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…
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The Classical Kingdoms Collection Novellas
I have a list of fairy tales I want to retell. This list is so long it gets kind of ridiculous. Most of those are being saved for full-length novels, but there are some fairy tales that would be difficult to stretch into a longer book. They deserve their own retellings…explorations if you will, but…
In Cinderella’s Defense…
I recently a video tonight objecting to Cinderella. I won’t go into the entire thing (because it was reeeeally long), but the premise was that we wouldn’t read our sons a book about “Cinderfella,” a man who allowed his family to abuse him and then waited for a princess to save him. So why would…
The Before Beauty Soundtrack
Music is my favorite way to get myself in the mindset for the story I’m writing. Sometimes I’ll reuse songs, but it’s a rare occasion. Now I’m sharing some of the songs that helped inspire me to write my first trilogy. And now you can use these songs to enhance your reading experience as you…
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”…