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Category: Before Beauty
The first half of the book, “Before Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast”
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An All New Newsletter Experience!
Whew! Once Upon 2023 is over, and I have sooooo much to catch you up on. First thing, if I come across like a caffeinated chipmunk, I haven’t slept well in four days, and my brain is showing it. So if I do something like I did yesterday, where I misspelled the word, “to,” you’ll…
Welcome to My National Fairy Tale Day Party! – Party Event #1
National Fairy Tale Day is finally here!!! First of all, I want to thank you all for coming to hang out with me! I know it’s not the same as in-person (Can you tell this extrovert is a little starved for some REAL talking-hugging-people-ing time?) But we’re going to have a BLAST today. And just…
Brit’s Fairy Tale Characters and Their Love Languages
For those of you who haven’t read Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, you should. It was eye-opening to me and really helped me understand my husband and family members better. I learned that not only do people feel loved the best when they receive care in their main love language, but they also…
Before Beauty Theme Music
So I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but I had technical issues and it just never happened. The goal, though, was to share some of the music I use to inspire me to write my books. Each book has its own playlist, and rarely do the playlists share. The whole goal for me…
The Before Beauty Soundtrack
Music is powerful. It has the power to change our moods and mindsets, and I use this to my advantage. For every story I write, even short stories, I create a soundtrack that’s specific to that book. I search for songs that remind me of the struggles the characters are going through, their tragedies, longings,…
Behind the Beast
Apparently, Beauty and the Beast is based on a true story, according to French records. I know. Freaking awesome, right? It’s amazing what you find on Netflix. I was looking through the documentaries, when I came upon this: Apparently, the original “beast” was a man with Ambras Syndrome, or hypertrichosis. It’s a condition that means, “too much hair”…