The Sleeping Rose
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Last published Sun, Nov 10, 2019
A cursed Princess, a dangerous maze, and one young woman who needs to get back.
When rough-sleeping Penelope stumbles upon a talking rosebush while searching for someone to sleep, she believes she's hallucinating. Then again, she's tired and hungry, and nothing can happen when it's just an hallucination, right?
A modern twist on a classic fairy tale.
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A NaNoWriMo 2019 project updated every Sunday throughout November (and one final update will be on 1st December 2019). A daily word count goal is 2,000 words, however, the final word count goal is 50,000 so not everyday needs to reach that. I hope you all enjoy!
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