The third book in the Bells Pass series, Jam and Jingle Bells: A Small Town Diner Christmas Romance, starts with cosmetologist Addie Collop giving a haircut to the town’s newly arrived yoga instructor, Ellis David. Twenty-five-years-old yet white-haired, Ellis is mysterious yet charming, and Addie resolves to get to know […]
Starla Huchton’s Shadows on Snow is a retelling of Snow White but with males taking traditional female roles and vice-versa. Yes, this means that Snow White is a man in this story. He is Prince Leopold, the evil step-mother becomes an evil step-father, and the seven “dwarfs” become seven sisters. […]
I caught up with fairytale author H. L. Burke for a special interview on Tell A Fairy Tale Day. Her latest fairy tale is titled Ashen, a Cinderella retelling. With regards to the inspiration of Ashen, did you start with the idea to write a fairy tale retelling of Cinderella? […]
Forget everything you know about fairytale retellings when you read Ashen by H. L. Burke. Most retellings either are a straight-up novel length version of a story you’ve read before, or they include some type of gimmick to make the narrative fresh. Reading these types of retellings are like playing […]
For a long time, I’ve wanted to read a retelling by Melanie Cellier. She’s retold most of the popular fairy tales and a few of the ones rarely retold (e.g. “Swan Lake” and “The Princess and the Pea”). I wondered how she would approach a Snow White retelling after writing […]
I was writing a blog about the traditional fairy tales and my novel Kingdom Come. At the end I recommended some fairy tale retellings of that particular story. I suddenly had an idea. What if I read them to compare their treatment of the Snow White character? Not rate the […]
I have written two novel-length fairy tales and have rough copies of future stories. When I get the inspiration for a new story set in the world of Kingdom, I now ask myself two questions: Who will kiss? And who will die? Great fairy tales, in my opinion, are about […]
C. J. Redwine’s The Shadow Queen is an action-packed retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs envisioned as a high fantasy. This Snow White is Lorelai Diederich, the true heir to the throne, but on the run from her evil stepmother, Queen Irina. Lorelai is not the meek maiden […]
Welcome, friend. If you’re reading this on Feb. 26, you’ve arrived at Tell A Fairy Tale Day Central. I have a lot of goodies for you today. I’ve chosen Snow White as a theme this year, so a lot of posts will be about her. You probably followed one of […]
H. L. Burke’s Blind Date with a Supervillain is a short spin-off series from her Superhero Rehabilitation Series. In this world, superheroes and supervillains face off around the world. Most superheroes are aligned with the Department of Super Enabled (DOSA) which regulates their actions. Surge (or Shawn Park) is a […]