Every day an adventure

I have been struggling with one of the characters in my historical novel.  I know what her future looks like, but I have been having a hard time with her present day reality.

I've been thinking about it a lot, and have mulled over many different potential stories for her.  Today, I finally settled on the right story.

I came to her story in an unusual way.  I was reading a book, a very good book, titled "Manhattan Beach".  I don't want to give away any of the story lines in that book.  It is set mostly during World War II.  As with most books set with World War II as a backdrop, the themes are thought provoking and saddening at times. 

One of the things I find most fascinating about World War II stories is how there is usually a tremendous amount of hope that underpins those stories.  Despite hardship and tragedy, so many people clung to the belief that the Allies would win the war, and of course that hope was rewarded, and we did.

Anyway. thinking about one of the characters in that book awakened Ruth's story in my mind.  I don't know how I didn't see it earlier, as now that I know it, it seems so right.

Today, that story will find its way from my mind onto my manuscript.  Every day an adventure, as I learn to put my stories on paper.