This is what's happening in my world of fantasy fiction.  I've written a two Pig Adventures and started the third. 

The first adventure centers around Becky Bows, a twelve year old girl who lives with her Air Force mother.   When her military mother gets sent to the other side of the world to support a war effort, Becky has to go stay with her nearest living relatives.  She has no living relatives on her mother's side so that leaves her paternal grandparents.  She has had no contact with her father's side of the family for the last ten years.  She comes to Presque Isle (They say write what you know) to stay with her grandparents and thinks they're nuts.  Grandma Lou walks across the squeaky wooden floors without making a sound.  Grandpa Burt talks to trees.  While in the forest behind her grandparent's house, she meets a one armed boy that gives her a magic dog.  With the magic of the unpredictable dog at her command, she beings an adventure to unravel several mysteries involving the strangers that call themselves family. 

But where's the complete story? 

I'm currently working with woman associated with The Institute Of Children's Literature to prepare the book one of the Pig Adventures.  I'm about to submit the middle third of the book for editing to her.  I hope to have the final third ready to send down before Thanksgiving.  When I'm ready, the institute will assist me in sending query letters to publishers. 

What's the name of the book?  

I think, The Pig Adventures - Becky And The Magic Dog sounds kind of weak so I'm still working on it.

Look for future teasers for this story in future postings at this blog.

I said I had two books written!

Book two, a sequel goes back a couple generations and explains where a magic dog comes from.  It is an adventure involving the original P.I.G.S. which are Becky's Grandpa Burt and Grandma Lou and a couple of there friends when they were kids.   That book will be called, The Pig Adventures - The Other Side Of The Forest.  I wanted a back story so I wrote this story first, then worked on Becky's adventure.

Book three will probably be called - The Pig Adventures - The Last Treep.  I think the series will be a trilogy.  I want to continue scratching out book (which takes over where book one left off) this winter.