tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post5617206435984736004..comments2024-03-23T02:45:17.058-04:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: Launch Week - Five Enchanted RosesAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-11883306542440454922015-08-04T08:37:45.379-04:002015-08-04T08:37:45.379-04:00Deborah - thank you! I'm really, really, reall...Deborah - thank you! I'm really, really, really glad you enjoyed my story so much! I waffle a bit between which fairy tale is my current favorite... but Twelve Dancing Princesses holds a special place in my heart. I think my second favorite is Goose Girl... or... um... hmmmmm too hard to choose. :)Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-71563886884272616822015-08-03T14:52:34.498-04:002015-08-03T14:52:34.498-04:00I absolutely loved reading this review! <3 Fasc...I absolutely loved reading this review! <3 Fascinating to get behind the scenes on Stone Curse and with Jenelle -- thank you for a lovely read! :)<br /><br />Also Twelve Dancing Princesses is absolutely the best fairytale. ;) Beauty and the Beast is my second favorite, though!Deborah O'Carrollhttp://deborahocarroll.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-33771960033299027222015-08-03T14:19:51.941-04:002015-08-03T14:19:51.941-04:00Georgina - thank you so much! I hope you enjoy all...Georgina - thank you so much! I hope you enjoy all of the stories!Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-48135637493450927242015-08-02T18:33:45.102-04:002015-08-02T18:33:45.102-04:00Congrats on having your story chosen for Five Ench...Congrats on having your story chosen for Five Enchanted Roses! I look forward to reading it soon. :)Georginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-54678508080798578142015-08-01T12:07:18.682-04:002015-08-01T12:07:18.682-04:00Hayden - Yes, I would be lost without my brainstor...Hayden - Yes, I would be lost without my brainstorming partner! He's my hero! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the story!<br /><br />Sarah - Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!<br /><br />Joy - Thank you! I think the cover art is awesome!!! Sadly, no, my talent lies in writing, not in arts and crafts... I found the bookmark on Etsy - but since roses and dried roses play such an integral part in my story, I thought the bookmark would be a fun addition to the prize pack ! :)Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-34067408730498254382015-07-31T21:01:07.155-04:002015-07-31T21:01:07.155-04:00Stone Curse looks incredibly interesting and I can...Stone Curse looks incredibly interesting and I can't wait to read it! I love the cover art. ^.^ Also the pressed rose bookmark looks amazing! Did you make it yourself?<br />And yes, I agree with the others. Your kids are adorable! <br />Congratulations, Jenelle!!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062621990781150650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-84204483809445438072015-07-31T15:41:33.514-04:002015-07-31T15:41:33.514-04:00Your story sounds really cool, Jenelle! Can't ...Your story sounds really cool, Jenelle! Can't wait to read it!Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-48284726872126877302015-07-31T13:30:57.474-04:002015-07-31T13:30:57.474-04:00First off, your kids are adorable :)
I find it re...First off, your kids are adorable :)<br /><br />I find it really interesting how you brainstorm with your husband! <br /><br />I really enjoyed your characters, and the curse was a really neat twist :)Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463147465564735374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-78405628916756346942015-07-31T08:14:40.887-04:002015-07-31T08:14:40.887-04:00E.F.B. - Thank you!E.F.B. - Thank you!Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-27554063321753436602015-07-30T14:53:30.674-04:002015-07-30T14:53:30.674-04:00Hi Jenelle. I really enjoyed reading about your cr...Hi Jenelle. I really enjoyed reading about your creative process. Very interesting! Congratulations on getting your story in this collection!<br /><br />P.S. Your kids really are adorable :)E.F.B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-86680678490592837892015-07-30T09:37:56.229-04:002015-07-30T09:37:56.229-04:00Meredith - My husband is an integral part of most ...Meredith - My husband is an integral part of most of my writing. He's a creative genius! :) He's very good at asking me tough questions that help get the plot wheels turning.<br /><br />As far as your questions... there are difficulties inherent in both re-writing fairy tales and writing my own plots. With a fairy tale, the skeleton is in place, which can make things easier, but trying to put a unique spin on the tale is hard, because the other versions are all bumping around in my head together. Creating all-new worlds and plots is a lot of work, but it can also feel much less restrictive because it can be whatever I want and doesn't have to resemble a beloved fairy tale. I think the hardest part of retelling a fairy tale is that one's audience is always going to be comparing it to the original. So, I don't know if that answers your question! haha. They're both fun, and they're both difficult, just in different ways. I enjoy both!<br /><br />What other fairy tale would I most be interested in retelling? I have some editing to do on my Cinderella story, which I'll hopefully be able to release in the near future. I would love to finish my Princess on the Glass Hill story at some point. I've got an opening scene, but I'm not sure what happens after that. Other than that... I honestly don't know. There are a lot of other stories I have queued up right now that need my attention!<br /><br /><br />Christine - Thanks for your kind comments! (I think my kiddos are pretty cute, too... but I'm biased!!!) I hope you enjoy the entire collection!Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-87651055797415071212015-07-29T23:24:09.274-04:002015-07-29T23:24:09.274-04:00Congratulations on your story! The idea of people ...Congratulations on your story! The idea of people turned to stone absolutely fascinates me, so I'm just itching to get my hands on this thing. I have no doubt it's going to be wonderful!<br /><br />This interview was so fun to read. (And your children are absolutely adorable. <3) It's so sweet that you write for your children and feed their love for fairytales and adventures--I think that's wonderful.<br /><br />What you said in the last question put how I feel about the Beauty and the Beast tale in the perfect words! B&B has always been my favorite fairytale because of the Christian themes that can run so parallel with it. You put it so beautifully!<br /><br />I'm simply thrilled about the book being released and I cannot wait to read your tale!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-54247339444236074032015-07-29T22:08:16.981-04:002015-07-29T22:08:16.981-04:00What a wonderful interview, Mrs. Schmidt. The ans...What a wonderful interview, Mrs. Schmidt. The answers to the questions were fantastic, and I especially enjoyed the answer to the last question. Your story was absolutely beautiful. I loved the cleverness of the twist ending. The reason behind the curse being cast moved me to tears, and I could definitely relate to the culprit. I loved Prince Barend and how skillfully you wove the rose symbolism into your version.<br /><br />I'd never thought about the prince being only eleven in the Disney version when it begins! Don't know why I didn't, but numbers and I don't mesh, so I suppose I just never stopped to think. That's hilareous!<br /><br />I love that you and your husband did lots of brainstorming about "Stone Curse" together.<br /><br />Questions: Do you think it's more difficult to retell a fairy tale or to make up your own plots, (I understand you've written other books as well.) What other fairy tale would you be most interested in trying to retell?Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385869599924542713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-44252639733702286732015-07-29T20:07:55.883-04:002015-07-29T20:07:55.883-04:00Jemma - thank you! Yeah, I wanted the curse to be ...Jemma - thank you! Yeah, I wanted the curse to be a bit more interesting... :)<br /><br />DJ - thank you so much. Beauty and the Beast always seemed to be one of the deeper fairy tales that way. It was so fun getting to play around with it and explore slightly different themes - still related to the original - but in unique ways. I hope you enjoy the story when you read it!Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-34433147627321334442015-07-29T19:39:31.841-04:002015-07-29T19:39:31.841-04:00That may be one of the best author interviews I ha...That may be one of the best author interviews I have ever read. Seriously. I love the way you bring everything back around to Christ. I had never really thought of this story in that light before. What a beautiful reminder of the gospel. It makes me want to read this story all the more.DJ Edwardsonhttp://www.djedwardson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-28767304977417278392015-07-29T19:27:55.372-04:002015-07-29T19:27:55.372-04:00Stone Curse was great! I really liked that there w...Stone Curse was great! I really liked that there was something deeper behind the curse :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964282556271869964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-17608325630647905192015-07-29T15:13:24.422-04:002015-07-29T15:13:24.422-04:00Kaycee - :) thank you!Kaycee - :) thank you!Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-79034014218264180602015-07-29T14:43:23.864-04:002015-07-29T14:43:23.864-04:00Stone Curse is beyond epic! I love it so much! ^_^...Stone Curse is beyond epic! I love it so much! ^_^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987151094223559356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-90314769043883545642015-07-29T14:04:38.311-04:002015-07-29T14:04:38.311-04:00Aww, thanks, Savannah! :)Aww, thanks, Savannah! :)Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-53157663929685785182015-07-29T13:21:07.860-04:002015-07-29T13:21:07.860-04:00I loved Stone Curse! Ritter was such a surprise an...I loved Stone Curse! Ritter was such a surprise and so enjoyable, but Barend was my favorite. I could totally read a whole book on these characters.Savannah Jezowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755636445936578586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-72341947864077999922015-07-29T12:41:01.978-04:002015-07-29T12:41:01.978-04:00Allison - thank you so much!
Savannah P - Hope yo...Allison - thank you so much!<br /><br />Savannah P - Hope you enjoy it! My favorite part of the publishing process? I enjoyed so much about it, but I think the part I enjoyed the most was not having to do everything. There was a lot of work, but I didn't have to line up the editors or the proofreaders or the beta readers or the cover art or do the formatting, or read the story a hundred thousand times to sift for typos... as an indie-author, that felt very strange... but nice. I realized, however, that I'm a bit of a control freak about my writing! :) So it was hard to relax and just enjoy it. I had to restrain myself from emailing Anne Elisabeth twelve times a day asking for status updates! haha! (I did control myself, and I'm sure she appreciates that!) :)<br /><br />Emma - Exactly! Thank you!<br /><br />Wisdomcreates - Thank you so much! I love that we all have different reasons and motivations and processes for creating these stories, and yet they all go together so well.Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-68612531775095683242015-07-29T11:34:39.895-04:002015-07-29T11:34:39.895-04:00Congratulations!
I loved hearing about the differe...Congratulations!<br />I loved hearing about the different aspects of creating this story!Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15010043354045249021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-41420751459557300022015-07-29T10:55:43.139-04:002015-07-29T10:55:43.139-04:00That plot hole in the Disney movie bothers me too....That plot hole in the Disney movie bothers me too. What eleven year-old boy is going to want a rose? :P Stone Curse sound so good! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of Five Enchanted Roses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017435396841726782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-543672972932827212015-07-29T09:03:42.248-04:002015-07-29T09:03:42.248-04:00Your story sounds really interesting, Jenelle! I c...Your story sounds really interesting, Jenelle! I can't wait until I can get my hands on 'Five Enchanted Roses' and read it! What was your favorite part of the publishing process for this book? ~Savannah P. Savannah P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-65125029254346522762015-07-29T06:48:07.947-04:002015-07-29T06:48:07.947-04:00Congratulations! I can't wait to read it! : ...Congratulations! I can't wait to read it! : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401287896327956210noreply@blogger.com