Introducing My Hunter Character

Last week, I announced I submitted my fairy tale retelling. You can read more about it at this link, plus learn more about my heroine.

Introducing My Red Riding Hood Character

Another character bio is here, and it’s on the significant male character in my Red Riding Hood retelling.

Yes, I do have a huntsman in my story. Actually, he’s a prince, too.

Prince Deverell is of the country Lusanda. He’s fourteen years old, and like the people of Lusanda, he has the inborn ability to fly, as well as shoot fire and wind from his hands. Assigned by Elohim (the Supreme Creator God), he hunts for monsters created by the alchemist, who’s intent on harming the weak and helpless.

He’s brave, and he takes his role as warrior seriously. As Crown Prince, the burden of being the best leader is intense, and he doesn’t always know who to trust. While in Nan’s country Bueron, he suspects Nan and her peers of being abettors of the temperamental dire wolf, so he forces them to stay in his camp for a few days. There are moments where he’s too harsh, like when he expresses his doubt in Nan’s innocence. Or when he speaks harshly with his sister, the Princess Celine, which inspires her to run away.

However, when Nan’s innocence is confirmed, he softens, and he expresses regret of his meanness toward his sister. He even stands by Nan’s side as she tells Madame Ethel that she’s been bullied by her fellow wards. Having a compassionate side, he helps her if her physical disability causes her to stumble on the forest floor.

I picture him as having bangs that cover his brows. He’s supposed to have brown hair, but this royalty-free photo can represent light brown hair. *shrugs*

Introducing My Red Riding Hood Character

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.

More Fairy Tales Of Course: Part Two—Plus a Call to ARC Readers and Book Promoters

Welcome back to my announcing fairy tale retellings. 🙂 If you haven’t read my last post about some special fairy tale books, you can click here:

More Fairy Tales of Course: Part One

If contemporary fiction is more your thing, Beyond the Bookery has a collection, called To Love You, which contains contemporary retellings of the classic, old stories.

Here’s the blurb from Amazon:

Beyond the Bookery invites you to step into a collection of sweet, fun, and romantic contemporary fairy tale retellings.

Moments in Time by Michaela Bush
A missing-person report turns into a dangerous hunt through the Appalachians…
Olivia’s desperately looking for her mother, who’s been missing for days. Game warden Tucker Blanchard is searching for signs of a little girl lost years ago. When they collide on the Appalachian trail, Olivia is skeptical to accept help—but what choice does she have? As they begin the search for Olivia’s mother, they slowly piece together her story, moment by moment.

Slippers & Starlight by Jennie Marie Ryan
Anna Walter is a perfectionist ballerina who’s trying to make a name for herself outside her small town. After nearly getting kicked out of military school, Garrett Brady’s just trying to keep his head down and figure out what’s next. But sparks fly when Garrett and Anna meet…and their dreams just might change forever.

Of Silence and Song by Cate VanNostrand
Desperate to break free from her overbearing stepmother and the soul-draining demands of the music industry, rising pop star Holly trades the spotlight for a chance at anonymity: starting her freshman year at college. There, she finds a family in the arms of seven quirky roommates who become her closest friends. But when her secret gets out, Holly is forced to choose where she puts her trust: the friends who embraced her, and the God she abandoned… or the life she ran from before it consumes her for good.

To Love You on Amazon

Do you love reading about these fairy tale collections? Want to be a reviewer or a promoter of other books in Beyond the Bookery’s series? Here’s a form to be part of the ARC and Hype Teams! They would love to have you, and my experience as an author writing for this publisher has been fantastic. *smile*

Fairy Tale Frenzy ARC and Hype Team Signups!

More Fairy Tales Of Course: Part One

Happy New Year, everyone!

I’m announcing more fairy tale retellings from Beyond the Bookery, and these announcements are multiple blog posts during this month. I’ll list the titles with their Amazon blurbs.

Here are the first two. Don’t they strike your fancy?

Of Might and Mettle: A Brave Tin Soldier Retelling by Michelle Emmanuelli

A tin ballerina. A brass soldier. A porcelain princess.
What does it matter who you are, if people only look at what you’re made of?

Twenty-four-year-old Lorelle Jimenez thrives under the spotlight. She’s trained all her life to be a principal ballerina, and now, with a performance before the princess of Monte Rico, her dream is within reach . . . only if she can keep her secret: her tin arm. The stage is the only place she’s called her home, but with the spotlight comes scrutiny and a jealous rival that will stop at nothing to expose her—and even end her life.

For Capitán Antonio Fuentes, failure isn’t an option . . . again. Even though he’s recovered from the accident that took his leg two years ago, he won’t show weakness. When rumors of an upcoming attempt on the prince’s life reach Antonio, he won’t fail to protect his kingdom. Not this time.

When Antonio sees a young ballerina in danger, he saves her life. Now, swept far from home, they must work together to get back to the castle. She can’t lose her only chance at her dream, and he’s the only one with the coveted information that will save the prince. But danger nips at their heels, testing their strength and resolve . . . When put to the fire, will they melt under the heat? Or come out as gold?

Of Might and Mettle is a NA Christian fantasy retelling of The Brave Tin Soldier with a Caribbean-inspired world, a happily ever after, and a very troublesome (but lovable) wolf pup.

Of Might and Meddle for Kindle

Waking Courage: A Collection of Fantasy Fairy Tale Retellings by Madisyn Carlin and Samantha Seidel

Beyond the Bookery invites you to step into a collection of heartwarming, thrilling, and romantic fantasy fairy tale retellings.

A Stitch of Love by Madisyn Carlin
What happens when you combine a matchmaking shenanigans, an ornery dog, and a ball no one wants to attend? When seamstress Samara Perrson agreed to assist with the royal ball, she never expected to find herself unintentionally included in matchmaking shenanigans. She also never expected to fall for Prince Ewan Landreth. Can a troublemaking dog, scheming siblings, and a stitch of love bring these two together?

Princess of Mine by Samantha Seidel
Betrayed by her lady in waiting, Princess Analise Lockhart of Wilkenshire is forced into servitude in the highland empire of the Aurelian Cliffs. As the royal Goose Girl, she learns about the kingdom’s sudden misfortunes and their desperation for the union to succeed. Will she reclaim her title and save Aurel before the crown prince marries the wrong woman, or remain the peasant goose girl of a dying empire?

Waking Courage for Kindle

Notice Anything New on This Website?

I added something to the menu. No, it isn’t a dinner menu, ha ha. It’s the menu of this website. It says, “Bonus Story.”

There you can sign up and have chapters of my new book emailed to you. These chapters are friendly for both middle grade and teens. The book features the dire wolf of my Red Riding Hood retelling. We see her start out as human, then get turned into a wolf and back to a human again.

Click on the link to join the fun!

New Book Review! The Nativity by April Renner Curtsinger

I wrote another book review, just in time for Christmas. Are you looking for a book that reminds kids why we celebrate the holiday? And it’s not so that we can get a bunch of presents?

Here’s The Nativity by April Renner Curtsinger and illustrated by B. Teresa Campbell. It’s the Christmas story told by the family dog to the family cat. Quite unique, right?

At the bottom is the link to the review, posted on Jennifer Hallmark’s blog. Enjoy!

The Nativity Book Review

New Book Released by Fellow Author!

Announcement!

You may have seen me share posts by fellow author and blogger CDPunt(igam). She just released a new book, fit for you parents out there.

Click on the link below to learn more, as well as see other titles by CDP. Congratulations, CDP!

Welcome to the world, Sophia!!

Happy Early Thanksgiving! With a Game Idea

May you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving and think of all the things you’re thankful for. It can be friends, family, pets, the roof over your head, the fact that God gave you another day to experience Him, etc.

I came across this idea for a game you can play with your whole family during the festivities. It’s the Thanksgiving version of Pictionary, posted on Somewhat Simple’s website. For now, you can use slips of paper and a marker for the materials, but if you want to make this a Thanksgiving tradition, you can make a long-lasting set using a tin can and craft sticks.

Thanksgiving Pictionary Game