My feel-good fantasy romance retelling of Rumpelstiltskin is out! I am vibrating with excitement. Buy now What happens when a first-born bargain goes wrong? Princess Gisele has spent her life preparing for an evil fae sorcerer to claim her. That was the bargain her mother was tricked into: one royal first-born in exchange for spinning… Continue reading How to Find a Nameless Fae is Out!
Tag: fantasy romance
How to Marry a Winged King – Preorder Bonus
I originally wrote this story for a fairytale anthology under a strict wordcount constraint. For this re-edited and re-released version, I let it breathe a bit more, bringing scenes on-page that had to be truncated or only alluded to in the original, which ended up making it about twice as long (about 20k words total)!… Continue reading How to Marry a Winged King – Preorder Bonus
Anthology Announcement!
I'm excited to announce that I'm part of an anthology of fantasy romance fairytale retellings releasing later this year. This is my first time writing a short piece and participating in such a group project, and I had a ball (heehee) of a time doing it. More details on my own story to come. There… Continue reading Anthology Announcement!
Fantasy-of-Manners Books
Fantasy-of-manners is a subgenre of fantasy where the societal setting lends itself to intimate, complicated social interactions and (you guessed it) manners. Think ballrooms and manor houses rather than battlefields. The name draws from ‘comedy of manners’, and while fantasy-of-manners books aren't always humorous, they often do have a whimsical / tongue-in-cheek tone.
Hanging with other writers: the RWNZ 2019 Conference
I headed off to Christchurch last weekend for my first-ever Romance Writers of New Zealand (RWNZ) conference.
Fantasy Romance vs Romantic Fantasy: Is there a difference between these subgenres?
A bit of preface: I wrote most of this blog post aaaaages ago but never got around to finishing it. However, this week I discovered a new FB reader group called Romantic Fantasy Shelf, which has been set up by a bunch of indie authors and is focused on secondary-world Romantic Fantasy / Fantasy Romance… Continue reading Fantasy Romance vs Romantic Fantasy: Is there a difference between these subgenres?
Less than one month to go…
Soooo… THE LORD OF STARIEL ebook is available to pre-order on Amazon! It will release 1 November and I am COUNTING DAYS GUYS OMG. I am both incredibly excited to show it to the world and nervous for precisely the same reason! I think of books as a long, time-delayed conversation between authors and readers.… Continue reading Less than one month to go…
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