Seeking some info...

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

I feel as though I'm posting here under false pretences because I'm not actually trying to find a story. Rather, I'm trying to find out something about a story...

To start at the beginning - I've recently been reading a fic called 'A Long Road Home'. Unfortunately I've no idea who the author is, as it seems to have been written anonymously. In the normal run of things I wouldn't have read it through to the end as IMHO it was pretty poorly written, with a lot of typos and grammatical errors that would usually grate on me too much to persevere. However, after a few pages I began to realise that the story was very familiar and by the time I was halfway through I just knew that I'd read it before, albeit either written by a more accomplished author or having been subjected to a damn good edit.

Trying to find this story, or anything about it, online proved fruitless, but then I had the brainwave of looking through the notes that I keep on all the Circuit stories that I read (I'm such a geek, I know...) and there it was! The story that I'd read previously with exactly the same storyline as this one was 'A Long and Winding Road' by Windy (not online unfortunately, but apparently in the zine 'Professional B & D' which I sadly don't have).

So, I'm now rather intrigued by the history of these two stories. Which came first? Why did one come to follow the other? Are they in fact by the same author, with a little bit of a help along the way for the 'Windy' story?

If anyone can satisfy my curiosity I'd be most grateful. Perhaps there are some clues in 'Professional B & D' if anyone has a copy?

Fingers crossed that someone can fill me in (not literally, of course... *g*)

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oooh yes - I've got all three stories in front of me now... I got hold of them all together, and just thought they came in a series... I read them rather piecemeal too, and it clearly didn't click that two of them were actually the same story! The start of A Long Road Home and A Long and Winding Road< is different, but the ending is the same... *headdesk*

And then there's a third one, which I figured was the last in the trilogy, "A Long Time on this Road" - but I suppose I should re-read the lot to find out if the title's just coincidence!

I hope someone knows the story behind the story, I'd be fascinated to hear too...

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

So there are three stories? Even more interesting...

Having said that, I've just looked up 'A Long Time On This Road' on Cassie Ingaben's database of stories, and it doesn't look as though it is part of the same universe after all.

It's all very intriguing, innit? Hope someone can come up with the answer.

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I could be wrong but I thought 'A Long Time On This Road' was written by ausmac

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

I think ausmac's story was 'Along The Road'...

All these 'roads' get a bit confusing, don't they? *g*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I didn't know that!

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

The start of A Long Road Home and A Long and Winding Road< is different, but the ending is the same... *headdesk*

IIRC, A Long & Winding Road is by Windy and the other is an earlier draft as it was circulated about the "circuit". . . . the 3rd one I don't remember. . .

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

Ah, so the two stories were both written by Windy then?

I wish I had them both in front of me to be able to compare them - I don't recall thinking that 'A Long and Winding Road' was poorly written, otherwise I'm sure I would have mentioned it in my notes, so presumably it was given a good beta/editing before it appeared in the zine...

Thanks for the info!