A Step of Faith: Carousel Song

I am bored today, so here's the next idea: Carousel Song

This one actually has been lingering with me for a long time.

When I was younger (I don't even remember how old I was. . .), I read a picture book that was about a carousel that came alive at night.

That idea stayed with me for a very long time, and when I was a teenager I combined it with two (possibly three) things that I love: Family, and Sci-Fi/Fantasty.

I didn't like the idea of creating the one cliche (to me at least) single main character, who just falls in love with another sub-main character, when they were in their mid teens, like I was then.

I wasn't even in a place or position to even start thinking about what having a boyfriend would be like, so in hind sight, I don't blame my teenage self.

So. . . 

Here it is, after the many evolutions it has gone through.

This reminds me of the book that originally inspired this, but it isn't quite like it. . .

The two main characters are sisters, Melvina and Skye.

Their father is the keeper of the carousel that is in their town.

They have known for many years, that the carousel was special, they just didn't know how.

The day after Skye's (some teen number) birthday, she is introduced to how to take care of the carousel with her sister and father.

That night, she learns their family's secret: The carousel is alive.

The horses, of all kinds and colors, become alive after (some yet to be determined time)

For some unknown reason, her father disappears without a reason that same night.

They find (a communication of some sort) that informs them about something (not really decided, but something about their father. . .).

They discover somehow that the horses actually act as guards of a kind to other worlds and realms, and one of them has gone missing.

The over arching premise is to find their father.

The story is broken down into twenty-six short episodes, I guess you can put it.

Originally, they were just stories of modern girls exploring my imaginary worlds, but then last year I came up with the episode/chapter titles, and that gave them more of a plot.

I'm actually thinking that this might be the stories that I work on during the rest of this summer. . .

Questions? Advice? Ideas? Anything is welcomed! :)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless

SDG

Joy

It has happened.

I have officially switched what novel I am going to work on. Starting tomorrow, I will begin working on a different book other than Avia's Fate. I might switch back to working on Avia's story later, when I find more inspiration or when I can find out how to make it more exciting. The first book in my fascinating new series, is being called for now Breaking Free. For now, here is the synopsis that I have started with!

Jesse Forbes thought she lived a normal life. Everything seemed to be fine, until the night the government of the (US?) comes to call. With her parents murdered, Jesse finds out that she’s a shifter, that the government has been secretly collecting shifters for their army, and that the collecting of shifters has become a worldwide race to find the best, the fastest, and the most unique shifters. But Jesse is an exception even with the shifters; she doesn’t have just one form like most people, she has many. Will Jesse ever be free of the tyranny of the government’s soldier system? Is there anywhere safe for her to escape to? Will Jesse ever find the stability she needs to become the leader everyone expects her to be?  

Surprise surprise, another story idea.

Yes, when I started the One Year Adventure Novel program, I promised myself I would work on only ONE story. Only one. What has my brain done but create a new story world and idea when I was bored out of my wits. <.< Here is a run down on what the world is basically like.

The story happens between two different planets. The first is basically a futuristic-different-reality Earth, and the second is a planet that is constantly on the exact orbit as Earth except for every few years when half of the planet turns desert, and the other half arctic cold. In this different reality, there is an extremely recessive gene that humans have that gives them a second 'form', but unbeknownst to the scientists of the time, there is an even rarer gene that allows that person to have multiple 'forms'. These forms are all animal forms. Each form depends on one or more characteristic of that person.

Here is a few examples of how this works. One of the characters is Yvette; she was born on earth blind. Her parents agree to try to fix it via eye surgery, and she can now see light and dark. Because she was blind born blind, her form is a bat. But a side effect of the surgery that allows her to see light and dark is that her hair is permanently white. So her form is now a white bat. Another character, Alondra has a problem with talking, and so everyone at first sort of ignored her when she was little. But she loved dancing and graceful movement, her form is a swan.

I have started a Pinterest board for this series (There is no way I can make this into one book without leaving out some character's story. . .).     http://pinterest.com/thewayislife/black-wing-series/

As an end note, I am thinking of calling it the Black Wing Series because one of the constant main characters is nick named for her favorite form as a raven.

Sole Deo Gloria,

Joy