I am excited.
I am delighted.
I am terrified.
Rose is one of my favorite people. She's my pretty little dead girl and the spirit of Sparrow Hill Road; she's the girl in the diner and the girl in the green silk gown. She's a story about stories, and I am both beyond ecstatic that she's about to meet her wider audience, and incredibly nervous about the whole thing.
Let me tell you about Rose Marshall.
I promise she won't bite.
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(And I just pre-ordered The Winter Long.)
I'm fascinated by the concept of the road ghost - the Phantom Hitchhiker who vanishes, or the "psychopomp" version who takes the souls of those who are about to die in a crash, or any of the other versions. I think I've told you once before about an old country-and-western trucker's song called "Phantom 309", in which the ghost is male. My father was a truck driver, and I know there were many other stories of things that happened on the road that simply defied rational explanations.
So I'm going to be very happy to get to know Rose and her friends a little better!
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Also my mom was both thrilled and terrified by your answer to the 'can cuckoos hybridize' question she asked me to ask. :3
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(I know there have been shorts and the like, but I don't really follow them, so meeting her in her official capacity is pretty exciting.)
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Life has gotten weird for me so I am not commenting much but I am still following you and admiring all your work. Looking forward to seeing you at WorldCon.
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...also no, phone, I really do mean Rose, not arose. *smacks autocorrect with a wet noodle*
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Talis Kimberley
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<3
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Happily counting down the days!
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All this to say that I am the most excited I've ever been for a book release. And it's exactly timed for my birthday, which seems like some kind of cosmic blessing. THANK YOU so much for being who you are and doing what you do.
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Happy early birthday. :)
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I love Rose in all her forms. I think you'll be surprised by some of what's ahead.