write it, many will follow it with much anticipation. Your writing style and characters have captured people's imagination. They want to know more and they want to try and guess where you're going.

That said, if you can't find a good reason to write it - some big problem(s) to resolve, that the setting fits then I would prefer that you NOT write it. Camp K and P&P both had major points where Eric/a has grown and learned to be herself. Different problems in each, and they were not small problems. Each has/had many sub-plots where others deal with issues as well. These and the interactions involved helped the story move along.

So, IF you want to write it, and you find the elements you need. THEN, go ahead. But, personally, I'd prefer you not dilute a powerful story by a mediocre one. You've shown you have a gift for telling a story with interesting characters and believable circumstances. I'd rather you put that talent on a completely different story than to water down Camp K/P&P.

As to sequels - If you want to write one - but don't think the Camp setting will "fit" even as counselors jump further into the future. Let Erica go to one or more of her friends weddings and see how things go from there. :-)

Okay, so I'm repeating myself. LOL

Thanks,
Annette

There is no limit to the story ideas for another camp story, especially if several of the previous campers are now staff. I can see them as cabin counselors, helping their girls to come up with colorful nicknames for their cabin, etc. I can see Erika's charges adopting the name "Misfits", as they are composed of the more introverted, heavy, plain and non-athletic girls, except of course for the twin sisters who are on the pageant circuit and seem to have been put into the cabin by the fates as a sort of penance for their arrogance. Oh wait, it sort of sounds like the residents of Erika's Kumoni sisters, doesn't it?

Of course, there's always the possibility of Erika unknowingly attracting the attention of one of the male counselors at the other camp, and one of her friends getting jealous and threatening to expose her, etc. I assume there would have to be another TG camper for Erika and her friends to help along, perhaps without her knowing it.

But before we get there, we have to get Erika through her operation and the end of her school year. There's a lot that needs to happen yet, including introducing Erika to the rest of her family, and getting to know her "crazy" aunt. John is right too, it's obvious that Mom has slacked off for now hoping that after the operation Eric will return, so that possibility has to be resolved once and for all.

Ani, I just hope you have the energy to start such a huge project. We are such parasites, devouring everything you write. I know it's fun to write, but it does come at a cost to you. So I agree with the others. If you truly feel up to the task of writing another whole segment like this, by all means do it. But please, don't overextend yourself. I would much rather see you continue to write shorter works than to get burned out and quit writing altogether, as so many other writers have done.

Just my two cents worth. I am in awe of such prolific writers as yourself, my muse is so lazy she disappears completely for months at a time. I don't know how you do it. But I do hope you continue! :-)

Hugs
Carla Ann

I love the idea of the girls being camp counselors or cabin counselors, as perhaps another "special girl" will be discovered by Erika. Janice