Kelly suggested last night that I use my pseudonym, Victoria Bell, for my young reader stories and young adult novels. I think that would be a good idea, to keep that writing and my adult writing separate. It would be less confusing.
She has always loved a story I wrote for her when she was in grade school called Halloween Story. so I set her the task of proofreading and editing it yesterday. CreateSpace.com was giving us fits last night, so this morning she received her first lesson in how to self-publish. I put her in the driver's seat and she created the book, uploading the files, choosing a cover design, background color, font, etc. It's a short book at 40-something pages so we chose a reasonable price and now it's in review. Hopefully, we'll be able to order up a proof copy this week and the book will be available in time for Halloween.
Halloween Story is the coming of age tale of a twelve-year old witch, Isabel Doorlin.
The story originated from these two lines, which became the first two lines in the book-
I woke to the now familiar hollow rattle and racket that came clearly through the thin walls. Yes, definitely, it was Mother in the closet again, cleaning the bones.
I'll have to dig out the binders full of stories I wrote for Kelly when she was growing up and see what else I have to share.
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