Welcome to Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Once Upon an Ever After” Book Blog Tour featuring an interview with compiler and editor, Kaye Lynne Booth.
Tour Schedule
Monday – August 22 – Opening Day Post – Writing to be Read – Intro. & Guest Post – Sarah Lyn Eaton
Tuesday – August 23 – Patty’s World – Review & Guest Post – Robbie Cheadle
Wednesday – August 24 – The Showers of Blessings – Guest Post – Olivia Merchiston
Thursday – August 25 –Roberta Writes – Interview w/ Kaye Lynne Booth
Friday – August 26 – Zigler’s News – Review & Guest Post – Lyndsay Elizabeth Gilbert
Saturday – August 27 – Closing Post – Writing to be Read – Guest Post – A.E. Lanier
Digital Giveaway
For a chance to win a free digital copy of Once Upon an Ever After, just leave a comment to show you were here. Follow the tour and comment at each stop for more chances to win. Three copies will be given away in a random drawing. (Yep. I literally draw the names out of a hat.)
Interview with compiler and editor, Kaye Lynne Booth
Please tell us a bit about yourself and your background in writing, editing, and publishing
I’ve been writing since 1996, when I sold my first poem, but I didn’t get really serious about it until after the introduction of the internet in 2008. I started out as the Southern Colorado Literature Examiner for Examiner.com, and from there moved into blogging on Writing to be Read. I was able to get my first book, a western novel, published through Dusty Saddle Publishing, and I even taught a semester of English Composition, before founding Write it Right Editing & WordCrafter Press. I currently hold both an M.F.A. in Creative Writing with a dual emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in Publishing, which I was just awarded last month.
Tell us a bit about your new anthology, Once Upon an Ever After: Modern Fairy Tales & Folklore
While earning my M.A. in Publishing at Western Colorado University, I studied under Kevin J. Anderson, and Draft2Digital offers them a grant each year, which is used to offer professional rates for story submissions so the students can get the hands-on editorial experience of working to compile the annual anthology. My cohort’s anthology attracted over 600 submissions, and not all of them were great, but they did receive enough exceptional stories to make the selection process very difficult. We couldn’t accept them all. My solution was to collect the contact information for the stories I liked that didn’t make it and create my own “By invitation only” anthology.
The only catch was that there were enough to fill three anthologies, so that’s what I did. Once Upon an Ever After: Modern Fairy Tales & Folklore includes stories which carried heavy fairy tale or folklore appeal on my list. While not all of the authors who I reached out to accepted my proposal, which offers royalty split instead of professional rates, I did end up with ten skilled and talented authors, and of course I included a story of my own. It’s available at many book distributors, including Amazon, through the Books2Read UBL link: https://books2read.com/u/mKdWGV
What do you think the benefits to writers are of having short stories included in anthologies?
Anthologies are a great way to add to your book catalog and offer additional projects to add to your resume, but they are more than that. All contributing authors benefit when the book sells, so it is in their best interest to pull together promotional efforts and extend their author reach through their co-author’s audiences. From the publisher’s point of view, I get to meet and work with some terrific authors will I increase the WordCrafter Press catalog of titles. They can be a win-win for all concerned.
Can you tell us a bit about the services WordCrafter Press offers writers and authors?
WordCrafter Press offers publishing services for authors who have a book they want published, (including editing services through Write it Right Editing Services), publication, and book promotion services, (through WordCrafter Book Blog Tours). I also compile and edit an annual writing contest and short fiction anthology, and an annual poetry anthology. WordCrafter Press can assist authors with their publishing needs at every stage.
What are your plans for WordCrafter Press going forward?
For the remainder of this year, WordCrafter Press has two more short fiction anthologies planned for release: Refracted
Reflections next month, and Visions in October. Each anthology will have a book blog tour during the week of release and I’m planning a big Facebook book event to celebrate all three launches for Halloween the end of October.
In the more distant future , I plan to add more of my own titles to the WordCrafter Press catalog, including a western series, which includes the re-release of my first western novel; a science fantasy series; a time travel romance; and continue with the annual anthologies, but I also hope to include more works by other authors as well.
About Once Upon an Ever After
Blurb
This unique and imaginative collection of eleven thought provoking fantasy stories will delight readers who enjoy stories of wishes gone awry.
What happens when…
A woman desires to carry on her family’s legacy, uncovering a long-buried curse?
A not so perfect witch casts a spell to defy age and preserve her relationship with her handsome shapeshifting familiar?
A time traveler longs to be the savior of knowledge lost?
An incompetent delivery boy becomes an unlikely savior of forgotten artifacts?
A magic mirror yearns for a different question?
A tiny story witch desires to share her stories with the world?
Spells are cast, unlikely alliances made, and wishes granted, sometimes with surprising outcomes. You’ll love this anthology of modern myths, lore, and fairy tales. Once you read these twisted tales, you’ll be sure to be careful what you wish for….
If you liked Gilded Glass, you’ll enjoy Once Upon an Ever After: Modern Myths & Fairy Tales, short stories with thought provoking themes, captivating characters and diverse cultures, from humorous to horrifying, from the legendary past to possible futures and back to the here and now.
Once Upon an Ever After is available for pre-order here:
https://books2read.com/u/mKdWGV
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Fascinating interview! I enjoyed learning more about Kaye Lynn’s work.
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HI Liz, so did I. I take my hat off to Kaye for pursuing her dream with such determination. I won’t give my day job up to write full time. Partly that is because I like the stimulation of deal making.
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I made the decision out of grad school that I needed a full-time job with security and benefits. It did give me the freedom to write whatever I wanted, however I wanted. For me, it was a good tradeoff.
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Yes, I have done the same although sometimes work takes over my life.
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There were times work took over my life as well.
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Supporting you in all that you do to bring your visions into reality!
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Me too, Annette. I admire Kaye for pursuing her dream and going back to study in her chosen field.
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This sounds like a fun read. I don’t mind a dose of fairy tales, fractured or not.
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Hi Norah, I am fond of fractured fairy tales too. I think mine is the only ‘different’ one. most of the stories are more in keeping with the traditional interpretation of this type of story.
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That’s interest, Robbie. I’ll put it on my list. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Writing to be Read and commented:
For Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Once Upon an Ever After” Book Blog Tour, we’re over at “Roberta Writes” where Robbie Cheadle interviews me! 🙂 Please join us to learn more about me, WordCrafter Press and this wonderful new anthology.
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Thank you, Kaye.
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Nice to learn more about Kaye Lynn and her books.
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Thanks, Stevie, I also enjoy learning how other people manage their writing and publishing lives.
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It’s always interesting to read people’s different paths to writing. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe. I also find it interesting.
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Reblogged this on Pattys World.
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Thanks for sharing, Patty.
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This sounds to be an interesting anthology Robbie. Thanks for sharing along with this interview. Wishing Kaye great success.
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Thank you, Balroop, I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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Great questions. Thanks for the Q&A.
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Thank you, Jacqui. I try to make the questions focus the interviewee on what the reader would most like to know so I thank you for that comment.
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Good interview! Once Upon an Ever After sounds like a wonderful anthology!
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Thank you, Priscilla. I am enjoying the stories. Mine is the one that is the most ‘off track’ in the collection as I didn’t write a fractured fairy tale type story. No inspiration for that this time.
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Thanks for sharing, Robbie. I enjoyed the Q&A. This anthology sounds like a must-read.
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Hi Jan, I’ve read to stories (other than my own) so far and I thought both were very good. I plan to read them all and post a review.
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A very interesting interview, Robbie. One that I will be coming back to read again. And excellent follow up discussion.
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HI Rebecca, thank you. I am enjoying my involvement in Writing to be Read and watching how Kaye Lynne evolves and grows.
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Hi Robbie,
Great interview, and Congratulations to all the authors. This anthology sounds wonderful.
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Thank you, Lauren. I’ve read two of the stories and enjoyed them very much. I am planning to read them all.
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Wow. Congratulations to Kaye Lynn. This sounds, looks, and feels wonderful.
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Kaye is a real go-getter, Jude. Thanks for visiting.
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Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you to Norah, Annette and Liz for your kind words. And thanks to Robbie for setting up this wonderful post and hosting for this tour. 🙂 And it is a fun read,Norah. Very entertaining. I’m sure you will enjoy it.
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Thank you Jude for visiting and commenting. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing, Patty. 🙂
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I’m kind of late to the party. My day job keeps getting in the way, Lol. I couldn’t find a comment button for individual comments, so this seemed like the best way to respond.
Thanks to Kerfe, Priscilla, Jacqui, Norah, Jan, Rebecca and Lauren for all of your kind and encouraging words. I’m looking forward to upcoming projects and hoping they will bring huge success. 🙂
This project and the other two upcoming anthologies have certainly kept me busy. I feel that Once Upon an Ever After is an exceptional anthology and I hope you will have have a chance to read it. There are some wonderful stories featured, including Robbie’s unusual fairy tale. 🙂
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HI Kaye, thank you for sharing this lovely message. I will go and check my settings as their should be a comment button. WP is doing odd stuff lately with blogs. I am planning to finish the last few stories in this collection and I agree, they are all very good.
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What an impressive resume Kaye Lynne has. I wish her the best of luck with all her projects. I don’t know how she finds the time! Thanks for the fascinating interview, Robbie and Kaye Lynne.
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Kaye is a doer and gets a lot done. We are similar but have different focuses so I learn a lot from her.
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I can believe she has a lot to teach… all of us!
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This is an interesting interview, Robbie. It’s always interesting to find out how writers got started and what kind of education they have had to help them in the craft. Writing is hard work. I applaud all her efforts and yours in getting published.
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Hi Marsha, I am glad I met up with, Kaye. She has a different focus with her writing and publishing to me and when we work together, I think we compliment each other.
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It’s great that you have someone to work with, Robbie. That encouragement and combined expertise is so valuable. 🙂
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Fab review, Roberta! xo
(looking for the one about sisters)
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Thanks, Resa. That one isn’t published yet. It will go out on 5 September. Sorry, I should have been clearer 🙈
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LOL! Whew! xo
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Kaye Lynn sounds like an enterprising soul! Congrats on the new anthology release. Are you in any of them, Robbie?
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Hi Jacquie, I have learned a lot from Kaye Lynne and I am very glad I met her through an anthology compiled by Dan Alatorre. I have short stories in all of these anthologies and my storie, The Bite, which is included in Visions, was the winner of the 2022 WordCrafter Press short story challenge. I am very thrilled!
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Congrats!
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Great interview! It was nice to learn more about Kaye Lynn 🥰
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Thanks, Christy 😀
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