Castles remind me of my dreams to be a published author. Castle Neuschwanstein is located in Germany. I must say it is one of my favorites since the exterior captures all the expectations I have of what a castle should look like. When I visited it, I was surprised to see that not all the rooms of the castle were finished. King Ludwig II, who had the castle built, had been found drowned under mysterious circumstances before the interior was done. The completed rooms were magnificent to view, but those that were only shells reminded me of my stories. As I write this, I'm still editing Elle's Magical Shoes for the umpteenth time. It feels like I will never be finished and just have a shell of a book like the beautiful Neuschwanstein castle. When I think of castles, I think of other ones I’ve seen: Cinderella’s castle in Florida and Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in California. Cinderella was my favorite princess when I was a little girl. I danced around the house to the record and memorized, “A dream is a wish your heart makes when you’re fast asleep.” Just like King Ludwig II, Walt Disney, and Cinderella, dreams keep me writing away until I see completion of what I set out to do. I’ll look at these magnificent castles as a reminder to not give up no matter what. The Linderhof Palace pictured above is one of several castles Kind Ludwig II did complete.
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