Find previous chapters here. She was floating in nothingness, a grey, heavy nothingness that hurt and made it hard to breathe. Sometimes there was a buzzing noise, deep weaving together with high. She thought the buzzing meant something, but it was too hard to concentrate. So much easier to bask in the colorless emptiness and …
Find previous chapters here. Their footsteps were loud in the quiet, dead forest, snapping twigs underfoot like thunder to Bill’s ears. “We need to change tactics,” the peasant Steven declared. “Why?” he grunted, pulling himself up over a rotting log blocking their path. “We’re trying to follow the path we think we would have taken. …
Find previous chapters here. ____________________________________________ “Son!” Bill glanced at his mother, then back at the package in his hand. How did he get here, to the front of the castle? Wasn’t he in his cold bedroom a moment ago? He had been plotting how to run away. “Hush, Louise,” his father’s nasly voice rebuked. …
Find previous chapters here. _______________________________________ Three days later, Will could barely believe they were still alive. The king’s wish for the Fern’s blessing must have come true. He lay on sticky, moist ground, exhausted and panting from having just escaped a pitfall that he and Annette had accidentally found. Despite facing a troll, four …
Find previous chapters here. __________________________________ “You must be mistaken,” Annette stated. The sage just smiled. “No, I am definitely not. It’s as clear as crystals, plain for all to see. Why, look at your faces. You have the same eyes, same nose, same cheekbones.” But if it were true—he was a prince. She started …
Find previous chapters here. ____________________________________________ Repulsion filled Maxwell at the sight of his wife. “Take me to him,” she demanded. “To whom?” he drawled. Playing ignorant would infuriate her. Her eyes narrowed. “To the sorcerer. Do not play games with me, Maxwell.” He bit back the many rejoinders that came to mind, since he …
Find previous chapters here. ______________________________________________ It was odd, Annette thought, to be dragged into the room of a large, lonely fireplace she’d cleaned hundreds of times and find it now surrounded by more people than she’d seen for years. It was odd that someone would hurt the Telling Tree, and even more odd that …
Almost two years ago, I wrote a fairy tale called The Weavers’ Blessing, posting it here as I wrote it over the space of about two months. It can now be bought on Amazon, for those of you who are interested (and if you’re not interested, it can still be bought there). At long last, I …
As long as I can remember, being an author has been my dream job. Most little girls want to be an actress or a ballerina or something of the sort; I wanted to be an author. As this blog illustrates, that dream has lived on and gotten stronger. And so, today, it is with greatest …
What follows is the first chapter of a little novella I am writing just for fun. What with all the emotional turmoil of the other stories I am writing, sometimes it’s nice to write a fluffy romance with a happy ending. That said, I have already put in more research for this story than any …