The Sequel

My book, Seven Sisters: the Voyage, brings the Mormon Saints, which were on the Amazon emigration ship, from London to New York City in 1863. But they are only one third of the way to their destination of Salt Lake City in the Rocky Mountains. This leaves the reader wanting to know if the Seven Sisters arrive there or not and what the circumstances are surrounding their trek?  Hence, the sequel is in progress and is tentatively entitled Seven Sisters: Overland.  There are 260 pages written as of 04-22-13.

Several characters from the first book are now gone, and I have added a few new ones to the sequel. The mode of travel has changed from ocean travel on a sailing ship to steamships on the America's Rivers, trains through Civil War country, and then 1000 miles by covered wagon and on foot across Nebraska and Wyoming to the Salt Lake Valley.

What can you expect in the sequel?

The Saints are now off the safety of the Amazon and traveling overland in an unknown country that just happens to be at war with itself. They must try to avoid  the Civil War skirmishes in their travels to Florence, Nebraska, and don't always manage to miss  the troop movement from both the Union and Rebel armies as they move on the rivers and on the rails. They also run into persecution from old foes of the Mormon Church--Missouri mobbers. Their traveling conditions are challenging--with the main problem being--obtaining food for 267 travelers each day as they stop in towns and villages along their route.

New characters include: 6 foot 7 inch, 14 year old Otto; a polygamous family named Button; Sir Evelyn Percy Towell, the III, and  four-time married Aurora Abigail Moore Elders Cherry Decker Snyder.

I don't want to give too much away, but as you may know, Alenda May Poulsen is close to delivering her baby, the Watts sisters may or may not be left by a train, Lavinia meets another man that seems interested in her, Caroline starts thinking that men have it a lot easier than women, Eleanor remains the voice of reason for the Seven Sisters, and there is a terrible accident along the way that affects everyone.

My goal is to be finished writing and editing by the fall of 2013, and then I have plans to publish Seven Sisters: Overland by November of 2013--in time for Christmas.

They say if you write down your goals, the forces of the universe will make them happen.

Here's Hoping!

Carolyn Hart Bennett