To Forgive or Punish

It’s easy to say that forgiveness is the right thing to do when it’s a small problem. Don’t be angry at that child for stealing your candy, just forgive them and share next time. It’s a mentality that works great when you’re a child, but when you get up into the complexities and cruelties of the adult world, you learn that logic is too simplistic to really float anymore. Sometimes the insult or injury is too great to forgive. Sometimes forgiveness should come at a price. Regardless of your feelings about the topic, it is never an easy choice. The worse the injury, the harder it becomes to say that forgiveness is the best path.

Needless to say, that’s the difficult decision I’m facing right now in my novel. Dahlia has a decision to make, and it sucks that she has to make it at all.

Project: The Seeking

Each Seeking, the magic that protects the city of Carra must be renewed, which means the children of the High Family must go into hiding. Whether it be through disguise or bribe, through trusted friends or perfect hiding places, every child of the Priest family must avoid capture for the full day.

When things go wrong with the renewal, it’s up to seventeen-year-old Dahlia, the middle child of the Priest family, and her girlfriend, Bisa, to escape Carra and find the magical beings responsible for the protection. They must learn who would require such a cruel game to be played every year and if the protection of the Gray People is really worth such a deadly cost. What they will discover is far worse.

THE SEEKING is a YA dark fantasy novel

Words Written:
2/23 – 628
2/28 – 453
3/3 – 2,262

Current Word Count: 56,466

Progress:
Making difficult decisions yet again. Poor Dahlia.

Next Up:
Mother’s decree.

Commentary:
I’ve hit that gorgeous 70% mark! I’ve said in multiple places that I think this book is going to get finished this month, and I’m still determined to make that happen. Oh and don’t worry, I have a number of writing projects on the back-burner waiting to get moved to the front once this one is finished. It seems like that’s how this being-an-author thing is supposed to go. I guess I ought to get on board.