My Inspiration for The Witch’s Tower
The Witch’s Tower is a Rapunzel retelling with a twist. It’s told from the perspective of Gothel, the witch, who happens to be the heroine. What gave me the idea to write from the witch’s point-of-view? When I saw the movie Maleficent, I loved it so much. I’d always been fascinated with the fairy tale […]
Overcoming Writer’s Doubt
What’s the question I get asked most as a writer? This one: “What do you do about writer’s block?” Writer’s block has universally become the acknowledged challenge for writers. I argue that we’re asking the wrong question. It’s not writer’s block we should be concerned about. I rarely deal with it, to be honest. If […]
Top Ten Fairy Tales of All Time
Since I’m writing a fairytale-retelling trilogy, I thought it would be fun to count down the top ten fairytales. When I was researching this, it seems the number one fairytale was pretty universal. From there, a few stayed on the lists, and some of the lists had stories I’d never heard. (The Valiant Tailor?) In […]