Having been in love with the story of Scheherazade since childhood, I've always known I wanted to eventually try my hand at a retelling. I've had several different ideas throughout the years, but never one that felt exactly right. I was always approaching it as a novel, not seeing any way to work the king's development from murderous nut-ball  ( Read more... )

Fatalfille has posted a Princess Challenge on her website, Princess Portal. The challenge is to write a fairy tale featuring yourself as the main character and have it finished by the end of the month, when everyone will share their stories. I've been wanting an excuse to make a fairytale based off my life for awhile, and the moment I read the ( Read more... )