2024-10-22

Romance Writers Weekly ~ Myths and Fairy Tales ~ #LoveChatWrite

This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "How do classic myths and fairy tales inspire modern love stories?"

This is a tough one. I thought it was easy, and started making a list of all the stories I've written that were inspired by myths...and then realized that none of them were contemporary. Ack! Anyway, I know there are tons of stories that are inspired by classic tales--myths, fairy tales, etc. But I don't have any...yet.

I am contracted to write a story involving a descendent of the Wicked Queen from Snow White. It's called A Poison in the Blood, and while I don't have much of the story written yet, I do have an opening line:

"They called her evil. My beautiful, brilliant, accomplished aunt—she was a queen, you know. They don't mention that much now, do they? But she was. She was a queen who cared too much for her people."

The story will first be released in a collection of dark, fantasy fairytales in...eek!...October, 2027. The stories will each focus on the descendant of a classic fairy tale villain. And I can't wait to write it!

Overall though, I'd say fairy tales and mythology are just amazingly inspirational. They're a type of shorthand. They're instantly recognizable. You start off with a fairy tale and/or myth and people already know where you're going. But watching you get there--ahead of, there's where the fun is!

Now, hop on over to Jill Haymaker's page to find out how she feels about fairy tales and myths. And don't forget to check out her book, Colorado Golden Sunrise.

There’s nothing like Autumn in the Colorado Rockies. When single mom, Kelly Charm relocates to the tiny mountain town of Peakview, she’s sworn off men, but she didn’t expect handsome EMT, Jake Midnight, to make her want to reconsider. In the beauty of the autumn leaves, she finds herself tempted to take a second chance at love.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07828MFF1