Fairy Tales
"Stories are only as good as the Storyteller telling them!"
~The Fairy Taller~
Reversal of Beauty
On her deathbed, Beast's governess makes him promise to save her spoiled daughter, Beauty, from herself. Beast is convinced that he can reform the cantankerous Beauty, and fall in love with him, saving him from his own curse of being a beast. This does not bode well for Beast's best friend and a servant in his castle, Camille, who has been in love with him for her entire life. Between Beauty's explosive temper tantrums and Camille's sharp tongue, the two are put on a collision course for disaster.
Gossip: The Evil Stepmother's Tale
Isabella has made her story known to the world as the ever-famous “Cinderella.” Once she was made Queen, no one dared to question her fantastical tale. More importantly, no one ever asked her evil stepmother, the Countess De Leon, what really happened in the house those many years ago. They never heard about Isabella’s strange cleaning habits, her overly indulgent imagination, or who her fairy godmother truly was. After seven years in seclusion, the Countess De Leon finally finds the opportune moment to tell her side the Queen’s very twisted tale.
Definition: Fairy Tales
Stories that have elements of magicial creatures or beings, a perolous journey in which the hero is not qualified to take and it usually ends with 'Happily Ever After'.
~The Fairy Taler's~ Favorite Tales
Beauty and the Beast
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
The Tender Box
The Master Cat: Puss and Boots
Which Was the Foolishest
~The FairyTaler~
Cay Templeton (~The Fairy Taler~) grew up in the small, country town in Maryland. The quiet gave her time to think, to listen, and to wander. Between the differences of the town and the country that laid just beyond, Cay developed a sense for things under the surface.
As she grew up, Cay learned to recognize those differences: rich versus poor, liberal versus conservative, and city versus country. Through investigation, Cay began to understand that there’s never one side that has the full story. As people take sides, they miss out on other perspectives and even lose track of things that could help them.
Chasing her love for storytelling, Cay earned BA’s in Film and Theatre from Towson University. She then went on to Wilkes University, where she earned an MA in Creative Writing.
A month after she graduated, she ended up working in the D.C. Production Office for the film National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. Once the film completed there, she packed up her bags to begin her journey across the country to Hollywood.
To this day, Cay works on writing more installments to the Second Side Series. The theme of missing perspectives runs through her signature twisted fairy tale series: Reversal of Beauty, Gossip: The Evil Stepmother’s Tale, Stalked: The Conti Rose, and Stalked: The Eastern Passage.
~The Fairy Taler~ is always on the lookout for the next fairy tale that has a ‘Second Side’ to it which people should hear.
Charles Perrault
Born January 12, 1628 in Paris France. Died May 16th 1703.
Known as the grandfather of Fairy Tales being the first to have written them. As a french author, he wrote his first tales in 1694 - Patient Griselda, Ridiculous Wishes, and Donkeyskin.
He went on to write many of the classics before The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson.
He wrote the first Cinderella, and other famous tales such as Tom Thumb, Blue Beard, Little Red Riddinghood, and Sleeping Beauty.
Question:
What is your favorite fairy tale? Why?