One of my early Chandler's Ford Today posts reviews one of my favourite novels, The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. It is one of the few works of fiction to make me change my mind about something, in this case someone - Richard III.
But anniversaries, good or bad, are important to someone so which do you use in your fiction? Renowned historical events or have you invented your own history for your world and use dates from that? On a personal note anything from wedding anniversaries to birthdays will matter to someone and there have been countless stories about forgotten dates. How can you make something new out of that?
Of course there are two sides to every anniversary. Those against Richard III will welcome today's anniversary after all. How can you reflect this in your stories? Perspective is everything after all so whose do you use and why?