Me: I’ve decided that most of our story can be told via these imagined conversations, with occasional, retrospective biographical footnotes.
Anthony: You lost me after “our story”.
Me: Well, I’ve noticed that we often talk about the past in such a way that it is as if the past is actually happening in the present.
Anthony: Would you like me to find Socrates? He’s around here somewhere.
Me: No! How embarrassing – no, please don’t bother him. Can you just listen, please?
Anthony: I’m all ears.
Me: I’ve been wrestling with how to write this book about our story for far too long. The thing is, Ants, all of the words, anecdotes and blog posts are there; I just need to figure out the structure now. I’ve also realised that this doesn’t have to be a longwinded read.
Anthony: Lose the footnote idea, Jules.
Me: Oh! Okay. Why?
Anthony: Our conversations can tell the whole story.
Me: Since when did you become such a writing expert?
Anthony: Enid Blyton and I have become friends; she’s the one who said to lose the footnote idea. Sorry.
Me: No, that’s great advice, Ants. Thanks. So are you and Enid ….
Anthony: Just friends, Jules, don’t worry. She thinks you are an amazing writer but she also thinks my own character needs to be fleshed out in more detail; the imagined conversations need to be more Anthony-esque.
Me: Mmmm. Well please thank Enid for her input. Perhaps you could also ask her if any of my possible book titles meet with her approval.
Anthony: Go for it, Jules!
Me: “Imagined conversations with my dead husband”?
Anthony: If you added my name to that title, it might be stronger.
Me: “Done and dusted”?
jmgoyder 
YES!
Bloody oath
You are s hilarious Juli!
sounds like a great strategy!
even, “Conversations with Anthony”