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Resurrection Fern?

Updated: Apr 15, 2020

What kind of fern was in the wonderful book WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls set in Oklahoma?According to legend, only an angel could plant one.


I was thinking of titles and names as I often do when I write. In my first semester of fiction writing with Mary Clyde I learned a lot from her: the power of spare writing, and the ultimate importance of of the word in a one-word title. "Resurrection" was a story I drafted that became "Rings' Ring Finger." Without knowing anything else about the story, anyone care to comment on the one they like best--on the surface?

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