It's Complete!

I finished my novel, well not complete we (mom and I) need to edit it and I need to send it into some publishers, but on the writing aspect it's all done. I finished it with 205 pages a little over 90,000 words, and a feel of accomplishment. When I started this novel/memoir I never thought of having it get so long, I've never written over 100 pages, so why would I think that I would write a novel, that I could possibly publish? It was mainly started because I was moving, and I didn't want to move. One of the easy things that I've found with writing this novel, is that when you're writing about stuff and feelings that you've had makes it easier, but when you go into areas, like college, that you haven't experienced then you go into the "fiction" part, and it is very hard to do! But all 205 pages are written. For my Languge Arts we're doing letters, so instead of writing some letter to some invisible company, mom (aka: my teacher) said that I should write the cover letter to publishers, so I can kill two birds with one stone. I am now trying to find publishers that would work with Young Adults, and Young Adult books, so if any of you know of one in the New England area, and would like to let me know, that would be great, as an author it would be greatly appreciated.

Since you listened to me talk about the book, I'll post a page up for you guys. It's from the section 11 Months Before

I wake up and find some warm clothes to stay in, since it is too cold in the morning to wear a dress at the time of the sunrise service. We get there a little bit before the service starts, and I am wrapped up in my blanket because it is just way too cold to be out here. Robyn comes over and you can just look at her and she looks like she is cold.

“ROBYN! I am cold! I say and I run over her and she takes an edge of my blanket and now it is the both of us under the blanket, which I do not mind, she’ll keep me warmer then Rachel and her younger sister Victoria come over, and they get under my blanket, so it is the four of us under this little pink blanket keeping each other warm, it was fun, the service ended and we said goodbye. My family and I went back to our church, to eat breakfast at the Fellowship Hall, which the Deacons made for us. We finished, and helped clean up the kitchen and everything. We went back home, and packed up dad’s truck, and then we went off to go back up to Massachusetts today. We finished unpacking, cleaning the U-Haul©, and dropped it off. We then went to my grandmother’s house, so we could have some Easter dinner, with her. After dinner, I fell asleep on the car ride back home. Thursday I went to the library, and mom to Bible Study. The Librarians got me a little gift together and everything, it was cute, I have been volunteering at the library for a while now, and I have always enjoyed it. The librarian joked, that in my new town that I am moving too, that the librarians over there, will not know what hit them, and that they will half to change their hours, to normal hours, no 3 hour days! I started laughing, it was funny, but also sad at the same time, I did not want to leave them. I did all the DVD’s, Video’s, CDs, and Books on Tape within 45 minutes. I walked around the library, started reading a short book, when one of the librarians came out.

“Caelyn, do you want to punch these new cards out?” The librarian asked me, see the library just got new cards, and well you need to punch them out a way, because you want the patron to take out the card, and the key chain card, not you. I started, and then I saw my mom, I figured I could finish these up. Mom came over and asked if I needed help, I said sure, and we worked on them, I was doing 3-5 sheets at one time, and she was doing like 1-2 sheets a time, but I understand the first time I did this, that is what I did when I started, because you would think that it would be easier, but no it is not, and plus this way it shortens the length of time. Once we finished I brought all the cards back to the librarian, and said goodbye, for my last time, and this time I did not get any books out….It must have been a first, to leave a library, and not take any books out. I got into the car, and we went to the little restaurant in Durham, most of the Bible Study people where there, we were just waiting for Elven. Once Elven showed up we all ordered and talked about Bible Study, and moving, I would prefer the Bible Study subject, but you cannot avoid it sadly. The number one question that I got was “So are you going to school there?” I get it all the time considering I am homeschooled, I even got it when I wasn’t moving, and it is really annoying, to answer this question, see I really want to go to public school, but then part of me wants to stay homeschooled, because I could excel at a high pace, so it is a really hard question to answer. Elven asked how mom was doing on her sermon for this Sunday, See Elven asked my mom to do the sermon this Sunday since it is out last Sunday in Durham.



~ Till Next Time
Dear Daughter ♥