Back to Book 2

Well, I have been very busy once again. It is now almost 11:30 on Sunday night and I just stopped reading. I am diligently working on Book 2 once more. It has been quite some time since I have read it, or worked on it, and guess what? The story is AMAZING! I am glad I took a break from it for a while. Now that I am reading it again, I am finding it to be a great story. I am on chapter 5 and I find it to be very well written and I have not had to change a lot of it. I learned a lot from writing the first book and I am hopeful that the second book continues to read the way that it is right now. I don't feel that I will have to read it 10 or more time to edit it. I had to read and edit the first book many times before I felt that it was 'good enough'. I don't feel that I will have to do that as many times with the second book.
I find the quelks to be scary, just the way that I want them to be. I don't want them to be gross scary, but I do want them to put s little pound in your pulse. I think I have accomplished just that. I can't wait to read it out loud for the first time to the boys. I hope that they find as much enjoyment in it as they do in the first book. We are reading the first book again now for summer reading. They will hardly let me put the computer down once we get started. They want to hear more and more, not wanting me to stop reading. I am getting as much enjoyment out of it as they are. I just love the story and I am so hopeful that all of you will be able to read it someday.
I still have not heard from the publisher. I am optimistic that this is a good thing. I hope that they are passing it around to all the people that they feel need to read it to make a decision. I am hopeful that they are reading it and it is taking time for them all to do so. I am hoping that they are passing it from person to person and telling each other that they just have to read it, it is that good. This is my dream anyway, that they are reading it and they are going to say 'yes'. Time will tell.
i will keep you posted on how book 2 is going. I am hopeful that the passion to get it done will remain with me now and I will finish it before too much longer. The passion has always been there to write it, I just get depressed when I get rejected and then I have to wonder what I am writing it all for if no one will ever get to read it. This makes me pause, but still, I never give up. Writing is a part of me, as living and breathing and eating and drinking. I will never stop, but I may take a break once in a while. The frustration of it all just gets to me once in a while, but then, I find my way back and I realize that the story is just as amazing right now as it was when I started all of this, and I keep going. I know that I just can't give it up. I will persevere.
Keep your fingers crossed, as always, and I will let you know as soon as I know whether or not this is the 'yes' I am waiting for. In the meantime, I will continue to write and work on Book 2. My passion is back and I just have to keep going. Stay tuned.....