LURE RIVER IS A SMALL FICTIONAL TOWN THAT BORDERS A CHIPPEWA RESERVATION IN MINNESOTA.
“LURE RIVER WAS ITS OFFICIAL NAME ON ACCOUNT OF THE MASSIVE WATERWAY THAT RIPPED THROUGH THE LAND, BUT EVERYONE WHO LIVED THERE JUST CALLED IT LURE. IT WAS LIKE ANY OTHER SLEEPY TOWN IN THE MIDWEST EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. IT STRADDLED THE CHIPPEWA RESERVATION, WHICH BORDERED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, LIKE A CROW ON A FENCEPOST. LURE WAS A FERTILE TOWN OF TREES, LAKES, AND CONTRADICTIONS.”
Who are you?
What is your name?
JESSE JARDINE.
Are you a fictional or historical character?
FICTIONAL, ALTHOUGH I’M WRITING MY OWN HISTORY, OR RATHER, HERSTORY.
What’s your role in the story – are you the protagonist or a supporting character?
Are you a human, animal, alien, robot, or something completely different?
I’M A WOMAN AND PROUD OF IT.
Do you consider yourself to be good, bad, or indifferent? Would others agree with this assessment – why, or why not?
I’VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE GOOD.
What do we need to know about you?
What is your personal goal? I mean, what do you ultimately want?
LOVE & HAPPINESS.
What is standing in your way? What conflict(s) do you face?
MY FIANCE DISAPPEARED IN AN AVALANCE OVER A YEAR AGO WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST. I FEEL ALEC’S LOSS AS HE WAS SUCH A STRONG FORCE IN MY LIFE. I NEED TO FIND MYSELF, HOWEVER CLICHÉ THAT SOUNDS. WHEN JED MURDERED THAT BEAUTIFUL DEER I WAS FILMING, I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM. FILMING NATURE ON MY GRANDFATHER’S OLD NIKON BRINGS ME HAPPINESS. I HOPE TO SAVE ANIMALS BY SHOWING THE WORLD THEIR BEAUTY. I WAS SO ATTRACTED TO JED, I FELT GUILTY. NOT ONLY DID HE SHOOT THE BUCK WITH HIS BOW AND ARROW, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOURNING ALEC’S DEATH NOT DRUELLING OVER SOME HOT HUNTER IN THE WOODS. JED AND I ARE COMPLICATED ON ONE HAND AND, ON THE OTHER, FALLING IN LOVE WITH HIM IS AS SIMPLE AND NATURAL AS A SUMMER STORM.
Why is this goal important to you? What’s your motivation?
EVERYONE NEEDS TRUE LOVE. I THOUGHT I’D FOUND IT WITH ALEC BUT NOW I’M NOT SO SURE. I WANT TO KNOW LOVE, KNOW IT’S REAL, FEEL MY HEART BEAT FASTER AND MY SKIN SHIVER WHEN HE WALKS BY OR I HEAR HIS NAME.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be, and why?
MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO KNOW HER BETTER. I WISH SHE WAS STILL ALIVE. IF MY MOTHER HAD LIVED MY FATHER WOULD BE A BETTER MAN. THEN AGAIN, SHE MIGHT HAVE TALKED ME OUT OF COMING HERE AND THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE DIFFERENT. I’D NEVER HAVE MET JED, I MEAN, HE LIVES ALONE IN A CAVE ON THE RESERVATION SO HE’S NOT THAT GUY YOU CAN BUMP INTO ACCIDENTLY. MOREOVER, I’D NEVER HAVE FOUND RUBY LITTLEBEAR’S BONES IN MY SHED. HER STORY WOULD REMAIN UNTOLD AND HER FAMILY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT HER TO REST PROPERLY. EVERYTHING REALLY IS INTERCONNECTED, ISN’T IT?
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Is it available now, or when can we expect to see it released?
