Review by Jihendra Jithu on Instagram
👉This book is a strikingly original retelling that takes the familiar bones of a classic fairytale and reshapes them into something far more haunting and introspective. Instead of leaning into whimsy, the story embraces a darker, almost mythological tone, where every detail feels intentional and layered with meaning. From the beginning, there’s a quiet sense […]
Second Review by Ava Williams on Instagram
📚Review: I just finished “Maiden Tomb” by Cynthia Sally Haggard and I’m honestly still lost in its hauntingly beautiful world 🖤✨ This isn’t your typical fairytale retelling—it’s darker, deeper, and so much more emotional than I expected. From the very beginning, I felt this eerie, almost magical atmosphere that pulled me right into Justice’s story. […]
Interview with The Book Junkie Reads
As part of my tour with Bewitching Book Tours, I did an interview with “The Book Junkie Reads” ~ How would you describe your style of writing to someone who has never read your work? Some reviewers have told me that I have a unique style of writing. That is because I use a lot of […]
Why do I have 72 suitors in MAIDEN TOMB?
Well, it all has to do with the Precession of the Earth. More specifically it has to do with Axial Precession. You see, the earth wobbles on its axis, slowly tracing out a cone. It takes the earth roughly 26,000 years to do this. According to Wikipedia the first person to realize this was the […]
Review of MAIDEN TOMB by Ava Williams on Instagram
MAIDEN TOMB is a time-drift novel set in early Medieval Sicily and Bronze Age Greece.
Interview with Linda Mooney
As part of my tour with Bewitching Book Tours, I did an interview with Linda Mooney on her blog “Other Worlds of Romance.” Question ~ What is it about MAIDEN TOMB that makes it so special? One of my readers opened his review in the following way: MAIDEN TOMB is a retelling of The Twelve […]
Interview with Deal Sharing Aunt
As part of my tour with Bewitching Book Tours, I did an interview with Deal Sharing Aunt. As she has not yet posted it, I thought I would take the opportunity to share it with all of you. Enjoy! What literary pilgrimages have you gone on? I try to visit all the places that I […]
Squaw Valley Writers’ Conference 6 ~ 13 July 2015
Shortly after graduating from Lesley University in June 2015, my husband and I flew out to San Francisco to visit our extended family and friends. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Squaw Valley writers’ conference, held near Lake Tahoe. I say “invited” because this conference is very hard to get into. […]
Graduating from Lesley University in June 2015
In June 2015, I graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. As I had done nearly all of my requirements by then (except give the obligatory talk) I was free to sit in on the excellent classes that were provided, as well as roam around Cambridge Massachusetts. For those of you who […]
The Sacred Mountain of Burkhan Khaldun
In MAIDEN FORGOTTEN I tell the story of Genghis Khan’s daughter Alakhai Bekhi. As her name is not easy to remember, I refer to her as Ambiguity. Burkhan Khaldun was the sacred mountain for Genghis Khan. It was where he went when he needed some space, when things were not going well, where he could […]
