Monday Musings

Today on the last leg of the HAUNTED BlOG TOUR, I'm visiting Page Turners with a guest post, talking about taking existing lore and turning into my own for the DREAMING ANASTASIA series.
This is something I love to talk about!The DREAMING series uses not only the historical element of the Romanovs but also a blend of a number of Russian/slavic fairy tales and some Slavic folk art!
I'll be talking about these more during these coming months leading to the August release of ANASTASIA FOREVER. But for now, here are the elements that I made my own in this series and the order in which they've been introduced:
DREAMING ANASTASIABaba Yaga the witchRussian lacquer boxesRussian matryoshka dollsHAUNTEDall of the above plusrusalki (malevolent slavic mermaids)ANASTASIA FOREVERall of the above plusKoschei the Deathless, a very ancient Slavic story about a man who cannot be killed. It uses the soul jar trope, which I'll be talking about more soon. (Koschei, by the way, is actually hinted at in the very end of HAUNTED!)Faberge eggsMore soon. For now, stop by Page Turners and check out today's guest post.Up tomorrow, another HAUNTED excerpt at Portrait of a Book. Wednesday, an interview at Once Upon a Twilight!
And also coming Wednesday, a super special surprise!!