Hey everyone! Welcome to Epilogue's stop on the Fairy Tale giveaway hop. Here you will get your choice of one of the books shown belowor you can get any Fairy Tale themed book from The Book Depository. This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL IF The Book Depository ships to you! I am participating in this hop in honor of reaching 800 GFC followers.
This hop has a unique twist the participants have to do one of the following:
1. Brief interview from author of giveaway book (2-5 questions)
2. Guest post from the author of giveaway book
3. Fictional brief interview between blogger and their favorite fairy tale character (2-3 questions)
4. Paragraph (and picture -optional) spotlighting blogger's favorite fairy tale character
5. List of top 3 favorite fairy tale villains and the books they appear
6. List of top 3 favorite fairy tale heroes and the books they appear
I have for you here a brief interview with Marissa Meyer the author of Cinder!!
Interview:
1) How
long did it take you to write Cinder?
The first
draft took a mere two weeks. After that, it took almost two years of rewriting
and revising before I felt it was ready to send to agents.
2) What is
your favorite food for breakfast?
Waffles
with peanut butter and maple syrup.
3) What
advice would you give to aspiring writers?
Write as
much as you can—it’s the only way you’ll develop your voice and learn about all
those nitty-gritty craft things like point of view and conflict. And don’t
write for trends or the market. Yes, eventually you’ll have to consider where
your book fits and who your audience is, but your first priority should be in
writing a story that you love and that you would want to read. Otherwise you’ll
make yourself miserable.
4) Name
one person who has had the greatest impact on your life.
My Mom.
5) Which
book do you wish you had written?
The
Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter. I love
spy movies and wish I’d gotten this idea first!
6) What is
your favorite genre of music?
I listen
to a lot of alternative rock (Muse, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie) and also
classic rock (The Beatles, The Eagles, David Bowie). I also have a fondness for
Broadway musicals.
7) What is
your favorite color?
Gray—always
chic and classic and goes with everything!
8) What do
you do when you have writer’s block?
I find
that true writer’s block is very rare for me. When I force myself to sit down
and start writing, I can produce words 99% of the time (the difficulty in those
cases is, of course, forcing myself to sit down and get started!). On those
rare occasions when words truly won’t come, I usually put on my story playlist
and lay down on the floor and try to picture the story world and the
characters, and just let my imagination go. Doing that helps me reconnect to
the story and figure out what should happen next.
Here are the choices:
Don't like the choices? I will also allow you to choose any FAIRYTALE up to $15 from TBD.
Giveaway:
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I'm pretty sure I'd have THE WORST TIME choosing from these!! Too many amazing fairy tales to pick from!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great giveaway!
3 villains: Captain Hook (Peter Pan), The Big Bad Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood), Queen of Hears (Alice in Wonderland)
ReplyDeleteThose are great fairy tales to choose from!! Thankfully my choice, if I win, is made a leetle easier by having read (and adored) several ;o)
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Ok, villain or hero?
ReplyDeleteHow about villains.
1. Big Bad Wolf in 3 Little Pigs
2. Big Bad Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood
3. Wicked Witch in Hansel and Gretel
Favourite villains: 1. Bluebeard in Bluebeard, 2. Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs, 3. Stepmom/wicked witch in Snow White
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ReplyDeleteTop Villians:
1) Wicked witch/stepmother Snow White
2) Sea witch from Little Mermaid
3) Wicked stepmother from Cinderella
Top villain: Rapunzel's stepmother. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway, your choice of books is quite amazing! :)
I would totally love a copy of Scarlet!! However you have a lot of super awesome choices!! Thank you so much for this giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteTop 3 Fairy Tale Villans:
3. Wolf- Red Riding hood
2. Sea Witch (Ursula) Little Mermaid
1. Stepmother- Snow White
Favorite heroes from H.C. Andersen's fairy tales:
ReplyDeleteThe sister who had to knit shirts to make her brothers turn human again,
the mermaid who gave her voice for legs
and Red Riding Hood - from C. Perrault's tales.
I love the villain that Disney created for The Little Mermaid. Ursula singing her song was a hoot.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the hop and for the giveaway opportunity!
Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the giveaway. Great choice of books!
ReplyDeleteI really really want Cinder!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway
Wow. Too many to chose from! Can I have it all? Haha
ReplyDeleteI'd like to have Enchanted. Hope to read it soon!
Wonderful selection of stories to choose from! Thank you for the giveaway and participating in the hop!
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