CRUEL BEAUTY is going to Brazil!
Thanks to the lovely folks at Novo Século, CRUEL BEAUTY is going to be translated into Portuguese and published in Brazil.
Short Stories
I have a new short story up at The Hanging Garden: But World Enough And Time My sixteenth birthday is the worst, because I have to get surgery to expand my headphones. Also, I forgot to post it here at the time, but I had another short story in August: …
Sirens Conference!
I’m excited to say that when I attend Sirens Conference this October, I will be on two panels: Portal Fantasy: Threat or Menace? Rosamund Hodge, Cora Anderson, Rachel Manija Brown Everybody knows about portal fantasy, where characters from the “real world” cross into a separate fantasy world. It is a …
Q&A on Goodreads
Today through Thursday (July 24), I’m doing a Q&A on Goodreads. If there are any weird trivia questions about my book you were dying to have answered, now is the time to ask!
Free Audiobook of CRUEL BEAUTY!
Now through May 28th, you can download the audiobook of CRUEL BEAUTY for free! (For the same week, you can also get a free audiobook of Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Fun fact: an early draft of CRUEL BEAUTY had an extended discussion of Oedipus.)
Short Story: “Good Night, Sweet Prince”
I have a new short story up at The Hanging Garden: Good Night, Sweet Prince Stop struggling and listen: Once upon a time, there was a prince who wanted to marry Death. You already know this won’t end well.
New Book Deal!
When I was nine or ten, my parents had us all watch the BBC production of Romeo and Juliet. I thought it was the stupidest story in the whole world. I also kept acting out alternate endings with my Barbie dolls, which probably should have been my first hint that …
GILDED ASHES Release Day!
My ebook novella Gilded Ashes is finally available! It’s a retelling of Cinderella set in the same world as Cruel Beauty. There are different kinds of retellings. Cruel Beauty was sold as a retelling of Beauty and the Beast — and I did write it as one, but it was …
The Next Novel
I suppose now is as good a time to announce it as any: my next book is called Crimson Bound, and it will be out in the spring of 2015. It’s not a sequel to Cruel Beauty, but it is another fairy tale reimagining: Little Red Riding Hood meets (genderswapped) …
Mark your calendar!
My ebook novella GILDED ASHES—a retelling of Cinderella set in the same world as CRUEL BEAUTY—will be out in two weeks! The opening lines: My mother loved me more than life itself. That’s how everything went wrong. Preorder: Kindle | Nook | iBooks | Google Play | Kobo