If you have not yet signed up for my Fairy Tale Blogfest/Contest, what are you waiting for?? How can you possibly miss out on an opportunity to win a $100 giftcard to B&N?? Or Need, by Carrie Jones?? That book is awesome, by the way. If Stephen King wrote YA, this is what he'd come up with. Seriously. And who doesn't want to be immortalized in print by being an actual character?
Also, I'd really appreciate it if you guys snagged my pretty little picture over there and put it in your sidebar to link to the blogfest. The more the merrier, right? I'll give cookies if you do, and I promise not to eat them this time. ;)
And, I'm going to have to retract a statement I made on my original blogfest post. Micro stories are 50 words or less, not 100. I've already fixed my post, but I wanted to let you guys know here, too. For more on what micro stories actually are, check out this website. Here's an example from the site just in case you don't want to click:
"The magician was going to disappear in front of his audience,but he chickened out and turned to jello."
So, there it is. A story that takes minutes to write for all you very busy people out there. And just so you know, I happen to love micro stories just as much as I love regular flash fiction, so my opinion will in no way be biased against you if you go this route.
That Exciting News I mentioned in the Title:
I've changed the title of Aurumenas to...
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Elemental.
I'm loving the change so far. The title seems so much more vivid now. What do you guys think?
Oh, and I've also changed my MC's name from Nathadria to Ella.
Now, on to the fairy tale!
The Griffin:
I was actually going to summarize this, but it there are too many important details. So instead, here is a link to the whole story. It's a very good one. I highly recommend you read it.
~Emily White
Showing posts with label fairy tale month. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
It's Fairy Tale Appreciation Month!
First off, I spent a whole of fifteen minutes this morning making this image for the blogfest. I know, you've never seen such talent, have you? ;)
Feel free to take it and post on your sidebar to let all the world know about this awesome contest!
And so in honor of my Fairy Tale Blogfest/Contest (which if you haven't signed up, do so now because you just don't want to miss out on these awesome prizes), I'm turning the whole of August into Fairy Tale Appreciation Month!
We all know about popular fairy tales like Cinderella, Snow White, the Frog Prince, etc., but a few years ago I bought Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, and let me tell you, there are a lot more than the ones we knew growing up! And so, to help you in your story writing quest, I'm going to share a few you might never have heard of before.
Today's Tale:
The Fisherman and His Wife
A fisherman catches a flounder that actually turns out to be an enchanted prince. Upon hearing the fish speak, he immediately lets him go. His wife, however, is very upset and insists her husband should have asked for a wish. In fact, she concludes she would have liked their little hovel to be turned into a cottage. The man goes back to the lake and calls for the fish. When he returns home, the hovel has indeed been turned into a cottage, but the wife is not satisfied.
She instead wants a castle.
The man, though terrified he might anger the fish, listens to his wife and goes back to the lake to ask for another wish. When he returns home, the castle is waiting for him.
The next day, the wife goes to the fisherman and says she would very much like it if they were King over all the country. The man had no interest in that at all, so the wife said she would then be King.
So the man went to the lake again, even more terrified than before that he would offend the enchanted prince, but his wife was made King.
Almost immediately, the wife insisted she must be Emperor. The fisherman said he would NOT go back to the fish and his wife must be happy with what she received already. But the wife was now King and ordered him to go.
The fisherman called for the fish and his wife was made Emperor. But still, she was not happy. Instead, she wanted to be made Pope. The man went to the fish and his wife was made Pope. But still, she was not happy. She tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. Finally, she rose from her bed and looked out the window and was very put out that she could not order the Sun and the Moon to rise.
The wife ordered her husband to immediately go to the fish and tell him to make her God.
Terrified more than he had ever been, the fisherman concedes to go to the fish. But when he makes his wife's request this time, the fish tells him he will find his wife in their old hovel. They had lost everything.
The end!
Hmm...I've got a few ideas of how that could be twisted into a different genre, but I'll let you guys come up with your own. :)
Though I'll be sticking to Grimm's fairy tales in my posts, all of you are welcome to use fairy tales from any culture for your story. I'm really looking forward to seeing what all of you come up with!
Feel free to take it and post on your sidebar to let all the world know about this awesome contest!
Yes, that is a UFO and it shot a fairy. What can I say, I'm a little sadistic. You all should know this by now.
And so in honor of my Fairy Tale Blogfest/Contest (which if you haven't signed up, do so now because you just don't want to miss out on these awesome prizes), I'm turning the whole of August into Fairy Tale Appreciation Month!
We all know about popular fairy tales like Cinderella, Snow White, the Frog Prince, etc., but a few years ago I bought Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, and let me tell you, there are a lot more than the ones we knew growing up! And so, to help you in your story writing quest, I'm going to share a few you might never have heard of before.
Today's Tale:
The Fisherman and His Wife
A fisherman catches a flounder that actually turns out to be an enchanted prince. Upon hearing the fish speak, he immediately lets him go. His wife, however, is very upset and insists her husband should have asked for a wish. In fact, she concludes she would have liked their little hovel to be turned into a cottage. The man goes back to the lake and calls for the fish. When he returns home, the hovel has indeed been turned into a cottage, but the wife is not satisfied.
She instead wants a castle.
The man, though terrified he might anger the fish, listens to his wife and goes back to the lake to ask for another wish. When he returns home, the castle is waiting for him.
The next day, the wife goes to the fisherman and says she would very much like it if they were King over all the country. The man had no interest in that at all, so the wife said she would then be King.
So the man went to the lake again, even more terrified than before that he would offend the enchanted prince, but his wife was made King.
Almost immediately, the wife insisted she must be Emperor. The fisherman said he would NOT go back to the fish and his wife must be happy with what she received already. But the wife was now King and ordered him to go.
The fisherman called for the fish and his wife was made Emperor. But still, she was not happy. Instead, she wanted to be made Pope. The man went to the fish and his wife was made Pope. But still, she was not happy. She tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. Finally, she rose from her bed and looked out the window and was very put out that she could not order the Sun and the Moon to rise.
The wife ordered her husband to immediately go to the fish and tell him to make her God.
Terrified more than he had ever been, the fisherman concedes to go to the fish. But when he makes his wife's request this time, the fish tells him he will find his wife in their old hovel. They had lost everything.
The end!
Hmm...I've got a few ideas of how that could be twisted into a different genre, but I'll let you guys come up with your own. :)
Though I'll be sticking to Grimm's fairy tales in my posts, all of you are welcome to use fairy tales from any culture for your story. I'm really looking forward to seeing what all of you come up with!
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