I'm working on a new novel right now, and I need all the help I can get. I need people to ask questions, poke/prod me, reward me, keep me accountable, and generally help me along.
I shall have the full summary up shortly. But here's the basic summary:
Princess of Hearts
Lauren, Alice in Wonderland's niece, needs help. Desperately. She's stuck in Wonderland on her thirteenth birthday. Only the Princess of Hearts, Queen of Hearts' shy daughter, can help her escape the wrath of the Queen. Does the Princess dare go against her mother's wishes?
Quote:
Lauren tugged on the ropes on either side of her and her tree swing lurched forward. Her fingers curled tightly around the ropes, she was "lost somewhere between the rainbow and the clouds". Or so her mom called it when she was lost in thought. Today she was thirteen. Thirteen! Her lips twitched into a shy, serious smile. Just twenty years ago, her aunt Alice had been thirteen. Just twenty years ago, Alice had fallen down the rabbit hole.
"Lauren!"
The loud call jerked her back to reality.
"Lauren Clarke!"
She recognized the voice of her mom and hastily jumped up, brushing off her darkwash jeans. She straightened the hem of her green polo shirt and started to walk back to her cozy, one-story house. Lauren walked to the side door and twisted the doorknob.
Locked.
Sighing, she reached into her pocket for her key. She dug into her jeans pocket, but her fingertips didn't feel the familiar cool metal key. What? Hadn't she tucked it right into her pocket when she walked out the door? She must not have. She headed around to the front door.
She turned the doorknob.
It wouldn't give.
What was wrong? She had just heard her mom call her. Hadn't she? Hadn't she? Lauren's mind spun. She flipped up the doormat where they usually kept the extra key.
It wasn't there.
