Three weeks! Actually, slightly less than that until the release date for Awake: A Fairytale!   Sometimes excitement and fear feel the same.  Like in that moment right before the roller coaster takes off and you are strapped in and committed with no real way to get out. That's kind of how I feel right now.  Nervous and excited and all jumbled up inside.       It absolutely blows me away that some of...

I can barely contain my excitement!  I love everything about this cover and am completely indebted to my wonderful friend and cover artist Victoria Austen-Young for her amazing work. I would love to know what you think about my cover!  I'm so desperately in love with it that I could stare at it for hours.  I may have completely spazzed out when I saw the final artwork (as in flailing my arms T-Rex style while making strange gasping noises...

I wrote this back in May on my personal blog.  I thought it would be fun to revisit now that I'm getting closer to releasing my retelling of Sleeping Beauty.   Honestly, girls like me who like Disney princesses tend to get a lot of flak, especially if they happen to be English majors. Most feminist professors are not really fans. Even among the average, every-day "Mom of Girls" there tends to spring up anti-Disney Princess...