{"id":2704,"date":"2016-02-10T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maderr.com\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2016-02-09T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T01:09:35","slug":"release-day-tournament-of-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganderr.com\/?p=2704","title":{"rendered":"Release Day: Tournament of Losers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TournamentOfLosers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yay! The Tournament has arrived!<\/p>\n

So this is my latest (and greatest) fairytale to date, and I am super happy with it. This comes as no surprise because some of my best works are the stories I’ve written for specific people. Writing for me is always what I do first and foremost, but writing for friends is my favorite thing.<\/p>\n

So as stated often and loudly,\u00a0Tournament of Losers<\/em> is inspired by quest fairytales. Defeat the dragon, obtain these three items. My favorite of this sort is\u00a0Ivan and the Wolf\u00a0<\/em>(which I’ve mucked with a couple of times, most notably\u00a0Burning Bright<\/em>).<\/p>\n

But the other component of this story that really mattered was what Rath is a good person. He’s not without his flaws, but he does have a real and true heart of gold. I very much wanted a nod to the princesses of fairytales like Cinderella (still my favorite, I’ve rewritten it… at least four times? Not including Spell Weaver, which comes out in June). He was a lot of fun to write, even if he also meant managing one of the trickier tropes (that I cannot discuss without spoiling).<\/p>\n

I’ve gotten a LOT of positive reviews for this story, and I’m deeply grateful. I fretted and fretted that people would not like a long fairytale, or that it would be TOO light-hearted, even for me. It means even more that so many have enjoyed various components I worked hard to add to this story, things I’ve always tried to add to my stories and things I’m determined to include going forward.<\/p>\n

So thank you, my lovely readers, as always. I hope you enjoy my Tournament \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Yay! The Tournament has arrived! So this is my latest (and greatest) fairytale to date, and I am super happy with it.<\/p>\n

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