I absolutely loved writing it. I laughed like crazy and wished that I’d had the guts to do something similar in some of the more misguided amateur dramatics I was in as a girl. But when the book was finished, it was quite long and I realised that this flashback wasn’t really necessary to move the action forward. So I cut it, with much pain. I’m really pleased to be able to offer it as a standalone read now. And I hope it will interest you in the book. All of the characters in this short story appear in the book as well. Some of them, like Liza’s mother, have changed quite a bit. Others, like Mouse or Rock or Ma Gamble, are very much the same twenty years on. And Will Naughton...ah, Will Naughton is a case all his own. If you’re interested in geeky things like this, The Bad Sheep was originally in the book just before the chapter entitled Return to Stoneguard, on page 99 of the paperback edition. The incidents in this story are referred to in the chapters Prince Charming and Going Round in Circles.
