Fairy Tale Workshop ~ Maria Ott Tatham

April 2024

This month, I’m doing Camp NaNoWriMo on my own, working as much on my book as life and my health allow, remembering that,

The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps. ~ Proverbs 16:9

I hope to transform my beastly style through persevering love, just as Belle’s love transformed the Beast who’d been cursed with both ugliness and stupidity.

4 April – I edited to simplify my style, that is, to be clearer – the Beast lost a tusk!

5 April – Again, I edited to simplify, clarify – a claw broke off!

6 – 13 April – Family life and a solar eclipse really did get in my way.

14 April – Back to simplifying my style. Though this is hard to do, I found a handful of Beast bristles in the wastebasket.

15 April – I worked on two pages of courtroom drama. Now they not only carry the story along but make sense – something important, right?

This beast must be changed!