Quest of the Hart, my first published novel, and the first book in the Princess of Valendria series, is a reverse Sleeping Beauty. In fact, several of my books are twists on some well known tales. I guess it makes sense that my love of fairy tales creeps into my own writing. But regardless, give me a fairy tale and I’m happy girl. Maybe it was the Disney influence of growing up with Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. I always have, but I’m not sure why I fell in love with them. Though I couldn’t include all her wonderful info in the presentation itself (it was only an hour long!), it was too good to not share. Mary Waibel, master of twisting fairy tales, was one of the gracious authors who provided me with an insight into her writing process. Back when I was doing research for my NESCBWI15 workshop about mining fairy tales, myths, and legends to write fantasy, I scoured the Interwebs for interviews with fantasy authors and also directly contacted a few.
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