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Flowers Bloom

N. K. Valek

Never be afraid to experiment with writing even if you think an idea won’t work.

I am down to 67,000 words! I decided to take my own advice and cut off the entire ending, splitting the novel into two novels. Doing this does create new problems, as I feared it would back in college. 1) book one’s new ending needs some work to make sure we see a marked change in the characters and give Selenia more involvement in the climax. 2) New book two now only has 30,000 words and I need to write a new beginning for it. However, these problems are not difficult to fix (Maybe. Probably). I’m getting betas to tell me what they see before I get to work on new book one.

So, yeah. I’m finally within the suggested word count range for MG novels! New book one’s standing title is now Selenia Ki: Storm Clouds. New book two shall be Selenia Ki: Rising Wind, and new book three is still something to do with rain… Selenia Ki: Downpour, or Pouring Rain, or something… Book four and five (which may get combined into just book four when I get to revising them) are currently Rolling Thunder and Lightning Strike, but we’ll get there when we get there. XD

Oh! I also made new moodboards this month to help with marketing / attracting agents! I’m still playing and tweaking, but here are the current forms!

Background is a young girl sitting on her bed, hugging her knees as she looks out a large window that holds a landscape of enchanting lights, endless trees, and a winding river. There are square images in the window. 1) the words "If ever you run away, let it be with me" shrouded in a rainbow light. 2) a mist and rain covered window with a heart drawn in the fog. 3) an upward view of a star-filled night sky with pine trees surrounding. 4) dandelion seeds taking flight into a vast night sky. 5) A close up of an eye with blue eyes that seem to shine with magic, locks of wet, black hair surround it. 6) a silhouetted group hug of three friends under tree branches with a cloudy night sky beyond them. Words are found on the girl looking out the window, reading "Self Discovery" "Neurodivergent #Ownvoives" and "Platonic & Self love." Elsewhere in this moodboard are the words "Unique Magic System" and "Found Family." Just in the middle of the square images is a storm cloud with lightning and the words "Selenia Ki: Storm Clouds."
Background is a greenish raging water. In the corners of this image, we have 1) a white shining vaporous line with gusts of wind around it. 2) A green shining vaporous line with leaves around it. 3) Flames of a red-orange fire with ashes wafting off it. 4) a blue shining vaporous line with bubbles in and around it. In the center of this moodboard is a girl standing in a field with her hand reaching upward to a distant moon surrounded by a vast sky of stars mixed with clouds. Eight pictures surround this girl: 1) A person holding their hand out with a mini tornado swirling in their fingers. 2) A hand with water droplets levitating around it. 3) a hand with dirt, moss, and flowers growing out of it as it reaches into water from above a mossy rock. 4) a hand with fire roaring out of the palm. 5) vaporous black shadows creeping through a green lighted forest. 6) a red fox whose fur turns to fire at the edges. 7) a hand holding an explosion of electricity 8) a black wolf with shining violet eyes and violet specks floating around it. On the side of the wolf image is a stream of shining purple energy that creeps behind the lightning hand. Opposite this, there is a small lightning bolt that connects the water and nature hand images. Words are found around the moodboard that read: "Elemental Magic" "Life is beautiful & dangerous." "Light vs Darkness" "You are not alone in this." and "Mysterious Animals." Just above the image of the girl reaching for the moon is the title: "Selenia Ki: Storm Clouds"

I’m also writing a new story in my Instagram challenges this month as well—Black Willow. It’s from a dream I had just before April began and I think I learned that I am more motivated to finish a story if I know how it is going to end. I’m a plantser. XD Although, I did enjoy writing Field of the Beyond back in 2020 and I don’t think I knew how it would end. O.O I just realized I haven’t put that one in my archive channel yet or on wattpad. Well, time to revisit that!

I hope everyone has a good month! The weather’s changing and I hope you get to have some nice days to go on a walk in nature! Au revoir!

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Published by N. K. Valek

N.K. Valek is a writer raised through roleplaying. Be it live action or text based, to this day, she still loves pretending to be someone else doing something else, somewhere else. Bonus points if magic is involved. Actually, those are probably the only points.

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