All Blog Posts Tagged 'Tales' (38)

Tiger Tales Books: Splish, Splash, Splosh!

Tiger Tales Books: My first book of Things To See

Tiger Tales Books: the Great Fairy Tale Disaster

Tiger Tales Books: What Goes Up

Title: Hug!

Author: Tiger…

Tiger Tales Books: That's My Mommy!

Tiger Tales Books: The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur

Book Giveaway: Soo's Boo-Boos She's Got Ten

I just reviewed The Fairest Beauty, by Melanie Dickerson (READ MORE). 

When Gabe Gerstenberg learns that his brother's fiance - who everyone thought had died - was very much alive and being held hostage by an evil…

I just reviewed Unnatural Issue, by Mercedes Lackey (READ MORE)

When Earth Master Richard Whitestone's wife dies in childbirth, he discards their newborn  daughter Suzanne in a fit of rage. Suzanne is…

I reviewed The Princess and the Goblin, by George MacDonald. An adorable classic fairy tale / allegory.

Right in time for Christmas, I am happy to present:

I wish I was announcing this for The Empyrical Tales, but sadly I'm not. I am, however, happy to say that another author friend has a movie in the works! Keith Rommel shares an audition with us - http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/12/making-movie.html

This is it! The final week has arrived, and by Friday, I'll hopefully have another novel first draft under my belt (my eighth!). I'm close to the end of the story now -- the prince has been found out, Rapunzel's hair is cut, and the witch's backstory has been revealed. All that's left is some wandering in the wilderness, some babies, and a reunion. I hope that I'll actually be able to type "the end" and not just hit 50,000 words, because I agree with Chris Baty that there's something magic…

So, supposedly Week Three is where things are supposed to start coming together. This is where the NaNo journey gets better. Although I’m not quite seeing it yet … I’m still struggling through mid-novel insecurity, and the negligence of many other areas of my life for the sake of this novel is beginning to have an effect. My dear husband finally cleaned the bathroom tonight. I finally walked my dog and got new tires. The dishes remain undone, and this blog post is being written at the last…

My Book Project

Part of the fun of writing an ongoing series is creating new characters with each story. I have the same core characters from the beginning (two of which I love almost like they were my own daughters). A large part of the newest plot has to do with a great guy I call Karl Lumpkin.

With the official release of The Empyrical Tales Book III: The Secret Queen about a week away, I wanted to revisit the original purpose for this blog. Originally, I had intended to give a "making of" commentary and work my way through the story. Like Book III, Book I: The Fourth Queen closely follows the plot of the Hero's Journey. Check out the archive to see older posts, but I left off with "The Ordeal".…