Cinderella Adaptations There are over 300 adaptations of Cinderella in this list, from 1898 to 2024 (the present year) and there's no way I'm going to be able to cover them all in one post individually! This post is going to be an overview by decade highlighting a few things for each one, and including… Continue reading Cinders in Cinema 1898-2024
It's the final countdown! Dadalaaada dada la da daaa UK Preorder/Order Link: https://www.canelo.co/books/the-crows-c-m-rosens/ US Preorder/Order Link: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Crows/C-M-Rosens/Pagham-on-Sea/9781667207285 THE CROWS began life in 2013, with an attempt at writing a murder mystery with a B-plot romance. It did actually work out that way but I pantsed it completely, and it ended up a paranormal romance with… Continue reading THE CROWS: Re-Release Final Countdown
Fairytale and Folklore Catch up on the whole series of these here. There are A LOT of retellings and reimaginings of Cinderella. The tale is essentially a wish-fulfillment rags-to-riches story that gives poor, downtrodden people the hope that they might be raised above their station and find a measure of affluence and good fortune and… Continue reading Cinders and Glass (Book Edition)
My favourite films of the decade so far, with my top 5 from 2020-2023 and runners-up!
I was hoping to find some silent film versions of this fairytale, and very curious as to how they might have staged it. The first filmed version seems to be Oskar Messter's short film in 1897, and although I can't find it online, there's a German documentary (in German) on the director, here. It's been… Continue reading Rapunzel in Cinema 1897-2024
