Title: ROSE
& THORN
Author: Sarah
Prineas
Pub.
Date: September 13, 2016
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 416
Formats: Hardcover,
eBook
This beauty isn’t sleeping! Sarah Prineas’s darkly
imaginative retelling breaks down the classic story of Sleeping Beauty in a
big, bold way. Brimming with action and romance, beautiful Rose must escape the
curse that will force the kingdom to fall into a century-long slumber and
fights for the freedom to find her own happily ever after.
After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks
safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She’s been kept
hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with, curses that
will have drastic consequences if they take effect. Accompanied by the handsome
and mysterious Griff and Quirk, his witty and warmhearted partner, Rose tries
to escape from the ties that bind her to this forced fairy tale. But will the
path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the
prescribed story they are trying to avoid?
Set in the world of Prineas’s Ash & Bramble fifty years
later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty. If you like
your fairy tales dark, your heroines daring, and your suitors dashing, this is
the book for you.
Today we welcome Sarah Prineas for an interview!
1.
How long does it take you to write
a book from start to finish?
I am a fast
writer. The first draft can take
anywhere from six weeks to six months.
I wrote 40,000 words of Rose &
Thorn during NaNoWriMo two years ago.
But the revision process takes longer, sometimes as much as a year.
2.
Do you have a schedule of when you
write?
Some writers are disciplined and
do their 1000 words a day or their two hours of butt-in-chair, but that’s not
how I work. I can go for weeks
without writing anything, and then write 6,000 words in a weekend. Generally, though, I write in the
mornings until my dog completely loses his mind, and then we go outside for the
rest of the day.
3.
How are you able to balance other
aspects of your life with your writing?
I’m a full-time writer, so it’s not hard. That said, I live on 40 acres in rural
Iowa, so I do a lot of work outdoors, taking care of our huge gardens and
various livestock and beehives.
Keeps me busy!
4.
What was the hardest thing about
writing a book?
Every book presents different challenges. For me, the hardest thing is getting
all the plot points lined up so they make sense. For that, I rely on my genius editor.
5.
How many books have you written so
far? Do you have a favorite?
So far I’ve written nine and a
half middle grade novels (seven have been published, one has to be revised, and
one is coming out next year) and two YA’s. Plus I’ve got two other middle grade novels coming out in
the next two years.
6.
Where do you write?
Heh. I have a home office ... which I never use. It’s full of boxes of books and random
papers. Instead I write in my
living room with my two dogs on the couch next to me (they are big dogs; they
don’t leave me much room).
7.
When deciding on how to publish,
what directed you to the route you took?
I went with traditional publishing because I rely on my
professional editor to make my books as good as they can possibly be.
8.
What kinds of things do you like to
do outside of writing?
One afternoon a week I work at an
independent bookstore, which is super fun—I love talking to people about books. I also do a lot of outdoor work, a nice
balance with writing.
9.
What kinds of advice would you give
to someone who wants to start writing?
Two things. First: keep at it! There’s lots to learn, and it can take
years. Second: find a writing
group—you can learn just as much from giving a critique as receiving one.
10.
Do you have any go to people when
writing a book that help you with your story lines as well as editing, beta
reading and such?
Mainly I rely on my genius editor
at HarperCollins. She and I are
working on our tenth book together, so we make a good team.
11.Are you working on anything now?
Yep! Always. It’s a middle-grade novel about a boy
who is a dragon.
12. Tell us 5 things that make you
smile
My
dogs, my goats, Skyping with friends on Wednesday nights, a hot cup of coffee,
my tall, lanky purple-haired kid.
13. If you could travel anywhere in the world to visit a
place so you could use it as a background for a book, where would it be?
The next book I’ll write is set in a library, so I’d
love to travel all over the world to see ancient, huge, magical libraries.
Thanks so much for being with us today, Sarah. It was great having you here!
Book#1
The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story.
Pin has no recollection of who she is or how she got to the Godmother’s fortress. She only knows that she is a Seamstress, working day in and out to make ball gowns fit for fairy tales. But she longs to forsake her backbreaking servitude and dares to escape with the brave young Shoemaker.
Pin isn’t free for long before she’s captured again and forced to live the new life the Godmother chooses for her—a fairy tale story, complete with a charming prince—instead of finding her own happily ever after.
Sarah Prineas’s bold fairy tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight.
Book#1
Title: ASH & BRAMBLE
Author: Sarah Prineas
Pub. Date: September 15, 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 464
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
When the glass slipper just doesn’t fit…
The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story.
Pin has no recollection of who she is or how she got to the Godmother’s fortress. She only knows that she is a Seamstress, working day in and out to make ball gowns fit for fairy tales. But she longs to forsake her backbreaking servitude and dares to escape with the brave young Shoemaker.
Pin isn’t free for long before she’s captured again and forced to live the new life the Godmother chooses for her—a fairy tale story, complete with a charming prince—instead of finding her own happily ever after.
Sarah Prineas’s bold fairy tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight.
Hi there! I'm Sarah Prineas, author of the Magic Thief
series published in the US by HarperCollins and in 17 other languages around
the world, and the Winterling trilogy. I live in rural Iowa with my mad
scientist husband, two kids, and two cats. My next book is called Ash &
Bramble, and it's a YA.Here's my website:
http://www.sarah-prineas.com
and here's my book website (with games, wallpaper, and extras!):
http://www.magicthief.com
Thanks for reading!
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