Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It will be my third year participating in the challenge. The goal is to write either a 50,000-word novel or 50,000 words of a longer novel. My project his year is THE PAINTING, the second book in the Ted James series.
Allora works for Ted and Jack at the foundation. She has a live-in boyfriend she is beginning to doubt. She is mad at God for allowing a drunk driver to take her dad from her when she was only 7. She is also mad at the drunk driver who managed to walk away with virtually no injuries.
A big-rig trailer tire explodes next to her tiny Fiat, sending it tumbling down the berm and putting her in a coma. She must paint a modern version of DaVinci’s Last Supper when she awakens. She wants to use the faces of people in her life, and through the process, she learns how to forgive and the mercy of God.
We will catch up with Ted and Maureen. We will visit Pam and Eliot with their growing twins. Jack is forced out of his home as the foundation grows, as does his affection for Ruthie. The foundation has a new project allowing us to meet more fascinating people of Traverse, Illinois.
Steven Wilcox 