular historical one ... it's not really historical, it has fantasy elements.
Me, confused, but remembering that there was a Narnia TV show when I was a kid: Do you mean ... Narnia?
Mum: No, not Narnia. That recent TV show!
Me, at last realising what she meant: Do you mean Game of Thrones?
Mum: Yes, yes, that's the one I meant!
Me: *falls over laughing*
That well-known children's historical fiction TV show, Game of Thrones!
I was talking to her about how (apparently, according to Australian author Catherine Jinks), there is no market any more for children's historical fiction, and it's impossible to publish it, because no publisher will pick it up.
Mum: That's really surprising to me, given the popularity of that TV show.
Me, struggling to think of any popular children's historical fiction TV show: What show do you mean?
Mum: Oh, that really popular historical one ... it's not really historical, it has fantasy elements.
Me, confused, but remembering that there was a Narnia TV show when I was a kid: Do you mean ... Narnia?
Mum: No, not Narnia. That recent TV show!
Me, at last realising what she meant: Do you mean Game of Thrones?
Mum: Yes, yes, that's the one I meant!
Me: *falls over laughing*
That well-known children's historical fiction TV show, Game of Thrones!