#AtoZChallenge: A is for Ancestors

Okay, so it's the very first time I've ever taken part in any of these challenge thingamajingies but it should be good fun! The A to Z Challenge features bloggers from all walks of life posting about everything and anything every day (except Sundays) during the month of April. Considering I'm in the middle of edits for my sixth novel, this is certainly going to be a bit of a challenge but hey, life can never be boring can it?
So, as I'm a first timer, I'm not gonna have a theme (maybe next year) and as today is the first day of April naturally, we start with A (!)

Dick Turpin, a famous fictional highwayman

A is for Ancestors

Many years ago one of my uncles decided to do a family tree for us Greenwoods (yes, that's my maiden name). What he found out certainly makes for interesting conversation at dinner parties. As an English family, he discovered that one of our distant relatives was actually a highwayman! How cool is that? 

What's a highwayman? You might ask. Well, they're thieves who used to prey on the rich people travelling the country roads across Britain. Not a savoury character by any means, but fascinating, don't you think?
His name was Sammy Morton. In fact, I loved the name so much that I pinched it and used it in The Raven Saga trilogy (but not for a highwayman, I might add).
Have you ever traced back your family tree? Do you have any unsavoury characters lurking in your history? Don't forget to download Raven for FREE right here, and Daisy Madigan's Paradise, also FREE right here.

Ian Harding... the perfect Sammy Morton!

I'm sitting here, enjoying a glass of white wine watching Pretty Little Liars (season 1) and it suddenly hit me. Mr Fitz would make the most perfect Sammy Morton!
In my original post about who I would cast in Raven: The Movie, I cast Jensen Ackles but that was more because he's just so damn sexy (sorry, Jensen.... I'll write a new character for you!). When actually, Mr Fitz is just perfect! Of course, his real name is not Mr Fitz so I've just googled him and discovered his real name is Ian Harding and he is, in fact, German.
After I'd made my casting discovery, I continued to watch and noticed something else. In this particular scene he's wearing a T-shirt with wings on it! OMG it's like a sign, or something! (You need to read Raven to understand!!)
Here he is though... my Sammy Morton. Ian Harding (not the best picture but you get the idea!):