S is for Sailing

I decided to use the A to Z Challenge for sailing ships for several reasons. Sailing vessels, horseback, and oxen (or some other animal) pulled wagons are traditional means of transportation.

Another reason sailing ships was selected relates to writing life and a rejection letter. The reason the editor said,"No thanks," to the story? Part of the quest took the character across a large lake and to a distant island--which meant a ship. And the editor refused to accept any story that had a ship in it. Her attitude was that every person who sailed ended up shipwrecked.

However, of the ships in the Dragshi Chronicles and Imprisoned in Stone (Wayward Bound, Wayward Mist, Winged Venture; Black Fin, Night Moon, Deep Lion, Drunken Gull) only the Drunken Gull was sunk. And no one was shipwrecked, the ship was set aflame by Broch as a means of hiding her escape. Of the fifteen vessels whose travels are recorded in the Windmaster Novels, only the Cluaran Lèana and the Dark Wing went to the depths of the ocean. As far as the number of people shipwrecked, only Leod suffered that fate, and it was his own fault. More on his tale in Windmaster Legend.

~till next time, Helen  

Click on the button to find my next post in the challenge.  Remember, it won't be live until midnight after this entry.

If you're interested in following other blogs in the A to Z in April challenge, click on the logo for the master list of the other participants.