Secret Sea

Do you remember me telling you about a story I was writing about a ghost and a girl who discovers her? The one that's set in Ireland? I called it, "Secret Sea," after Meav Ni Mhaolchatha's third solo album, which gave me the inspirtation for that story. Now, the title is "Secret Sea," and I've spent a lot of time editing it with my family. Recently, we had it bound at the office store, and I've given it out to several people to read! These people include: Ms. Lindsay Burke, Mrs. Stacy Giangaspro, Mrs. Candy Watson, Mrs. Cheryl O'Conner, Mrs. Amanda Williams, my Virginia family, my Aunt Nancy in Southern California, and my great-grandmother and her caretaker, Mr. Jesse Merrell. I was so excited to get it "pre-published", and so happy that I was really done with my first ever "novella" ( term meaning 'little novel'; thank to Mrs. Candy for letting me know what that is!). I love it and I think it's a wonderful story.

Ireland

Yes, the country, but no, not the country. I'm reading a book called "Ireland" by Frank Delaney. It's a really good book about a storyteller who comes to visit the house of O'Mara. Little Ronan O'Mara knows for sure that the storyteller was sent to him as his own personal wizard, and is enchanted everytime a story is told unto him, and all the neighbors who come in the house to hear as well. They are wonderful stories, because the book tells the stories as the man is telling them, as well as what happens after and in between stories. So far, I've heard four stories from the storyteller; one about the architect of Newgrange (if you're even a small fan of Ireland, you know what this is), King Conner of Ulster (the northern province), Saint Patrick and how he banished snakes and the devil out of his country, and about Saint Brendan and his travels on the sea. It's an amazing book so far, and a very mysterious one too. I'd never heard of it before, and it's not a book you see most eighth graders reading. Double thanks to Mrs. O'Conner for letting me borrow it!!!
Erin go bragh!