For the past several years, I've been a contributing writer for Zandra's serialized novel Her Majesty the Prince. I'm really proud of what we've done with it, and if you haven't yet started reading, you've got a great chance: Zandra is beginning to re-serialize all the existing chapters on her blog, now complete with dates to help keep track of the non-linear timeline and a few other tweaks and improvements (including the incredible tarot card Act art by Allison Vansickle).
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Zandra asked: Who's your favorite background/minor character in Her Majesty The Prince? (named or unnamed)
Ask me this on three different days and you'll probably get three different answers, but right now I'm feelin' Dusty because her metanarrative role as "the not-as-important one" tickles me immensely. Despite originally being envisioned as a way to backfill the flashback/present day chapter structure and flesh out the setting and Lou's character, the maid chapters have ended up introducing some extremely important characters—Sleeves is pivotal in Act 2, Chiffon is a crucial emotional support for Lou and looks to be increasingly relevant in Act 3, even the at-the-time-unnamed guard who stumbled upon Lou in the halls has gone on to be the storied Soixante Douze.
But not Dusty! Sleeves and Chiffon both know Lou's secret, but not Dusty. Sleeves and Chiffon have both left the city to seek adventure, but not Dusty. Dusty just stays Dusty. She's the archetypal friend in the group who's kind of out of the loop, doesn't really participate in the group chat, but who everyone's glad to see during the reunions. Dusty abides. And I love her for that.