I am lacking focus right now---and it seems very difficult to
get it back. I have ideas, many ideas
for things, but are they coming to fruition?
No. Not right now. I feel like everything is a squirrel that
passes me by laughing and I am stopping to look, when I should be head down,
focusing! But I can’t seem to.
But here is some I have worked
on this summer:
1. In the Kingdom of
the Selkies-A middle grade novel that continues to surprise me as I write
it. I thought it was about one thing,
but it turns out to be about something else.
It has sisters (I have wanted to write a sister story for a long time)
and creatures that turn into seals and old feuds and magical oars. It has enchanted potatoes and a treacherous
fin-wife. And it has a secret
island. And that is what I know about it
so far.
2. Dingle-This one is
getting a major overhaul, fifty pages in.
Nooooooooooooooo! But, alas. I think I want to change the POV. Dingle is one of the main characters, and I’ve
not even gotten to him yet!! I cannot
tell you much about Dingle, for he has not yet introduced himself on the page,
but I am compelled to write his story.
Compelled, I tell you!
3.Tales from the Good Knight-This is a chapterbook based on
my dragons from the Good Knight books. I
love the idea of carrying them into the next level of readability, but I am not
sure if I have the right tone yet. I
have dabbled with this…but that is about all.
4. Picture book #1-
Cannot even type the name because it makes me laugh too hard. Oh, the silliness!
5. Picture book #2-Sweet little story. I like it.
I know, not very forth coming.
Sorry.
6. Picture book #3-Le
Dud. Yes. Sometimes there are duds.
(Although now that I have typed, “Le Dud,” I find myself rather fond of it as a
title…)
7. The Secret Society of the Poisoned Posey. All I know about this is that the main character
has a long, presumptuous sounding name.
And she is a bit of a “pip”. Perhaps
very naughty. Possible tagline: She
puts the PUNK in Steampunk. Not
really. (It does have a ring, though…) I
have half of a page of scrawled notes about this.
Did you notice? I listed seven. Isn't that unusual how it worked out?
Because this Thursday is my OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH PARTY for THE SEVEN TALES OF TRINKET. (And I have been so distracted with other things!)
But here is your official invitation:
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| I know! It's too big! It doesn't fit! I don't care! |
There will be door prizes! There will be Irish Dancers! There will be Singing! There will be Oreos!!! (Yes, my monkey puppet Oreo refuses to be left out of the fun--he wants you to come and have a cookie with him!)
I might tell a story, and I might read a teensy bit from the book. Please come if you can! Even if you only know me from my blog--it won't be awkward. I promise. The evening is a night for stories and tellers and lovers of tales.
The event is also a book-fair fundraiser for Jefferson Elementary School. 15% to 20% of all items sold will benefit the school. (You will need a coupon--I can get you one if you come to my table.)
Hope to see you on Thursday! (But if you can't come...stop by the olde blog....I just
might be giving stuff away here, too! I can't leave my cyber-buddies out in the cold just because they are far away, now can I?)
edt--Fabulous blogger Myrna is already having a Trinket giveaway! And she is also giving away the most adorable seal trinket box ever.
Click here to enter!
But wait! There's more! Amazing blogger Tricia O'Brien is holding a Trinket giveaway, too!
Click here to enter!
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