ISO Author Note advice

This is for my Cajun fantasy. I decided to add it after various comments and critiques about the historical accuracy of this or that detail. Both my paid professional editor and strangers have shared these thoughts. You should seen the storm I created when I asked a Facebook group about the history of gumbo.)

I researched the heck out of this novel, but I also felt completely fine blending the history to tell my fantasy story.

So I wrote this. But is it too defensive? Too aggressive? Too cheeky?

Note to the Reader: The events of the Great Deportation in Nova Scotia, Canada are historical. My grandfather's great, great, great grandmother was there and ended up in Louisiana! Elizabeth Isabelle Broussard Leblanc– she married on July 13, 1771 in St. Martinville, Louisiana. 

But this is not primarily a historical novel. It’s a fantasy. After the characters go through a portal into a phantastical version of Louisiana, history takes a backseat to my childhood love of misty rice fields and hunting camps, the family farm in Crowley, dances and laughter—and stirring the roux! Timelines are mashed together. The characters are blended with legend. It’s like a fairy tale. A fantasy. A love letter to my childhood, combined with all the stories I’ve read and struggles I’ve endured since then. If you don’t like my gumbo, make your own and invite me over to share it with you!

(note: it’s that last line I’m really worried about. It is sort of an insider joke that a Louisiana person would get but might not sit well with everyone.)

Thank you for your thoughts and insights!