Ask the Author: Sarah Courtney
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Sarah Courtney
Hi! I do seem to be having problems with my newsletter subscription right now. My assistant is taking a look at it, but in the meantime, if you email me at sarahcourtney.author@gmail.com, I will send you the epilogue directly!
Sarah Courtney
Thank you so much! I do not have any books written in any other genres or by any other name . . . so far. However, I have several fairytale based romantic fantasy books that I am working on, and I'm hoping to rapid-release a trilogy, perhaps by the end of this year. I plan to publish these under Sarah Carlisle. So I may have an announcement before too long! And I am almost finished editing a soulmark JAFF story that I'm hoping to release in April.
Sarah Courtney
No, it hasn't been published. I recently sent it out as a newsletter promo to my subscribers, and I believe I did something similar last year when I originally wrote it. But I have not published it separately at this point. It's pretty short, so I will probably keep it as a freebie rather than trying to include it with a published book. I hope you enjoyed it!
Sarah Courtney
I love fairy tale rewrites. Melanie Cellier, K.M. Shea, Gail Carson Levine, and Shannon Hale are all writers I adore. I'd love to write my own fairy tale adaptation or even series someday. I've had a Cinderella story unfinished for years that I'd like to get to someday.
Since I've been reading and loving Pride and Prejudice variations, I thought I'd take a stab at writing a fairy tale adaptation that fit in with Pride and Prejudice. Fairy tales are so universally applicable that it was easy to see hints of them in Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy's behavior, especially when colored with Elizabeth's opinion of him, certainly does make him a bit of a Beast! Some of the others were easy jumps, like the forgotten sister Mary as Cinderella. Others took a little consideration, like redrawing Kitty as the Little Mermaid in reverse.
Since I've been reading and loving Pride and Prejudice variations, I thought I'd take a stab at writing a fairy tale adaptation that fit in with Pride and Prejudice. Fairy tales are so universally applicable that it was easy to see hints of them in Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy's behavior, especially when colored with Elizabeth's opinion of him, certainly does make him a bit of a Beast! Some of the others were easy jumps, like the forgotten sister Mary as Cinderella. Others took a little consideration, like redrawing Kitty as the Little Mermaid in reverse.
Sarah Courtney
I try not to put myself under time pressure for a book. I don't plan anything concrete in terms of dates until I at least have a solid, complete first draft done, since that tends to be the hardest part to just push through.
For me, I do my best thinking while typing. I might have no idea how to get a scene going, so I just start writing down notes about what isn't working and why, and maybe other possibilities, and somehow as I'm typing the right idea will eventually come. Or maybe it won't, and it'll be another scene that I need to start over again. Even so, trying one thing and seeing why it doesn't work, whether it's just by writing down notes or by writing the actual scene, helps me find out what does.
I often get into a good routine each night of writing a scene, then taking a few minutes to plot out the next scene, making notes about what I want to accomplish, etc. Then the next day, I start with writing that scene based on those notes, then plotting the next. I don't write a lot per day, as I have six children whom I homeschool, so I only really write in the evenings.
For me, I do my best thinking while typing. I might have no idea how to get a scene going, so I just start writing down notes about what isn't working and why, and maybe other possibilities, and somehow as I'm typing the right idea will eventually come. Or maybe it won't, and it'll be another scene that I need to start over again. Even so, trying one thing and seeing why it doesn't work, whether it's just by writing down notes or by writing the actual scene, helps me find out what does.
I often get into a good routine each night of writing a scene, then taking a few minutes to plot out the next scene, making notes about what I want to accomplish, etc. Then the next day, I start with writing that scene based on those notes, then plotting the next. I don't write a lot per day, as I have six children whom I homeschool, so I only really write in the evenings.
Sarah Courtney
I'm editing my latest Pride and Prejudice variation, a Regency book called "The Olive Branch." I've been at the editing for a while, so I'm hoping to release it this summer (I won't have an exact date until it goes for final edits).
"The Olive Branch" is an evil Mr. Collins story, in which Elizabeth Bennet is trapped in an engagement with no apparent way out. A bit of angst mixed with some lighter and more humorous moments, and I think it'll be lots of fun to read!
"The Olive Branch" is an evil Mr. Collins story, in which Elizabeth Bennet is trapped in an engagement with no apparent way out. A bit of angst mixed with some lighter and more humorous moments, and I think it'll be lots of fun to read!
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