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So I figured that before I start writing I should do some research. Not reasearch for the book itself. I've been doing that. But I wanted to check around and make sure that no one has already writen a similar book. Years ago I read a book that was supposed to be the sequel to SG. It was horrible. Not the writing so much as the plot. It took place ten years after the book. Mary married some guy and went to India, igoring the sickly baby she gave birth to in an almost identical storyline to her own childhood. After the baby died she came back to England. Despite the fact that she was in love with Dicken she married Colin (who she later caught having sex with one of his (male) army buddies.) The whole thing was terribly OC.
Good news. There are two sequels to the book but no prequels. There are 4 movies, a radio broadcast, many versions of the book, (ranging from the original unabridged to illastrated 'I can read it myself'). There is also the musical, in both the english and broadway versions. No one seems to have published anything like my idea though. Sweet.
It's funny the stuff that comes up when you type in secret garden. There's all the things I've mentioned. There are also CDs of the meditation variety. And erotica. Yup. I found a book called 'My Secret Garden' that is basically about self pleasure. Interesting. I so won't be titling my book My Secret Garden. Wouldn't want them to get mixed up.
My only problem so far is that the title I have been thinking of, Lily's Garden, is already used at Amazon. Twice actually. Oddly enough both books are children's picture books. Hmmm.
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I've actually been finding these prompts at the NaNoWriMo forums, here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=153 to be exact. I just find the date, hehe.
I did some of these prompts last year, its fun.