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November 4, 2014
FFT Spotlight: Sara Raasch + SNOW LIKE ASHES
For the next few days here at Futures & Fairy Tales, we’re spotlighting our fabulous FFT authors, one a day until the tour officially begins!
Today’s spotlight author is Sara Raasch, author of Snow Like Ashes. Let’s welcome Sara as she answers a few questions for us!
1. Describe your book…
Hope you guys can catch one of my stops on the Futures & Fairy Tales Tour!
Someone else watches Lost Girl omg am flailing so it’s not just me!
Finding someone else in the Lost Girl fandom like
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Over the past year or so, a bunch of our favourite...
Over the past year or so, a bunch of our favourite YA authors have offered writing tips for aspiring authors. We’ve compiled them in one super-handy post for all of you participating in NaNoWriMo!
How To Defeat Writer’s Block and The Wall of Blaaaaargh by sarabenincasa
Five Tips For Reading Like A Writer by alicekuipersauthor
Tips for Aspiring Writers by lauren-oliver
Tips On Writing The Last Book in a Series by cjredwine
Ten Coffee Orders For Different Sorts of Writing Days by realrobynschneider
Tips For Fantasy World Building by sararaasch
Writing in Second Person by Anna Carey
Also! Our editors at HarperCollins Canada offered their writing tips for aspiring authors over at The Savvy Reader.
We hope these help you out over the next month (and we’ll keep adding tips to this post!). Good luck to everyone taking part in NaNoWriMo!
FFT Spotlight: Sara Raasch + SNOW LIKE ASHES
For the next few days here at Futures & Fairy Tales, we’re spotlighting our fabulous FFT authors, one a day until the tour officially begins!
Today’s spotlight author is Sara Raasch, author of Snow Like Ashes. Let’s welcome Sara as she answers a few questions for us!
1. Describe your book…
Hope you guys can catch one of my stops on the Futures & Fairy Tales Tour!
I'm not sure if people have asked you already or not, if so... whoopsie, but do you have any musical inspirations while writing the book? I love listening to music while reading (it's like an actual movie playing in my head!) and I usually coordinate the m
I actually did a playlist post on Fiction Freak awhile back: http://fiction-freak.com/2014-debut-authors-bash/
Those are just some of the many songs I LOVE for SLA. I have entire playlists for Book 2 and Book 3, as well as playlists for some of the characters.
(A sneak peek at a song for Book 2/3: Dust & Gold by Arrows to Athens.)
I'm not sure if people have asked you already or not, if so... whoopsie, but do you have any musical inspirations while writing the book? I love listening to music while reading (it's like an actual movie playing in my head!) and I usually coordinate the m
I actually did a playlist post on Fiction Freak awhile back: http://fiction-freak.com/2014-debut-authors-bash/
Those are just some of the many songs I LOVE for SLA. I have entire playlists for Book 2 and Book 3, as well as playlists for some of the characters.
(A sneak peek at a song for Book 2/3: Dust & Gold by Arrows to Athens.)
I'm not sure if people have asked you already or not, if so... whoopsie, but do you have any musical inspirations while writing the book? I love listening to music while reading (it's like an actual movie playing in my head!) and I usually coordinate the m
I actually did a playlist post on Fiction Freak awhile back: http://fiction-freak.com/2014-debut-authors-bash/
Those are just some of the many songs I LOVE for SLA. I have entire playlists for Book 2 and Book 3, as well as playlists for some of the characters.
(A sneak peek at a song for Book 2/3: Dust & Gold by Arrows to Athens.)
November 3, 2014
A recap video of the Blizzard Tour and all its shenanigans!
A recap video of the Blizzard Tour and all its shenanigans!
November 2, 2014
One of the many amazing things that happened on tour was my...
One of the many amazing things that happened on tour was my husband surprised me with this GLORIOUS piece of SNOW LIKE ASHES art!! He not only drew this whole thing but he also carved the chakram’s details into the frame.
Yeah, he’s a keeper.
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October 2014 Wrap-up
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- Deception, by CJ...
October 2014 Wrap-up
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- Deception, by CJ Redwine
I loved this whole series. The dual narrative, the mix of fantasy and dystopian, the two main characters, who I just adore. I’d say if you enjoyed The Hunger Games but haven’t picked up the Defiance trilogy yet, you definitely should.
- Caterina Sforza: A Renaissance Virago, by Ernst Breisach
So I read this one for school, for my European Civilization class, but it was something I’d wanted to read nonetheless. Picked it up in Stratford at a used bookstore and it turns out it was an ARC, from 1967. Definitely check out if you were a fan of the Borgias. If not this, then Elizabeth Lev’s bio on Caterina (which is a little easier to find).
- Deliverance, by CJ Redwine
Last book of the Defiance series. These books, I loved. That’s all I can say. Go read them if you haven’t. Go. Now.
- Snow Like Ashes, by Sara Raasch
I’d been curious about this book since I’d seen it on Tea Time and I was so glad I picked it up. Lots of feels. And though it wasn’t fast paced to start (for me, at least), I really enjoyed the way it picked up speed as I read, until I got to the end and needed more.
- The Raven: Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
I read this one for Halloween after picking it up from my university bookstore. I can’t remember the last time I’d read a collection of short stories, which was nice for the subway ride downtown, since I could get a few done in one trip.
- The Madman’s Daughter, by Megan Shepherd
I don’t usually do historical fiction because if I pick up on any little inaccuracies it bothers me, generally for the duration of the whole book. But I loved the idea of something being based on classic horror tales, and with the third book coming out being based on Frankenstein I had to start this series. Finished at 11:58 on Halloween, getting it done just in time. And that ENDING. Ugh.
