Content: coming of age

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When Charity and Adrian's opposite worlds collide twin souls are forced to face their connected pasts in the present to save their future... *LA*

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This is a sequel to On a Wing and a Dare. High Meadow has been established for four years, and the herd of flying horses is thriving. High Meadow boasts two barns now, and has managed to hold an Aerial Games every year. Owain, groom to Emma's horse, Adain, is beset by nightmares from his past. He will have to deal with them before he can move forward to his own future.

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An older man encounters his middle school love and remembers the terrible events that pushed him to self-reliance but also pushed her and her family out of his life. The first chapter is a prelude to what is a novel length flashback. I'd like to know if the prelude works enough to make a reader want to go on reading. What could I do to improve the chance encounter between two people who shared a traumatic childhood but haven's seen each other since they were thirteen?

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I need some very specific criticism here. I've been told that my characters are flat, and I know I don't do settings well. Please tell me where this stuff should go. I'm trying not to interject these things in such a way to ruin the flow/style of the story. But I haven't figured it out yet. HELP!!!!!!!!!

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Version #2--Only the last segment is altered. I tried for a subtler ending. Works? For those who've read the original, this better or worse?

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Dumped by his girlfriend and betrayed by his father, slacker Rudie Chikauski spins into a summer odyssey on the island of Nantucket where run-ins with freaky locals and a love affair with an older woman teach him to become the man he’s never had the courage to be - himself.

Rudie outsmarts a misguided carpenter and a salty Public Works supervisor to earn the painting contract at the island rest home. He also earns the love of Jule, the Home’s laundress, who has her own challenges to face including a distant husband, a fortieth birthday, and an illness she can’t fight alone.

With the help of three friends and the Home’s resident elders, Rudie matures with the summer coming face-to-face with rival painters, proud nudists, raging bonfires, serious crunchers (big waves), and potential death by crucifix. At summer’s end, he makes a decision that will complete his transformation and point the way to new beginnings.

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