More thoughts.  I’m thinking of what to tackle next.  There are several sequels to this story, and I will write them eventually, but then, the thing about these stories is that they aren’t strictly fantasy.  They have no magic or magical beings.  That’s fine, but I miss fantasy and don’t want to lose my fantasy identity.  If these books swallow up several years of my life, what will I be after it’s all done?  On the other hand, I’ve never handled a series before, and I think it’s an excellent step in my writer’s development.  I should be constantly growing, and this is one of the best things to tackle.  So I think I will after all.

Also, the reason I haven’t been posting much is…well, I should say reasons, because there are several.  We went on vacation, I celebrated my sixteenth birthday, it’s my little sister’s birthday today, and my older sister is leaving for college on Thursday.  Yeah, it’s busy.  Not to mention I’ve been getting ready for my junior year of high school.  And I’m trying really hard to finish my book, because I’m going to enter it into a contest.  If I win, they’ll publish it and I’ll get $1000 prize money.  They want fiction books for young people by Catholic writers; you know, with a Catholic perspective and family values.  They want a story with hope, redemption, and God and Faith written in there subtly, symbolically, or deliberately.  My book would be PERFECT!!!!  I’m not telling you who it is because I don’t want competition.