Well hello, everyone! I imagine that most of you know about the Rooglewood Fairy Tale contests, where everyone scrambles to rewrite the same fairy tale in hopes that their story will one of the five selected for the coveted collection Five Something Something. I wrote for three of the four collections, CinderEddy for Five Glass Slippers , Poison Kiss for Five Magic Spindles, and The Seven Drawers and Red as Snow for Five Poison Apples. Unfortunately, The Seven Drawers was the only story that I was able to finish in time to send it in (And I'm now waiting with bated breath to find out whether or not I won.) Unfortunately, Poison Apples was their last contest. So, we were talking in the Facebook Group about how sad we'd be to lose the community. And I had a thought. I can't offer a contest, but I can continue the challenge. The picking of a fairy tale and the writing together with fury. I can't offer a single collection with cash prizes, but I can offer a joi
I'm surprised there aren't more books in this post, honestly . . . I feel like a lot of people would tend towards contemporary just because of the whole "write what you know" thing.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, but also "Attract what you write," and I don't write contemporary...
DeleteThat is very true. And thank goodness, because if you did write contemporary, I probably wouldn't read your books. (No offense, but I like dragons better than drama. xD)
DeleteI should dig "Dollhouse in the Attic" out... Also "The Prodigal Daughter"
DeleteSarah, have you tried A.J. Sky's StormBreathers series? It's dragons meets contemporary but without the angsty modern drama. :)
DeleteLove Kelsey's books! <3
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