“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
– Neil Gaiman
Thanks to Nymeth for putting this one on her blog, which is where I saw it!
Tag: Writing
Sharing the Scene of the Blog
A fun announcement today–Cathy from Kittling Books invited me to be part of her weekly feature, “Scene of the Blog.” She invites bloggers to share photos and some thoughts on the places where they write their blogs–desks, mostly, although not in my case. If you’d like to see where I’m doing my writing, check out the post on her blog.
Thanks for the opportunity and the very kind post, Cathy!
A few other bits of business… I recently joined Twitter; if you’re there too, I’d be happy to connect! I’m @MarvelousTales.
And just a reminder, my Terry Pratchett Reading Challenge starts this Friday, so if you want to explore Discworld with us, be sure to come back for details and to sign up.
Quotable Johnny Depp
“I think for a writer–anyone in the creative arts, especially a writer–your best friend in the world is your imagination.”
– Johnny Depp
A Retelling of Cinderella
Because it’s spring and I’m greatly enjoying the Once Upon a Time Challenge, I thought I’d post a fairy tale Fiction Friday this week. This is a short retelling of Cinderella, which I posted about a year ago but thought I’d share again. This started out as a Spanish class assignment, which I rewrote and expanded in English. It has much of the same mentality that eventually led me to write novel-length retellings of fairy tales…
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Once upon a time in a far off kingdom there lived a maiden who was very beautiful and very kind. Fairy tales always begin the same way, and the maidens are always very beautiful and very kind. Often their name is Ella, as was the case for the maiden we’re talking about. This particular maiden, as do most of them, had long blond hair, very fair skin and eyes of the deepest blue. She didn’t have any initiative, spirit or goals for her life.
Tales of the Marvelous 