my first post

I don't know why I'm doing a second blog. I just decided a few hours ago that I would, though I really cannot guarantee how often I will write in it. Mostly I wanted to write about what I write and what I read. But I wanted to keep it separate from my other blog, which is more whatever.

So, as my first blog, I will write about what I am writing. I am working on two YA novels right now.

The first is SPUN GOLD. It is a take on Rumpelstiltskin as you can probably guess from the title. But it takes place after the queen refuses to give her daughter to Rumpelstiltskin and it explores the reasons why he wanted the princess in the first place.

The second is called THE MASTERS' KEY. It's contemporary but with fantasy elements. It begins when Poppy moves to a new town, again, with her Aunt Bunny. She's moved so many times before, but this move is much different. And the fact that it's her eighteen birthday is one of the reasons why.

They are both finished, sorta. They have a beginning, middle, and end. What they lack is quality. I'm editing them, but not doing such a hot job at it. ugh. It can get frustrating trying to get my mental vision of a story down on paper.

I have a few short stories and other ramblings, but mostly these are my two babies. I have two because I have a hard time focusing. Just the other day I kept going back and forth because I'd get stumped with one or the other and need a break. Which is one of the reasons the writing is going so slowly.