This is for real! I just pushed the send that sends in my final draft of The Rag Princess. I sent it at 5: 45. I began the book three years ago. By now the Temples and the Dusty's and Will and Celeste are so real to me that when I read the story, I am anxious to see what happens in various versions. I hold my breath, I laugh, I almost cry. I find some of their remarks quite brilliant, and at other times, I think-honestly! Will is too big a tease and when Celeste who is sooo shy, when she confronts him, I about croak! I'm afraid he'll get mad and walk out on her. But she is so sweet and so much has happened to her and Will adores her. As little kids it wasn't always that way.
I'm veering off the eaten track. I have sent my characters who are very real in my heart- through cyber space for the second time They will go to New York on this trip to come home to me one more time. After that, who knows what will happen. It's time for me to begin another book with the same people-The Temples and the Dusty's. This time, we enter WWII in Nebraska. with the Prairie War Bride
