Today I’m happy to welcome Cyn Balog to my blog, to answer a few questions about her recently released debut novel Fairy Tale. I haven’t gotten my hands on a copy of this yet, but it is on my list, both because it involves fairies, and because the main character tells fortunes. And check out the cover! Sparkly!
Q: Tell us about a scene or character from your novel that was especially easy (or especially difficult) to write.
A: Cam was really easy to write because he covers all his difficult emotions with snappy one-liners. My Irish dad is that way, too… all I had to do when it came time to insert dialogue from him is think of something my dad would say!
Q: What is your favorite (or one of your favorite) myths or fairy-tales, and why? Or alternately, what fairy-tale or myth do you dislike, and why?
A: I love Cinderella because I had a very similar name growing up, so people called me Cinderella. But I never did like Jack and the Beanstalk. In the versions I’ve read, it never says how the giant came upon his money. And Jack intrudes and steals money and lives happily ever after… but hello!? He’s a thief. The giant had every right to run after him and then he gets killed. Boo.
Q: So, what has been the most exciting part of selling your book(s) and getting published so far?
A: Probably having people go, “You do?” when I tell them I have a book coming out, and then acting all starry-eyed, like I am some sort of celebrity. Which I am totally not, but shhh.
About Fairy Tale
Morgan Sparks and Cam Browne are a match made in heaven. They’ve been best friends since birth, they tell each other everything, and oh yeah- they’re totally hot for each other. But a week before their joint Sweet Sixteen bash, everything changes. Cam’s awkward cousin Pip comes to stay, and Morgan is stunned when her formerly perfect boyfriend seems to be drifting away. When Morgan demands answers, she’s shocked to discover the source of Cam’s distance isn’t another girl- it’s another world. Pip claims that Cam is a fairy. No, seriously. A fairy. And now his people want Cam to return to their world and take his rightful place as Fairy King.
Determined to keep Cam with her, Morgan plots to fool the fairies. But as Cam continues to change, she has to decide once and for all if he really is her destiny, and if their “perfect” love can weather an uncertain future.
About Cyn Balog
Cyn Balog is a normal, everyday Jersey Girl who always believed magical things can happen to us when we least expect them. She’s also the Race & Event Manager for several national fitness magazines. She lives outside Allentown, Pennsylvania with her husband and young daughter. Both are 100% human, or so she thinks. FAIRY TALE is her first novel.
Learn more about Cyn at her website.
Fairy Tale is available now! I encourage you to shop at your local independent bookstore!
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I enjoyed reading both Fortunes Folly (Deva Fagan) and Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog. They had adventure and excitement with a wonderful romantic twist. Fairy Tale was beyond great but I found the ending rather unsettling how Morgan left Cam so easily for Pip when they had always been so close. It made me glad though because I think Morgan and Pip would make a good happily-ever-after and Morgan realized Cam had bigger and badder aspirations as a fairy king. I really liked both books and cant wait for more from both authors!
I am glad you enjoyed them!