I was just looking for a time and place in which to set a historical novel because I wanted to practise writing one. I wasn’t going to show it to anyone, let alone get it published, so it didn’t really matter where I set it. I saw this young man in a kilt and thought that was quite fetching, so why not Scotland in the 18th century?

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was just looking for a time and place in which to set a historical novel because I wanted to practise writing one. I wasn’t going to show it to anyone, let alone get it published, so it didn’t really matter where I set it. I saw this young man in a kilt and thought that was quite fetching, so why not Scotland in the 18th century?" in the context of "On what inspired her to write a historical novel in “Caught Between Two Worlds – Diana Gabaldon Interview” in The Scots Magazine (2018 Mar 2)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.