My Epic Fairy Tale Fail

Anna Staniszewski's sequel to My Very Unfairy Tale Life is now out! And after reading My Epic Fairy Tale Fail I can tell you it does anything BUT Fail. Grab it. Read it. Pass it to a little girl out there to read. I plan on giving a copy to my own daughter because it's the kind of book I would have lived in when I was her age. 

But don't take my word for it. Here's a review from Sleeping Beauty:

SB: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Me: *AHEM*

SB: Huh? Oh sorry. *eyes droop*

Me: Before you fall back asleep, can you tell us what you thought of the book? *pokes in the ribs*

SB: Ouch! I loved it. It's very realistic. I mean that's exactly what it's like where I'm from. *yawn*

Me: *yawn* those are contagious. 

SB: Sorry. *slips down in chair and closes eyes*

Me: *pokes again* Anything else to say about the book?

SB: It kept me awake until I finished.

Well there can't be a better recommendation than that. 

My Very UnFairy Tale Life

I'm super-excited to be able to tell you all about a very special book. I'm part of the unofficial blog tour for Anna Staniszewski's MY VERY UNFAIRY TALE LIFE! I don't read as many MG books as YA, so before I give you my own opinion, I have a couple of guests here who happen to be experts. Well, not so much experts on MG as much as experts on Fairy Tales and such. Please welcome my friends, Gary the Gnome and Sparkles the Unicorn!
GARY: Hey everybody! I have to tell you all that I loved reading a book about gnomes for a change-
ME: Wait a second. Did you actually READ the book, Gary? Because it really isn't about gnomes.
GARY: Typical human. You see what you want to see. The hero was clearly the gnome. Right, Sparkles?
SPARKLES: Neeeeeiiiiiggggghhh.
GARY: See?
ME: Um, all he said was neigh. 
GARY: *headpalm* Can't you even speak unicorn? Sheesh.
ME: *shifts uncomfortably* Uh... No I guess not.
SPARKLES: Neeeeeeiiiiggggghhhh. *rears*
ME: Sorry.
GARY: Anyhow, read the book. It's good, even if you're human and can't stand to admit it's really about the heroism of a brave young gnome. 
ME: Seriously, Gary, you haven't read it, have you?


Wow. Well, next time I promise to make sure my guests have actually read the book....and speak English. But if you're wondering what I thought? I was sold after reading the first paragraph. I plan on buying a copy for my own daughter as well because I have the feeling she's going to LOVE it. The characters are so much fun, and Anna's creativity was a-maz-ing. Warning though - I found the villain seriously creepy (in a good way). *shudders* 

I'm an Award Winning Author!!

Well, I got this cool Creative Writer Award from my friend Tahereh the other day (thanks Tahereh!) So, based on my usual rantings lets see if you can guess what is the truth and what is a lie...

BUT before I do - I nominate the following seven writers for this Creative Writer Award!!! You should check out their blogs too!

Julie Musil

Slushpile Slut

Anna Staniszewski

Heather Kelly

Heather McCorkle

LJ Boldyrev

Jamie Harrington

Okay so here it is, and bearing in mind this is a fictional blog and today is April 1st your job is to find the one truth: I'll tell you what, to make it extra interesting the prize for the first one to get it right is a profile on my Monday Feature. If I've already done you, you can nominate someone instead. :)

1. I've gone vampire hunting with Van Helsing.

2. I am married to a shapeshifter.

3. I served a short stint as an assistant to a mad scientist.

4. I've seen a ghost.

5. My MC in my manuscript Guardian (thank you very much Guardian of the Dead now I probably have to change the title) is a werewolf.

6. The monster under my bed is named Arnold.

7. My brother is a vampire.

BEWARE!! All may not be as it seems! Mwahahaha!!! I'll post the answer and the winner on my Monday Madness blog, so be sure and check back in. Hope this was as fun for you as it was for me!!

Look Who I've Picked Now

I really have to come up with a permanent title for this Monday post seeing as it has become a regular feature! Any ideas??

Ahem. Allow me to introduce today's victim, er, I mean lucky winner!!

Anna Staniszewski

Anna is amazing. She's got such a great blog and website. She has great character building exercises we can all use. But if you go to her about section you will see that Anna was actually born in Poland! I mean how cool is that? A writer who actually speaks English as a second language! That takes talent. She's also got a background in theater (like me, he he) and seems to be a bit of a social butterfly, mentioning on her site that she likes to get together with other writers because writing can be lonely.

Hmm. Social butterfly. Dramatic. Worldly. Talented. I know what you are Anna! You're a FAIRY!! Now the only question that remains is, where do you hide your wings?

Anyone else want to be called out? He he. I do take requests, but I also might just start picking of my own accord. Oh the delicious possibilities...

Stay tuned on Thursday for another attempt at a book review by a supernatural creature!