Sleeping Beauty Released!

Today is the big day–Sleeping Beauty is available for purchase! A few of you impressive readers have already whipped through it–which impresses me greatly–but as the majority of you Champions haven’t had a chance to crack it yet, I’ll refrain from talking about it, and instead use this post for some housekeeping things.

The matter of greatest importance is Sleeping Beauty reviews! Reviews are really important for authors. They help a lot in terms of opening up doors for advertising as some places have a review requirement, and they also provide useful feedback for me and for possible/interested readers. So as a thank you for reviewing! (I appreciate reviews anywhere you can leave them including Amazon.com, the UK Amazon site, the Australian Amazon site, and Goodreads!)

This time I’m releasing three shorts!

The Beginning: 2 page short story:  Unlocked The Assignment: 11 page short story: Unlocked (Told from Firra’s perspective) The Third Knight: 12 page short story:  Unlocked (Two guesses what this one is about, eh?)

Next up, Beauty and the Beast is temporarily on sale for 99 cents to celebrate Sleeping Beauty‘s release! I’ll probably keep it at that price for roughly a month before hiking it back to its regular price of $2.99.

Finally, I recall that several Champions have birthdays this week, so I hope you have a happy birthday and a splendid birthday weekend!

That’s it for today! I’ll give you all a few days to read before I start my Sleeping Beauty themed posts. Until then, have a lovely time reading, Champions, and thanks in advance for the reviews!

Sleeping Beauty Pre-order

Sleeping Beauty is now available for pre-order! It’s still launching on December 15, so we’ve just a bit over a week to wait. Additionally, Red Rope of Fate is now available in paperback. Woohoo–just in time for Christmas!

In the meantime I’m trying to get my schedule figured out for next year. In 2016 I edited a lot, and I still have to edit Rumpelstiltskin and Wild Swans so I’m not done yet. Still, I’m hopeful next year I’ll be able to produce more books as I won’t have as many editing projects. (This year I edited Red Rope, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella–and I’m hoping to still cram Rumpelstiltskin in here.)

The Snow Queen Anthology is just about done–so that’s a relief to check off! (Note: If you want PDF copies of the shorts grab ’em now! When the anthology goes up I’ll have to yank the majority of them off the site due to Amazon rules.) And I already have the Sleeping Beauty shorts finished as well!

While I muse over my goals, I hope you all are doing well! I can’t wait to talk Sleeping Beauty with you! (Isaia is my attempt to overthrow Stil from his position as reigning champion of ‘Most Popular Hero,’ but while he’s just as sweet as Stil he is far quieter, so it’s up in the air at this point!) Thanks for reading, and have a lovely day!

Cover Reveal: Sleeping Beauty

I’m so excited! Today I get to reveal the cover for my next Timeless Fairy Tale, Sleeping Beauty!

Myrrhlynn, my cover artist, did another fabulous job with this cover! She adjusted the hues of the picture a bit and made the model’s dress a little more purply. Also, as usual, she did a fantastic job with the font! (I feel like the two fonts used in the title sort of encompass Briar’s struggles with defining herself, but I’ll wait to hear if you think the same when you read it.)

Speaking of which, you can pencil in Sleeping Beauty‘s release date! It looks like it’s going to be December 15–that’s a Thursday. (It might change by a day or two, but I highly doubt it.) Below is a very rough draft of SB’s description, to give you something to look forward to!

Briar Rose, a clever peasant girl, feels only pity for the mythical Princess Rosalinda–the hidden princess who was cursed to prick her finger on a spindle and fall asleep until true love’s kiss awakens here. But Briar’s worst nightmares become reality when she learns she is the secret princess, and Isaia, her childhood friend, is really a Magic Knight sworn to protect her.

Briar reluctantly embraces her new life as princess, and is reunited with her mother, father, and her grandfather–the king. Unfortunately Carabosso, the mage who cursed her as a baby, has returned to the country and plunders the countryside. The king refuses to disperse the Magic Knights to protect the people, and instead orders them to stay in the capital to protect Briar. But Briar is not the demure princess her family desires, and she vows to protect her people if her parents and grandfather will not.

Will the curse consume Briar, or–with help from Isaia–can she beat the foul mage at his own game?

You’ve been so patient, Champions, in waiting for this book, so I hope it entertains and charms you! Briar is a spunky, spitfire heroine, and her relationship with Isaia was really intriguing to flesh out. It’s a little different from your typical love story, but I hope you will all still like it!

That’s all for today! Thanks for reading!