Had an epiphany on the way to work this morning, and started on my next summer story when I got home.  My original location has changed from Florida to northern Minnesota ( the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ) both because I could reduce the suspension of reality quotient, and because I’m more familiar with the location.  I’ve scrapped a character, changed the relationship between two others, have a whole new hook from that epiphany, and changed the title.

What was formally going to be Whispers of the Wood is now Kindred of the Wood.  I’m 1200 words in, and rolling along, telling Mara’s tale.  With any luck, I’ll actually get this one finished and polished in time to enter it in the contest.