May 25, 2016
With the two legal battles, still consuming my days (non-book
related and non-criminal), I was struggling to manage anything productive.
I did manage to work Paul Bunyan into the first Jr. Ranger story in
Yosemite. His hiding place is near an old favorite backpacking place of
mine.
I had a great time remembering, all of those experiences, a few
miles beyond the Little Yosemite Valley, sliding down a natural waterslide
created by the Merced river, draining from the freezing glaciers above.
Spending many nights, keeping watch over our backpacks and food, so the
bears would not get to them.
A few miles back, made the perfect place for Paul Bunyan to
reside, undiscovered. I can’t wait for you to read this book. It is
99% finished today, and I will post it sometime tomorrow or Monday, depending
on how fast I can finish this breakdown of the writing and creative process.
Today I was watching my little ten-year-old girl, one of a few
Little Miss Payson 2016 girls, who were in the Santaquin Harvest days’ parade.
It was cute. My fifteen-year-old son was also playing the trumpet
for the Payson High School Band. That was great too.
I have used all four of my children in the art, and in the
personalities, of Lucas and Lucy Fern, so it will be fun to add some of these
adventures to future books.
Well, as I said, I was able to place Paul Bunyan in the Yosemite
Jr. Ranger book. I also was able to add his shadow, in sort of a fun
"Hidden Mickey" way, on the cover, as well as finally fix the title
of the book. I sent in for the Copyright May 25 as dated above, when
these changes took place. Also the smaller head for Lucas, with blue eyes. Now Lucy and Lucas have a mixture of all four of my kids, , and they blue eyes are from me.
See Paul Bunyan?
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