Subscribers to my newsletter got this sneak peek almost two weeks ago and now I get to share it with the rest of the general public.  Whoo hoo! Let me know what you think! From Chapter One of Atone: A Fairytale Becca tried the phone number that Dr. Gagnon had given her. It didn’t even ring, just went straight to an automated voicemail. She didn’t bother leaving a message. Somehow she doubted that Nicholas would just call her back for a...

I honestly did not set out to write an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.  There have been so many great adaptations and it really is almost everyone's favorite fairy tale.  Even thinking about it makes me break out in hives!  My saving grace is that I didn't try to write a straight adaptation or to compete with those already stellar adaptations that already exist.  Here are my top five favorite Beauty and the Beast adaptations. 5. ...

Atone is currently out to my fabulous beta readers! I always think I am going to experience this euphoric sense of relief or excitement when I finish a draft and for some reason I never do. What I usually experience is an overwhelming urge to run and hide because I know that the REALLY hard work is about to begin. This could be because I am just a wee bit hard on myself. I need to lighten up and just celebrate the completion of a draft! I could...

If you read and liked Awake: A Fairtyale you might be wondering where in the heck the sequel is.  This is a very good question! And I have a mostly good answer! Atone: A Fairytale WILL be out this year! In fact, I am hopeful it will be out by the end of June.  This technically makes the release date in the first half of 2013 (barely...). Boyle, Eleanor Vere. Beauty and the Beast: An Old Tale New-Told. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low,...

I love listening to music when I write.  Part of it is that I'm horribly ADD and need to drown out as many of the crazy radio static channels running through my brain as possible.  I also count on music to help me set the mood and tone of my story.  I don't necessarily set out to create playlists for each project in advance, but by the end of the process they all end up with one.   From the very beginning of the process the music I...

Ack!  I almost don't even want to write this post because I am convinced I will somehow jinx myself.  What can I say, I'm a baseball fan and we are stupid-stitious to a fault.   Okay, I don't really believe in jinxes.   Yes, yes I do.   Writing Atone, the second book in my Fairytale Trilogy is proving...challenging.  Why?  Well, a few reasons.  I think first of all there's the pressure of the sophomore...