Twenty
Thousand
Views.

I'm over here DANCING!

Thank you, THANK YOU, for reading my blog!

I feel so validated and honored to have your eyes on my page, reading my words, even if just for a few moments. 

Thank you. 

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I've always been a reader. The first time a book sank its hook and dragged me away happened when I was in the third grade. 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 

Seriously, it was a hostage situation. I couldn't have put that book down if I tried. 

(Not that my family didn't try. But they had just as little control over it as I did). 

After that, I was a goner. I swallowed stories whole. 

It also wasn't long before I began trying to write. I've always been at least a competent writer (though a few college professors would  disagree).

Anyway, when I graduated from college in 2013, I finally had some free time and spent a few months world-building for a novel. 

Which I then gave up on. It was trash. 

I started story after story, some of which made it, some of which died. 

One of my first ideas for a novel came from the story of Peter Pan. 

How, I wondered, did Captain Hook find his way to Neverland? 

Why is he still there? He hates Peter, right? So why stay?

The answer to that question came to me in a startling moment, and since then Hook's story has consumed a corner of my brain.  

I've got this story about halfway done. It's plotted, I'm just reveling in the world-building and writing as I find the time. 

My other working manuscript is a continuation of the story of Cinderella. It's very funny and nonconventional. I can't wait to get this one written out, I really love it. 

To celebrate hitting 20,000 views, I also wrote out a short story just for you! Since this story takes place on Halloween, look for its debut sometime this week!

With love, 

-Jenna