"Ever played dominoes? Personally I'm no good at it. I have no patience whatsoever. But let's say you set up like fifty dominoes. If someone came along after you'd knocked them all over, they probably wouldn't be able to see the first domino if they were standing near the last domino. They'd have to backtrack to find the domino that started it all. The one that began the chain reaction. It happens in life just like that. One day, you'll find yourself somewhere looking down at a pile of knocked over dominoes. And you have to backtrack in your mind to find that first domino-that first moment that changed everything. You didn't know that day would change your life at the time-it might've seemed completely normal. But looking back on it, it's unmistakable. Looking back on my life so far, I can safely say that September 9th was my first domino."

[My NaNoWriMo piece] Noah Parker was the daughter of two ridiculously famous ice skaters. Now she's living in a group home with her older brother. The tragedy has created a wedge between herself and her brother, and most of the time she feels totally alone. Except when she's skating. It's then that she feels her parents most. The only problem is the triple axel. She used to be able to land it beautifully. It used to be perfect. But now she's overthinking it, stressing over it. Until a boy comes along that might be able to glue back the pieces of her life, and cheer her on as she tries to land that triple axel time and time again.

Everyone wants a perfect love story, although we find that it's impossible at times. Colin King and Jenna Jackson believe they have written the best one of all. However, their faith in their relationship is sheltered by the small Kansas town they knew together; the outside world is a raging tempest that even the deepest of bonds shudder in.

You've heard the beginning of my story, and here it continues. I find myself in another world, one much darker and more hostile than the one in which I had grown accustomed to and adored. In my search for the man with whom I am in love, I am again faced with choices. Choices that could change the entire course of Narnian history, as well as my own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sequel to "By the Lion's Mane." Narnia fanfiction. Part TWO of THREE.

Here you will find the conclusion to my story. Separated for good from the only man I will ever love and carrying his child, I must make my place in Narnia. I must choose what I think is best for both myself and the one I will bring into the world, but whether that choice is best for the rest of Narnia remains to be seen... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part THREE of THREE Sequel to "By the Lion's Mane: The Call" and conclusion of the "By the Lion's Mane" series

It is likely that you have heard the stories of a wonderful land in another world, a land called Narnia. And if you have, you have probably also heard of the four Pevensies, who discovered the land of Narnia by stumbling through a wardrobe. You would have read of the wonderful adventures they had in there, and how they became great kings and queens of Narnia, legendary rulers of their own country. But you have not heard of me, and my part in those same adventures. For my name is Rose, and I was merely a young girl lost in the turmoil of the second World War. But I also found that country, and through my actions, I affected the entire course of Narnian history. My story is one of love and beauty, of evil and the poison of hate, of adventures and journeys into the unkown, of the love of two rulers, of great battles and golden eras of peace. My story is one of unrequited love and frustration, of friendship and great sacrifice, and of many choices one is forced to make throughout life, whether they choose right or wrong. And this is where it begins. ~Part ONE of THREE~