And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from.

I tried to explain as much as I could," Poppet says. "I think I made an analogy about cake." "Well, that must have worked," Widget says. "Who doesn't like a good cake analogy?

Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

Misdirection is one of my strengths.

...the thrill of being surrounded by something wondrous and fantastical, only magnified and focused directly at her. The feel of his skin against hers reverberates across her entire body, though his fingers remain entwined in hers.

Is it not that bad to be trapped somewhere, then? Depending on where you're trapped?" "I suppose it depends on how much you like the place you're trapped in," Widget says. "And how much you like whoever you're stuck there with," Poppet adds, kicking his black boot with her white one.