urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2014-03-18T18:37:24Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:562342 seanan_mcguire @ 2014-03-18T11:37:00 2014-03-18T18:37:24Z 2014-03-18T18:37:24Z Avalon Rising, "Do You Love an Apple?" Yesterday, with very little fanfare, we slipped under fifty days to the release of <i>Sparrow Hill Road</i>. In forty-nine days precisely&mdash;seven weeks, seven short, short weeks&mdash;Rose will be on store shelves, and everyone who missed her first road trip will have the opportunity to take it in a whole new way.<br /><br />I am excited.<br /><br />I am delighted.<br /><br />I am terrified.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Let me tell you about Rose Marshall.<br /><br />I promise she won't bite.