Castle Gate Press is unusual in several ways. One of them is in our team editing approach. The contests where we’ve been entering our books often ask who the editor of the book is, leaving space for the name of one editor. This is apparently the common way for the big publishers to do it, with […]
Behind the Scenes: Author Azalea Dabill conjures adult coloring books to enrich her stories
When I was small, I loved everything about swords, princesses, and fantasy. Beauty and the Beast always kept my attention, all story versions I heard as well as coloring books. (Robin McKinley’s Rose Daughter and Beauty are wonderful later discoveries.) I’m familiar with the wilderness, and all things medieval have always called my name. So […]
Her readers inspire her: author and editor Azalea Dabill
Where does my creativity come from? In eighth-grade English class, I penned the tale of an Indian girl lost in the woods who makes her way back to her father, proud chief of her tribe. This exercise taught me the joy of losing myself in another world. My teacher praised the imagination of the story; […]