Retreat and Go Forward

This past weekend I attended a writer's retreat with a handful of members of the regional chapter of the SCBWI. It was a lovely weekend, and I accomplished more than I imagined I would.

I completed the second YA novel I have been working on. This one is called, "When Rain is Red." The book is about a school shooting, but more deeply about how Lewis,the eleven-year-old main character, is drawn into a darkness that leads to this tragedy. Writing the shooting scene was very difficult. I procrastinated a long time. But I think I was able to capture the terror, the horror, without being gratuitous or graphic. We shall see!