Rae's Other Life

Writing has always been a way for me to escape my problems in this world so I would just teleport myself into a different world. A World within My Stories. I first came up with this Story Idea after I moved to Rockford, IL. I was only 10 years old but at that time I felt like I was able to decide my own path of life. During that time, I had a hard time adjusting to school life at Holy Family Catholic School so I tried to escape into Rae's Other Life. In this book, I have good friends based off real friendships I had left behind and imaginary friends I have always wanted. There are many alterations of ROL (Rae's Other Life)

The first version was what my life would have been like if I would have never left the Quad Cities, but slowly over time I found the story developing into Rachel having leaving the Four Cities and start a new life. Probably wherever you go, you meet new people and want to include those new people and new relationships. So ROL changed into the second version. In this version of ROL; a mystery follows Rachel to Rockford? Using this storyline I was able to in vision a whole series of books I have been developing. This have been the longest Project I've never finished but that like I said before I started working on this when I was like 10 years old. My little sister Emily, has recently encouraged me to at least finish the first book. I have been able to break Rae's Other Life into four parts, turning them into four books.

Annabell

The thing is all my stories are somewhat linked with Rae's Other Life. This is what led my imagination into Annabell. Annabell is another wonderful story I created, when I was lonely after arriving in Rockford IL.I desperately wanted a friend. Sure I had a small group of girls I had befriended but it still wasn't enough. It wasn't until I finally realized what I was asking for was quite Impossible. Even so, nothing is impossible in my world of writings. So my friend Annabell came into my life, She was the little friend I often found myself talking to and telling my thoughts, ideas, rants and rambles. Annabell has her own story, I created right after I finished 8th grade as I was about to enter High School. Annabell often followed me through out High School but then one day I found a new friend. Her name was Aziza Jones and Annabell became just another character within My Stories. Annabell still has special appearances within my stories, remember what I said before about being able to link my story ideas together it is kinda like that.

Recently I have decided to start finalize my timeline for ROL. I finally decided to start the series around the same age I started writing. Age 10 but just to give myself some more time, the readers will meet Rachel when she is 8 years old, a third grader in Mrs. Myers classroom at St. Annes Catholic School. The readers are introduced into her life, her family, her friends and her world through the eyes of a third grader; she is just your typical girl but nothing in life is ever typical. Rachel and her friends get into all sorts of adventures. Rachel will meet the Montebello's; a family with a secret. Rachel learns getting mixed up in their world can be dangerous but there is a strange force that attracts Rachel deeper and deeper into their world. Rachel learns the lessons of life but all these strange events begin to happen.. Is this fate or is this destiny?

Sound interesting?

My friend Annie once told me: "Rachel, you should write a book, your life is too interesting not to share with the world." Annie I want to thank you for encouraging me to write and record all the funny adventures I have experienced and now I start to share my funny stories with others. So thanks for the encouragement!! Love you! ;) You're a great Friend!


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Rachel and her neighborhood friends off to have an adventure!