Fairytale Fortnight - Poison!

A Backwards Story has a tribute to Bridget Zinn, who did not live to see her book published. Click on the cover to add it onto your Goodreads lists... check out Bonnie's post... choose your favorite poison pix below...

I am so glad that the poison-mixing has not been left in the hands of the bad guys all the time. Lol. I love the idea of powerful cooking... mixing herbs that pack a punch!!  Yay for Yelena, Isme, & Kyra! (Yay for all things Steampunk!! & old books!!!) Here's some stuff they might know a little bit about!!

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Follow these pictures to their source on my Pinterest.

Does one of these inspire you to try mixing something?! Hm?  When I think of me and herbs and the kitchen... I see this:

I do get a little crazy with the power, what can I say?!

Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop - Lots of winners!!

I'm so excited about this giveaway!!!

Coming from the publisher, WordCrafts, I bring you two eCopies of each of three giveaways!! It's a party!!

Hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer, the Book Rat,

& A Backwards Story

There are three entry forms below... and there will be two winners chosen for each giveaway:



The Awakening of Leeowyn Blake
by Mary Parker

I’m a normal teenager. I have a normal teenage life with normal teenage problems. The summer is my heaven. I live with my mom during the summer months. We stay in her tiny condo in Jacksonville, Florida. My parents split up when I was little. I’m not sure why. My mom never talks about it. Whatever it was, it was bad enough to make my mom pack me up in the middle of the night when I was four years old and run to my Gran’s condo.My mom got the condo after Gran died. From that time on all I had known my entire life was beach life.

Until four years ago.

Until my uncle found me.

Volumes 1 & 2 of the War of Whispers series go together:

Tears of Min Rock
by J.E. Lowder

The Dark War is over. Betrayal, defeat and death forever accompany any mention of the battlefield known as Min Brock. The shining kingdom of Claire is no more. Any hint of rebellion is supressed by the constant drone that echoes throughout the land. The Oracles of the Council of Ebon, the dark lords who feed the perpetual flames of the Cauldron, forbid even mentioning the name of the Only, the King of Claire, on pain of death.

Yet in the night… a whisper comes

Martyr's Moon
by J.E. Lowder

War between the dark nation of Ebon and rebel forces is imminent. The armies of Ebon are vast, well trained and accustomed to victory. The hopes of Allsbruth rests on the untried skills of a young storyteller, Elabea, the courage of a warrior named Romlin and an alliance with nations whose existence is little better than myth.

The Martyr’s Moon rises. The blood of a storyteller is spilled. Hope vanishes.

Yet in night, the King of Claire whispers.

Mike Parker recently visited Colorimetry to discuss his favorite swords. :-)  

The Scavengers, 
Book 1 of the Tyrfingr Chronicles
by Mike Parker

Its appearing portends the end of the world…or the beginning of a new age. Some believe it to be a grimoire, a book of ancient evil with the power to divide the truth from lies, light from darkness, bone from marrow, the soul from the spirit. Some say it even has the power to raise the dead back to life. Others claim it to be the marvelous Sword of Light – the sword that could only be drawn from its resting place on the Corner Stone beneath the Dome of the Rock by the hand of the true king, who will himself return from the dead to deliver mankind at its darkest hour.

One thing is sure – whoever holds Tyrfingr rules the world.

Two men long for its power. Only one can pull it from the Stone.

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Fairytale Fortnight - Cinderella

Hosted by The Book Rat & A Backwards Story...

Exciting NEWS!! I love fairytales!!!!  :-D  Wha-? You already knew that?!  Phfththfffft  Maybe you already know that one of my favorite things to do is recreate some of my favorite things about one of the tales in images? Ya?  :-)  Reading Scarlet, remembering Cinder... this post was a delight to create:

Cinderella tells a story... 

1 - All is not well... it is, in fact, very bad except for the friendship of animals.

2. Hope beyond hope... silly, really, but there's hope.

3. Unbelievable beauty. (It is too beautiful to be real.)

4. There's also a pumpkin. Some shoes. A clock.

5. There is leaving... daring to do something different. So brave.

6. A formidable castle... containing the most handsome of princes... eep!

7. There is pressure, tension... fear.

6. A confidence that wells up inside, undaunted.

7. But time runs out... nothing is quite right.

8. Important things are left unfinished.

9. There isn't time to make things right.

10. Hurry, hurry! It all falls apart.

11. A complete disaster.

12. Dare to be like Cinderella...

13. Dreams really do come true!

Follow these beautiful pictures back to their source via Pinterest. 

Which picture is your favorite?