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Cinderella: the Original Fairy Tale
Cinderella , as you might have noticed with all my trumpeting, has been Let's talk about the fairy tale that created one of these most...
Jul 10, 20144 min read
Cinderella’s Release
Cinderella and the Colonel is officially available for purchase. You can find it here at Amazon and here on Goodreads. Thank you for...
Jul 9, 20141 min read
It’s uploaded!
I just uploaded Cinderella to Amazon! In about 8-12 hours it should be available for purchase. I will write another post as soon as it is...
Jul 9, 20141 min read


Writing Tips: Building Better Characters
This is the week that Cinderella makes its big debut! In the interests of not giving myself an ulcer, you will see Cinderella’s...
Jul 7, 20142 min read


Cinderella Cover Reveal
Today is the big cover reveal for Cinderella! I’ve been looking forward to this day for a while–Myrrhlynn had the cover made before I...
Jul 2, 20141 min read


Cinderella release date!
The Editor has returned Cinderella! (With roughly a billion punctuation corrections, but still!) There was much celebration in…well…my...
Jun 30, 20141 min read
Thank you TFIOS
In case you haven’t heard, The Fault In Our Stars (or TFIOS) released this summer, and has made a killing. It cost Fox $12 million to...
Jun 25, 20142 min read
It is started!
The sequel for My Life at the MBRC has been started! I’ve got the first five pages written, woohoo! I have a lot of the book mapped out,...
Jun 23, 20141 min read
Old Manuscripts
A lovely Champion named Debra emailed me a few days ago, and pointed out something in the second Robyn Hood book I forgot to fix long...
Jun 18, 20142 min read
Happy Father's Day 2014
Good day to you, Champions. Just a quick reminder that Life Reader is free today (6/13) through 6/17. This Sunday is Father’s Day, so I’m...
Jun 13, 20142 min read
Cinderella: Once upon a time
I just finished submitting Cinderella to the Editor. I’m very anxious to hear what she has to say about it, but I can share that my test...
Jun 9, 20142 min read
George R. R. Martin will kill you!
George R. R. Martin recently launched a campaign to raise funds for the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary and a local food bank charity. (Local...
Jun 6, 20142 min read


Enter, Amazed Cat
This is what happens when I stay on the computer too long. Suddenly everything becomes amazing and it’s reaaaaalllyyy hard to see in the...
Jun 4, 20141 min read
The Name Game Winners
I won’t lie: it was difficult for me to choose the winners of this contest. Everyone came up with fantastic names, and a lot of you...
Jun 2, 20141 min read
Enter now!
Just a reminder today is the LAST DAY I am accepting entries for The Name Game! Tomorrow afternoon I will pick the Grand Prize Winners...
May 31, 20141 min read
A Cinderella update
Today I only have good news. First of all, I finished the first draft of Cinderella, and I’ve already dove into the editing process. I’m...
May 28, 20141 min read
From the final frontier
Hello, Champions. I apologize for the off-date update, but I highly doubt I’m going to get a chance to update the blog this week. I...
May 20, 20141 min read
The Name Game
Cinderella is coming along fast. I hope to have it finished next week or shortly after. Editing will probably take most of June since it...
May 16, 20143 min read


Run & Hide–It’s a Bad Poetry Day–ish
Today I’m really cranking out Cinderella, and I’ve used just about every word that I’ve got to do it. The good news is Cinderella is well...
May 12, 20141 min read


Analyzing Wild Swans: The Morals
While doing research for my retelling of the Wild Swans I spent a lot of time reading the various “Brothers Turned Into Birds & Sister...
May 9, 20143 min read
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