I have finally picked up again the WIP I shelved this time last year. It is a duology. I have about 50,000 words of the first book written and about 25,000 of the second. It was originally one book, but the flash back story suddenly took on a life of its own and I knew I had to write two stories. All the major research is done, just odd bits to do as I write.
It is getting up the courage to begin again. I am slowly reading through thr 50,000 words to get the story into my head again.
The story is set between October 1944 and March 1947. It includes Lanacaster bombers. POW camps. The brutal forced march of POWs from the east of Germany to the west in early 1945. England during the second blitz. (V1 and V2 rocket attacks) A returning POW's struggle to fit back into civilian life. The horrible period of austerity after the War. The bitter winter of 1946-7. All mixed in with a version of the legend of the Green Man. A Brigadoon type village and some rather nasty little creatures.
My head hurts sometimes as I try and make sense of it all.
I am also workng on a re-edit and re-submit for my fantasy romance, the publisher wants more romance tropes and less fantasy. The publisher (a small one, who does not want to see it until May) It is breaking my heart to pull out the fantasy elements.