Seven Magic Mirrors, Guest Post: Why Magic Mirrors?

Alright, the Seven Magic Mirrors blog tour has started! Check here for the full schedule and an opportunity to enter an awesome giveaway.

I had the opportunity to read "Blood in the Snow", and ah it was everything I wanted from a short retelling of Snow White! I'm going to stop there or I'll be gushing for a little while. More details on the story in a day or two. For now, a guest post from Kendra Ardnek, who arranged this whole thing. She also has some retellings herself, so be sure to check those out. :D

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Why Magic Mirrors?

Once upon a time, way back in the dark ages, Anne Elizabeth Stengl announced something new and exciting - a writing contest with the prize being a coveted slot as one of five retellings of Cinderella in a collection known as Five Glass Slippers. And I had a Cinderella retelling that I was working on! It was called CinderEddy and was a genderswapped adventure story.  

I ... did not finish the story in time to enter it, but it was done in time for me to publish it on my own the same day that the collection did. Then Five Enchanted Roses happened, but that was back when I was still very meh about the fairy tale, so while two ideas occurred to me, I wasn't compelled to write either. And then Five Magic Spindles waltzed into my life and I wrote Poison Kiss, which was THE most fun retelling of Sleeping Beauty that I'd ever written - and my las retelling of Sleeping Beauty had been pretty fun, too. However, like with CinderEddy, I didn't finish my story in time to enter - indeed, I didn't even finish it in time to release it on the same day as the main collection.

Then I found out that my friend, Morgan Elizabeth Huneke, also had a Sleeping Beauty retelling from the contest that hadn't won, and my mother decided to write a Western retelling in an afternoon. (Or so. I don't remember exactly how long it took her to write the story, just that it wasn't very long) Naturally, we all decided to release together last August, during the Rooglewood drought that was that year. Since I wasn't very creative back then, I just used again the name Anne Elizabeth had given her collection - we were the Three Magic Spindles.

And then came along Poison Apples, which was to be the last of the Rooglewood collections - ah, sad day - for which I wrote not one but TWO stories for and managed to actually submit one of them!

Alas, but I didn't win, but I already had a backup plan. The Magic Mirrors. I took my two lovely retellings of Snow White, screamed from the top of a hill to see if anyone else would join me, managed to recruit five other authors ... 

And now we have Seven Magic Mirrors. Yes, it is awesome.

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Author Bio:

Kendra E. Ardnek loves fairytales and twisting them in new and exciting ways. She's been or acting them on her dozen plus cousins and siblings for years. "Finish your story, Kendra," is frequently heard at family gatherings. Her sole life goal has always been to grow up and be an author of fantasy and children's tales that glorify God and His Word. Find her online at: Website || Blog || Goodreads || Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Newsletter || Instagram || Amazon

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Once again, here's the link to the full schedule and giveaway. Be sure to check out all the lovely retellings!

Before I forget: If you have a retelling of your own, Kendra's running The Arista Challenge. This particular one is for Rapunzel retellings (yes, I'm still working on mine, I just have yet to figure out a way to post things about it without posting the whole story).

Thanks for stopping by!