Is this a real-life faery caught on camera?

I absolutely loved the article in the Metro newspaper this week about the woman who believes she has caught a real-life faery on camera for the very first time. A friend of mine spotted it and knew I’d be interested, so forwarded me the link. Is this a real-life fairy caught on camera for the first time? Apparently, 37 year old, Lucia Cordaro from Chester heard a loud bang as though something had hit her...

Chinese Love Signs

As part of my research for future books in The Faery Tales series, I’ve been looking into the animals associated with the 12 signs of the Chinese Zodiac. Each animal sign has a different personality, and depending on which one you were born under, this can give us insight into how we relate with each other, most importantly in matters of love. Using a simple birth year table to work out which animal you are,...

Penistone Living

I have just come off the telephone from speaking to Alicia, a lovely lady who works at a magazine called ‘Penistone Living.’ Penistone is a small town set in a beautiful countryside location between Sheffield and Barnsley in South Yorkshire. I’ve lived here and in the surrounding areas for most of my life and in a lot of ways, these locations are like the village of Steeple where the Faery Tales series...

Lights, Camera, Action! The Faery Tales Film Trailer

As part of her campaign to launch and publicise her new book, ‘The Faery Tale of Rosie Quartz’, author Melanie J Firth worked with Overlook Films to produce a film trailer about her forthcoming fictional series. Emily Hemming, Publishing Assistant at SilverWood Books, reports from on set in Bristol: Melanie launched the first story in her Faery Tales Series in June. Needless to say the prospect of...

The Faery Tales blog

Hi there everyone. I’m very excited to be up and running with my brand new Faery Tales blog. I’m especially looking forward to keeping in touch with my readers and letting you all know what I’ve been up to each week. I hope you’ll find it fun, interesting and informative. Don’t forget though, that we writers love to hear from our audience. The life of an author can be a very solitary one if we’re not getting any...