The Return of My Muse

        Happy fourth of July! I hope y'all have celebrating freedom and honor those who sacrificed so much to bring us this freedom today with your family and friends. America is a land where we are truly free, and it wouldn't be that way without our brave troops then and now.

I decided I needed to put that here, it is a very important holiday after all. It's pouring buckets here right now, but there's always hope it will stop in time... but by the looks of it, no. I texted one of my friends who lives in town to see if it was raining as much as it is here, and here's our down heartening conversation:

           But as Ivie so very wisely pointed out, today is a day celebrating independence, so that's all that really matters, not fireworks or grilled meat!

      Recently, I have been very busy, and in fact, I still am. But my muse has finally returned from its long vacation!

Annnnddddddd I have a story idea. Finally.

      Will it work out?

       Maybe. I don't know. It's currently called and filed under: Yet Another First Draft I Probably Won't Ever Finish

       And I'm not even joking.

              See?

        But if I do finish it, it's birth will have a funny story on its own. Last night, I was texting my friend, Elena (who also blogs, go check out her blog), when a random question popped into my head, so I decided to ask her it. This is why it's a bit scary when two writers have each other's numbers…

          Right now I hate my beginning, it's a little cliché in some parts, so I'm planning on fixing it if I ever do finish this first draft. But I have a lot of cute “dragon attempting to raise a human child” scenes floating around in my head that I reallllllllyyyyyyyy want to write, so I NEED TO DO THIS.

         Also, this dragon needs to drink tea.

         A tea drinking dragon is a must. Because, well, just because. XD

         I also need to figure out a name for this dragon that isn't too complicated, because I'd like to pronounce it too!

        I have sooooo many ideas! My mind won't stop racing. My muse has been absent for months and now it's back and won't shut up!!!

        Like, what if the dragon nicknamed the child “Bug” because she's small and a pest at times?

        What if one day the dragon freaked out because he thought he had accidentally stepped on her, but then it turned out he only crushed her toy rubber ball?!?

        What if one day the child picks a dandelion for the dragon and tells him to make a wish, and the dragon unintentionally turns the flower into a crisp, to the child's horror and amazement???

         What if the dragon had to put ladders up so the child could sit on the couch, the chairs, get on the bed, etc? (Because I will not have any dragon of mine living in a cave like a savage, dragons live in huge houses with ten foot tall furniture, duh)!

          I just have a lot of ideas...and I have no idea if this will work out, or if it does, where this story is headed, but I am very excited to have my muse back!!!!

         And I do have a pinterest board dedicated to it now, because I am a stereotypical teen writer, so if you want to stalk this draft, you can do so HERE. I found some really cute drawings of what I think the characters and scenes would look like. My favorite one is the one I think describes the dragon and the child's relationship best:

It's adorable, I know. ^^

         I will hopefully be telling y'all more details as my muse comes up with them!!!

         How is your fourth going? It actually just stopped raining all together here and now the sun is shining.... I think the weather in Texas is indecisive.
Do you have any dragon name suggestions?!?!
Oh, and also I will be very, very, very busy after today, so I apologize if I don't reply to some of y'all until next week!

Happy Writing,