THE UNICORN HUNTER, book two in the Fairy Tales of Arilland chapbook series, is out today — with another gorgeous cover by Bianca Roman-Stumpff! Amazon Paperback Kindle | Nook | Kobo | iBooks Once upon a time, a princess was born with hair as black as ebony, lips as red as blood, and skin as white as snow. After…
So I tied Bianca to a chair and forced her to listen to “The Unicorn Hunter” on audio…okay so maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but not much. It *is* still one of my favorite stories. That night, Bianca went to work her shift at Cafe Tu Tu Tango and she started the painting that would become the cover for…
If you haven’t snapped up this fairy tale classic for your Kindle yet, do it now while it’s only 99 cents! Share with your friends! 2015 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award Winner In the fairy tale realm of Arilland, stories are told at children’s bedsides–and not the stories you think you know. Tales of Arilland is a collection of…
Blackbird Publishing interviewed me about my story “The Goblin and the Treasure,” my contribution to the new anthology Once Upon a Quest. The story is based on a fairy tale most people have forgotten (or never knew in the first place): “The Goblin and the Grocer” from Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book. I have always loved the message of…
Happy book birthday to The Glass Mountain! The first in a long line of books for both me and Bianca to sign at conventions… On the way to her wedding, brave and clever Princess Sabine falls into a Glass Mountain, where she is trapped with a crotchety, smelly man she calls “Old Rinkrank.” The two form a unique, unlikely…
How to Lose An Award Without Losing Your Mindfor the Waterworld MermaidsJune 3, 2013 Two weeks ago, I lost a very important award. How important, you ask? Important enough that I had an essay posted about it on USA Today’s Happy Ever After blog the day before the ceremony. Important enough that my nerves had me writing this open…
After Memere’s funeral, I took the opportunity to linger in Vermont and catch up with my big sister, Cherie. It was a tough time for us all—especially since Cherie was Memere’s executor—and I think my being there was good for both of us. I went home two weeks later, making the long drive from Vermont all in one day….