Hey everyone, sorry this post is running later than when I wanted to get it out. But my weekend has been fouled up by some demon mirror glass getting in people’s eyes, unfortunately I couldn’t get them out. Regardless, like I said I have another fairy tale giveaway this week!
Now if you hadn’t noticed, I love my fairy tale re-tellings, especially when they introduce elements of diversity, such as queer characters. It’s what I try to aim for with my books and I tend to like other books more often when they include an ample set of diversity in sexuality, gender, race, religion, etc.
So, for this second book giveaway, I’m looking to give away one of quite a few selections of fairy tale retellings that introduce queer elements. In particular the focus this time around is on books that introduce Lesbian elements.
The options include:
Ash by Malinda Lo (A beautifully written take on Cinderella in a unique world, and a perfect writing style for telling fairy tales)
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue (A favorite I read after I finished my first novel, only to discover it has Cinderella ending up with the fairy godmother!)
Sappho’s Fables by Elora Bishop and Jennifer Diemer (Love the name of this one, and the Rapunzel story in it)
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson (I couldn’t resist adding one of my favorite author’s take on what happens after the twelve dancing princesses are saved)
And finally a choice of any one of the Princess novels by Jim C Hines: The Stepsister’s Scheme, The Mermaid’s Madness, Red Hood’s Revenge, or The Snow Queen’s Shadow. (These make me very glad I didn’t choose alliterated titles for my fairy tale series).
Regardless of which book is chosen, you can receive it as either a paperback edition or an e-book; your choice.
Now, for the entering? Well we have to do something a little different…
I want everyone interested in entering the contest to comment on this topic with a pairing of two (or more) same-sex fairy tale characters they would like to see interacting together. (I’m curious to see how many people put Prince Charming with another guy)
That’s it! Just comment and I’ll get back to you if you are the winner.
This contest will be ending along with the fairy tale fortnight event on April 6th, 2013. So you all have about 7ish days to get entered in!
Enjoy!
And if you’d like to check out the fairy tale fortnight event you can head over there by clicking the pic below!
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