Rascal Queen

"My unfulfilled ambition is to write a great novel in three parts about my adventures," Wendy exclaimed, eyes shining.

"What adventures?" her aunt demanded.  The girl shrugged, "I have yet to have them, but I'm sure they'll be perfectly thrilling!"~Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie

Ah yes.  Creating a novel, what a lovely ambition.  To be an author is an occupation that I dream about and long for.  I like to joke with my family that I have an affinity for the "poor professions".  The things that do not provide a steady monetary income are the things I naturally gravitate towards: everything from music to writing to film has captured my interest.  However, creative writing has always held a special place with me; perhaps because it has been something that I could do even at a young age.

When I was eleven, I created a story.  It was based upon a recurring dream that I had had, and I was convinced that I must put it to paper.  "Ragamuffin Queen" was the first story that I ever finished, and I was immensely proud of it.  Being 153 pages long on paper twice as big as that from the novels I usually read, I thought it my greatest work.  My goal was to send it to a publisher and finally see my name in print.

Yet life was busy and my story was pushed to the far back of my mind.  Only recently have I dug it up again, re-reading what I wrote those years ago.  While my plot and characters were developed enough for an eleven-year-old eager to get to the action, there were glaring errors to my sixteen-year-old eyes.  So it has become my project.  "Ragamuffin Queen" is being rewritten; the plan is to be finished with it by summer.  

My book has been on my mind quite often, almost all my spare time is taken up with the re-writing of it.  As such, my blogs here might be rather dull for some will almost certainly be speaking of the story.  Yet I will not neglect telling of my life completely.  There are many things that I will love to share.