{"id":189,"date":"2011-12-13T00:54:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T08:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:37","slug":"maple-leaf-stage-1-amwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/maple-leaf-stage-1-amwriting\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leaf: Stage 1. #amwriting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently working on &#8220;Maple Leaf: Stage 1.&#8221; This is a project that leaves me feeling incredibly hopeful about the world and life in general. It&#8217;s much lighter than what I usually go for and it makes me feel as though I&#8217;ve in someway been carried back to a more innocent time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nadia<\/strong>&#8211;a girl with a secret past she&#8217;s trying to forget.<br \/>\n<strong>Bran<\/strong>&#8211;incredibly poor, he has big dreams for a much better future.<br \/>\n<strong>Winter<\/strong>&#8211;she never thought she would have to get over her first love.<br \/>\n<strong>Jason<\/strong>&#8211;all he&#8217;d ever wanted was a family; a group of people that would love him.<br \/>\n<strong>Freya<\/strong>&#8211;she&#8217;s always gotten her own way, and she&#8217;s not going to let that change now.<br \/>\n<strong>Benjamin<\/strong>&#8211;he was just doing a favor; he never expected for things to go so wrong.<br \/>\n<strong>Tia<\/strong>&#8211;being kidnapped was the most terrifying experience she&#8217;s ever had. She just wished it was over already.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I have lived my entire life surrounded by maple trees. And at every time of year, I have been attracted to the beautiful branches and leaves. It is a never ending sense of fascination to me, and that&#8217;s what the characters of &#8220;Maple Leaf&#8221; feel: Fascination for life and for each other as they are clustered together for a short length of time. Then, as they age, eventually each leaf is sent fluttering to the ground alone.<\/p>\n<p>I just thought it was a beautiful idea and working on this project has made me very happy. &#8220;Maple Leaf&#8221; is my panacea; siphoning out all my negativity and leaving only a pleasant serenity behind.<\/p>\n<p>I find myself smiling and laughing more, and that is something I want to share with the rest of the world. I hope that everyone that reads &#8220;Maple Leaf&#8221; will experience the same happiness that writing it has given me.<\/p>\n<p>~Much love to you all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently working on &#8220;Maple Leaf: Stage 1.&#8221; This is a project that leaves me feeling incredibly hopeful about the world and life in general. It&#8217;s much lighter than what I usually go for and it makes me feel as though I&#8217;ve in someway been carried back to a more innocent time. Nadia&#8211;a girl with a&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/maple-leaf-stage-1-amwriting\/\" title=\"Maple Leaf: Stage 1. #amwriting\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maple Leaf: Stage 1. #amwriting<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,80],"tags":[116,470,558,745,797],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","has-more-link","post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-real-life","category-upcoming-projects","tag-adrama","tag-maple-leaf","tag-pbj","tag-upcoming","tag-wutan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-33","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":185,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-am-not-dead-im-just-really-lazy-amwriting\/","url_meta":{"origin":189,"position":0},"title":"I am not dead! 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