A Goodreads user asked Frances Schoonmaker:

What story ideas or settings are most intriguing to you now?

Frances Schoonmaker Hi Noah. I'm working on a new book that the classes where I piloted The Black Alabaster Box asked for. Some of them wanted the characters to go all the way to California on the Santa Fe Trail and were a little out by the fantasy twist at first--in fact, I revised the character of Old Shep to bring the fantasy element forward so they'd be prepared for it. Now I'm digging deeper into the new research on trails West, particularly the incredible diversity of the people who traveled them.
Thanks for asking.

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