I'm in the process of taking the twelve stories written during 2010 and turning them into a single episodic narrative. This is basically the "novel length" Sparrow Hill, and like any good expansion, it needs a little bonus content. So.
I need one more story to tell; one more episode or incident from Rose's world. It can be a flashback, but I should be able to fit it somewhere in the middle of the overall narrative—so before "Faithfully" and "Thunder Road," but somewhere after "Last Dance With Mary Jane."
What do you want to see? I can't promise to take your request in specific, but if you tell me where you think the holes are, there's a chance I can fill the one that's most important to you.
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Why did Persephone give Rose her blessing? The Queen of the Routewitches doesn't seem to be the queen of the dead, and the connection isn't obvious.
Or another story of Rose guiding someone to the Last Dance. One that's at least a little cheerful.
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Um, you said you liked country. And I said something about truck driving country being a guilty, somewhat academic thing.
I was just making you a mix today to send - you won't need me to give you ideas. Just saying. Watch the mail.
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We are not having the love from USPS, I swear.
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February 28 2011, 18:12:53 UTC 6 years ago
Not that that's a suggestion, mind you.
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February 28 2011, 21:03:45 UTC 6 years ago
Has Rose ever found herself at her own, personal crossroads and run into the shadows there on her own terms.
As a new ghost, learning to navigate, how did she get to know the roads, how to keep from slipping all the way into the Midnight, how to pull herself out again. That sort of stuff.
Also, I'm kind of fascinated with routewitches in general. How do they find out what they are? Why do they do what they do. What does their training look like. (I realize this might be a tad too much of a narative tangent, but if you're inclined to throw some of that particular lore into a story, I'd personally be delighted). :-)
February 28 2011, 22:40:42 UTC 6 years ago
More on the routewitches is not forthcoming at this time.
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March 1 2011, 06:03:13 UTC 6 years ago
That or, as others have said, a story focusing on her friendship with Emma. Maybe how they first met.
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March 9 2011, 08:23:55 UTC 6 years ago
I would love to see Rose interact with other hitcher ghosts like the infamous Resurrection Mary or Pele.
Or Rose finding herself on a dark desert highway with the smell of colitas in the air.
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