I submitted my Red Riding Hood story, you all! Everybody do a happy dance!
The official publishing date is March 3rd, and it’ll be in an anthology by Beyond the Bookery. Hooray!
In the meantime, here’s a bio my main female character, who’s the Little Red Riding Hood character, of course:
Thirteen-year-old Nan is an orphan who lives with and works for Madame Ethel, an innkeeper in the country Bueron. She’s kind, smart, and a problem solver. She has a physical disability that slows her gait, and when trekking through the woods, she needs a walking stick. Having a prideful streak, she likes to show she can do things herself. She loves reading and dogs, and she can shoot a crossbow (as long as her legs don’t wobble underneath her).
When she’s bullied by a couple of Madame Ethel’s wards, she does whatever it takes to earn their respect, even if it means breaking curfew and taking them to see a female dire wolf she befriended. But if the dire wolf proves to be a villain, she will break her friendship with her, though if there’s a chance that the wolf can be redeemed, Nan has hope for her.
Nan has long brown hair, and she wears a red cloak that her late parents gave her. However, her most precious gift from them is a handwoven pink ribbon she likes to wear in her hair.
This is how I picture her appearance, thanks to a royalty-free photo I found. All she needs in this photo is the pink ribbon and red cloak.
K.A. Ramstad 