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Into the Enchanted Forest
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Into the Enchanted Forest follows Gabby and Ethan Jack as they try to return her to her family, the Royal Family of Wonderland. Only they have to make it through the Enchanted Forest first.
My Facebook news feed is filled with images of reminders about what Monday is really about. My grandfather is a veteran. He was in the Navy during the Korean War. All my life I was aware that he was medically discharged. It wasn’t until recently that he told anybody (me) what happened during the hurricane that resulted in his medical discharge. But that is not my story to share. Someday I will end up connecting Memorial Day with him. Remember those who lost their lives to protect our freedoms. Toast a hamburger or hotdog in their memory.
Sometimes you sit down and realize something. Okay. I sat down and realized something as I was writing Jennifer's part of the Bookworm story. The Bookworm Next Door wasn't finished when I self-published it. It's a disturbing reality that faced me with two difficult decisions. I could close the door on The Bookworm Next Door and leave it imperfect or I could rewrite it and make it perfect. I decided to do exactly that. Perfect is better. So then I was faced with the daunting task of piecing everything together exactly the way it needed. There was also the fact that I was faced with continuity issues with some of the characters names. Last night I finished The Bookworm Next Door. It has all of the short stories combined. It has new material. It has a never before seen ending that only I knew was going to happen. Is The Bookworm Stories Series over? No. There's still Aimee Kirkland's story. Grace and Kyle....
Every day that I pull out my notebook or laptop I don't plan what goes down on the paper. I don't know quite where my characters want to lead me yet. Sometimes it's a matter of going back and seeing, 'Oh, I'm missing this...' or 'I need to add a scene to link these chapters together. Sometimes the plot bunnies invade and I have to write a scene for a part of the story not yet started. But every day I hit my NaNoWriMo daily goal, or personal goal, or even get words down on the page, is one more day I can feel good about working on this rough draft. Today I reached the halfway mark - 25,000 words. I have more words to add. I have more story to develop. I have more ideas, plot bunnies, and writing prompts to work with. And then, once this rough draft is finished, I'll introduce this new story to my beloved readers (and the world). Then the real work begins. Editing and polishing and titling and all that. Stay tuned. Alicia
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