How are you doing with the end of May right around the corner? I've been busy with crazy end-of-school things, getting ready to send my fourth grader up to the intermediate school for fifth and my sixth grader to the middle school for seventh. It doesn't even feel real that I have kids this old!
As for writing, at roughly the halfway point of book four of the Soul Sisterhood series, I still don't have a title that really feels good. I like the lesson of the book to inspire the title, so I'm playing with something along the lines of looking up, because it doubles as meaning that things are having a more positive slant while also literally be about looking up, which in the book refers to paying attention to the details around us like those at the top of buildings that were constructed in the 1800s and early 1900s. (If you haven't noticed, there are always beautiful details along the top like scallops or ivy or even little sculptures. Definitely look up!) I'm considering Because We Were Looking Up. Whatchathink?
This week, my writing group will be reviewing the chapter I just wrote about a night at an escape room experience that Morgan is having with her friends. It was a super fun chapter to write because I love puzzles. That was seriously the motivation. It was fun for me to create them! BUT, of course, there is a point to the story: it dropped little hints about the mystery that Morgan is unraveling about the diary and the strange waft of smoke that keeps assaulting her nostrils.
Have you ever been to an escape room? Would that be something fun for you to read about? I have a book called The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss where one of the dates is at an escape room experience, and it was so fun to read! The book is full of dates that have gone horribly awry, which in itself is hilarious, but it's also a beautiful story about a woman falling in love with her best friend (yes, despite all the dates with other guys). I realize that it's May, but pick up a copy if you enjoy romances set in modern England so you have it in time for Christmas. Yes, I like to plan ahead!
What are some other fun experiences that you enjoy reading about? Respond and let me know your favorites!