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Thread #47312   Message #1796228
Posted By: GUEST
29-Jul-06 - 12:30 PM
Thread Name: The Story Behind The Long Black Veil
Subject: RE: The Story Behind The Long Black Veil
I'm a small press writer --note: _not_ self-published-- and live in Rowan County KY.

My first novel was "Home Call"; "Nobody Knows, Nobody Sees" is a sequel. My real motivation wasn't so much that a number of people who read the first novel wanted to see another one, as my own curiosity about what happened to the characters in the first book.

I'm satisfied with how I do character and dialogue, but am _real_ weak when it comes to plotting.

Plots ain't copyrighted, so I stole the one from "The Long Black Veil." I heard Left Frizell's version of the song as a kid and thought it one of the spookiest things I ever heard. like so many others, for decades I believed it was a traditional ballad.

None of which likely interests anybody, but now, for at least one version of the story, I know who the killer was. . .

Bob
Rowan County KY