This is the novella that won the Rooglewood Press retelling contest and was included in their 2016 anthology Five Magic Spindles. The publication rights have reverted back to me, and I am excited to be able to finally make this book an official part of my Once Upon a Western series!
Info about book launch goodies and so on will be coming after Easter, so be on the lookout for that.
Okay, that's announcement number one. Here's the next one:
I will be releasing a collection of ten short stories this summer! There will be two stories related to each book in my Once Upon a Western series, all either prequels or sequels to those books. You've been able to read some of those stories before, but three will be brand-new, and several others have only been available to my author newsletter subscribers previously.
Speaking of which, if you haven't signed up for my author newsletter yet, you can do that right here. It's a much faster way to find out about my book news than waiting for me to have time to post things on my blog ;-)
Okay, piece of news number three:
I have signed a deal with ONE Audiobooks to produce audiobook versions of my entire Once Upon a Western series, including the short stories that I'll be releasing this summer! This is a dream come true, and I am really excited about this additional way for people to access my books.
(This is the same company that I wrote A Christian Reader's Guide to Jane Eyre for last year, which should be released sometime this spring.)
And now, my fourth and final announcement:
Last fall, I was invited to be part of a multi-author series called the Cornerstone Series which will be a set of sixteen novellas, each retelling a fairy tale, but focusing on a side character from the fairy tale. So, imagine a Cinderella retelling that's about the fairy godmother, or a Snow White retelling that focuses on the huntsman, that kind of thing. (Those are examples ONLY -- I don't know if any of the authors are writing anything like that.) The series will be all non-magical fantasy novellas, which means there may be fairy tale creatures like unicorns or mermaids, or other fantasy elements, but there will be no magicians, witches, wizards, or sorcerers.
My book, A Noble Companion, is an Ugly Duckling Retelling that focuses not on the ugly duckling himself, but on a childhood friend. It is set in a fantasy version of Spanish California in the early 1800s where there are talking animals and a dragon.
I'll be revealing more about A Noble Companion in the coming months, and it will be released November 12. You can already pre-order the ebook on Amazon if you want to.
Okay! That's all my news! Are you breathless? I kind of am. That's a LOT to be working on in one year!!! Drop a comment below and tell me which of these projects you're the most excited about :-D