![]() ![]() Quest of the Hart, my first published novel, and the first book in the Princess of Valendria series, is a reverse Sleeping Beauty. In fact, several of my books are twists on some well known tales. I guess it makes sense that my love of fairy tales creeps into my own writing. But regardless, give me a fairy tale and I’m happy girl. Maybe it was the Disney influence of growing up with Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. I always have, but I’m not sure why I fell in love with them. Though I couldn’t include all her wonderful info in the presentation itself (it was only an hour long!), it was too good to not share. ![]() Mary Waibel, master of twisting fairy tales, was one of the gracious authors who provided me with an insight into her writing process. Back when I was doing research for my NESCBWI15 workshop about mining fairy tales, myths, and legends to write fantasy, I scoured the Interwebs for interviews with fantasy authors and also directly contacted a few. ![]()
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