Stories I am working on This May

Hello everyone,
I wanted to give you an update on The Silver Key (which I might make a blog post about soon), I reached my goal of 12,000 words:

(Image downloaded from Camp NaNoWrimo's winner page.) 

Every month I rotate which novel I am writing (going back and forth between The Silver Key and The Mystery of the Body Thief), so I thought I would share what I am working on this May: 

The Mystery of the Body Thief: Annabelle's Return  
Just like Charles Dickens labels the parts in his stories, I am labeling mine, and calling it 
Annabelle's Return because... 

I finally got to the point in my story where Annabelle is awake!
She has lost her memory unfortunately, and she converted back to what she was like in book one. She is not willing to take risks, and sadly is acting like a "damsel in distress." However, that doesn't mean when she regains her memories she won't start taking risks and solving mysteries again.

New songs that remind me of the novel:

The Beauteous Maiden by Derek and Brandon Fiechter (with vocals) 

You can also listen to it here

This song I could imagine playing in the background when Annabelle wakes up. 

All Our Yesterdays by Blackmore's Night 

You can also listen to it here

                                  I think this is a perfect celebration song.

Nothin' New - Kalie Shorr

You can also listen to it here

I can't exactly say what part of the story this reminds me of, because of spoilers, 

but it does have to deal with something rather large that is going to happen in the romance portion of the plot. 

Blue and Gold (I don't know if this is the real title or not yet) 

The inspiration for this story was Gulliver's Travels, which I am still reading. It had a huge impact on this novella, though it doesn't follow the exact same plot. My characters are travelling by boat, but instead of having islands represent dystopias, there is a sort of hidden dystopia that will be revealed in my novella.

All I can say at the moment is that these songs remind me of my novella:

                                           Fight Like a Girl - Kalie Shorr 

You can also listen to it here

**warning slightly strong language: usage of the word d*** *** 

I can't say what part of the story this reminds me of because of possible spoilers, 

but it reminds me of (I can say this without spoiling it) something the protagonists might like. 

Hero by Heather Dale 

You can also listen to it here

This song really reminds me of the protagonist's motive. 

Fight Like a Girl written and performed by Kalie Shorr, Hailey Steele, and Lena Stone

 

You can listen to it here

**warning slightly strong language: usage of the word d*** *** 

I love that this song has many singers singing it, 

and I could imagine the protagonists singing this as a group. 

Plotting The Silver Key

Even though I am not currently writing The Silver Key I have been plotting it out and working on the world building (which includes working on the mythology for it) and character development which so far has been successful. 

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What stories/novels/novellas are you working on this May?
Do you have any songs that remind you of your stories? 

-Quinley 

Mother's Day Drawings

Happy Mother's Day everyone! To celebrate I am posting some of my Mother's Day themed drawings:

Though Phoenix doesn't know who his mother is (and the readers don't know yet either), 

I thought I would include this drawing of her, so you could get an idea of what she is like 

(even if you don't know who she is exactly).

This is a drawing of Elm's mother. I like this one, because compared to the others, there is a background. 

This is Annabelle's mother. You may not know her yet, since she hasn't really shown up in the books to this point. But I enjoyed drawing her. 

Here are Tess and her mother (Gletta). I imagine that her mother would teach her the art of 

swordplay after her adventure. 

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Before I leave you a question for the comments section, I have one final thought to say, which is that I have been trying to find a way for my characters to continue going on adventures after they are married and have children (since I know they probably will get married at some point in the series). So... 

Which drawing is your favorite? 

And, have you seen any examples of married couples in fiction who still go on adventures or missions?  

-Quinley