The Phoenix, The Tiger, and the Rose
ISBN-978-1-7359610-5-7
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In the summer of 1982, a teenage girl named Veronica began having recurring dreams of a strange man. A man she’s never known in her waking life, but it feels as if they’ve always known one another. A deep friendship begins, which blossoms into a long-term love affair in her sleeping world. Several months after the dreams started, it stuns her to see his face on a record sleeve.
Alan Runner, the lead singer of a famous British pop band that had become a worldwide sensation, and the chances of getting to meet him outside the dream world were nearly impossible. Accompanying the dreams are coincidences and indications in his lyrics that he is dreaming of her too.
But not all dreams become happily ever after. Life isn’t a fairytale, and this is a story about soulmates trying to find one another despite impossible odds and the cruel universe that continues to keep them apart.
Young Adult Story - Tetralogy - TBA
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A children's fantasy story.
Book 1
18,000 words and going strong.
26,000 words as of 3/15/2022.
30,000 words as of 4/1/2022 (real-life issues slowed me down.)
36,000 words as of 5/7/2022 (starting the last chapter of book 1 of 2)
50,000 words as of 5/20/2022 (the last chapter, it's a wild one)
Book 1 is Finished. Editing begins 6/9/2022
Editing is almost done. Yay! (7/31/2022)
BOOK ONE IS DONE! 8/18/2022
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Book 2
6,200 words slow start 1/25/2023
7,400 words - rewriting tons, tough scene 2/7/2023
9,600 words - new chapter (too many daily interruptions, ha, but chugging along)
14, 000 words - 3/23/2023
21,000 words - 4/14/2023
25,000 words - 4/24/2023
30,000 words - 5/25/2023 (rewriting some sections)
33,000 words - 6/20/2023 (I got held up at the end of the school year).
40,000 words - 7/10/2023 (Almost the end! Yay!)
57,000 words - 8/17/2022
BOOK TWO IS DONE!
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Book 3
8,200 words off to a great start 10/17/2023
11,000 words - 12/10/2023 crafting breaks for the holiday season
19,000 words - 1/12/2023
23,000 words - 2/4/2023 rewriting a bit
27,000 words - 3/17/2023 rewriting, forgot a section
31,000 words - 4/24/204 new scene added.
41,000 words - 6/21/2024
44,000 words - 7/13/2024 (took a mini-trip to Virginia, short break)
47,000 words - 7/24/2024 (a miracle I managed to write the past two weeks, grateful)
49,000 words - 8/13/2024
53,000 words - 8/18/204 (nearly done)
57,000 words - 8/22/2024
BOOK THREE IS DONE!
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Book4
4,400 words - 11/11/2024, slow start, had to tweak a bit of book 3
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