Faery Academy of QuillSnap follows Tansy WaterSprite, a “Little” in the Human Realm, being held by her evil guardian, when a mysterious visitor shows up at the toadstool house with an invitation to attend the Faery Academy. She will first have to get there, where she will have to find her inner strength and courage and uncover answers to family and faery secrets. 

What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

One afternoon with my 4-year-old granddaughter on my farm in the Enchanted Land of Iowa, where I live, is in a forest. I took her to see the forest that had just been trimmed of dead branches and brush, which now looks like a true Enchanted Forest.

She said, “I love your Enchanted Forest, Mimi, but do you have any fairies?”

Thinking quickly, I responded, “Of course I do. Over here is where they live, and over here is where they go to school, because they are not born a fairy; they have to go to school to be a fairy.”

She was deep in thought as she considered this information. She was getting ready to go to preschool and didn’t think it was a good idea, since she already knew everything; however, if fairies had to go to school too…

At night, she preferred fairy stories instead of reading a book. Kids are really smart and remember if you repeat part of the story, and I would quickly be told, “Mimi, you already told us that!” I had to start writing it down, and today it is the Faery Academy of QuillSnap: Night of the Purple Moon.

There is a lot of time and care spent on descriptions and building the setting and tone of the story. Was this out of necessity to develop the depth of the story, or was it something that happened naturally as you were writing?

This came naturally as I was telling my granddaughter the story that was inspired by our afternoon in the Enchanted Forest that sparked the story.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

Adversity builds character, I think I can becomes I know I can, Girls and women can do anything.

Will this novel be the start of a series, or are you working on a different story?

I am currently working on the sequel, hoping to go to editing by the first of the year.

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