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Fairy Tale Fail: Some facts and figures

April 18, 2011 - - 6 Comments

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On this day (or yesterday, in US time) in 2010, Fairy Tale Fail was made available for purchase on the Amazon Kindle Store. Some facts and figures related to this book:

  • Is Fairy Tale Fail based on the unbelievable true story of someone you know: Yes
  • First draft was finished in: September 2009 (Sooo different from published version)
  • Why is this plot familiar/derivative: Its structure was based on about 20 of the 31 narratemes (in proper sequence) of Vladimir Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale. Chapter headers explaining this were removed later though.
  • Does the office building in the novel exist: Yes it’s in Salcedo Village.
  • Did you name this character after me: If I went to high school with you, yes.
  • How many people did it take to put this together: 4. Me (author), an editor, a photographer, and a cover designer.
  • Did you pay any of them: Not at the time, but now my editor and photographer are getting a percentage of anything the book earns. The cover designer (my husband) legally owns half of anything I make anyway.
  • Ebooks sold in 1 year: Over 4,000
  • Paperbacks sold so far: Over 30

    Thank you, friends and readers, for making this such an excellent year. There’s a lot still to be done to promote awareness about the book locally, but I’ll find time to do that eventually.

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  • 6 Comments

    • Chachic

      April 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Reply

      FTF is based on someone&#39;s story? Lucky, lucky girl! She has a Lucas of her own.<br /><br />And whoa, 4,000 ebooks! Congrats, Mina and Happy Anniversary to FTF. πŸ™‚

    • Anonymous

      April 18, 2011 at 12:54 pm, Reply

      Makes me want to finish my own series and get it into Kindle as well.

    • Mina

      April 18, 2011 at 3:36 pm, Reply

      Chachic – Unfortunately that last part is still fiction pa!<br /><br />Anonymous – Yes go do that, definitely. πŸ™‚

    • Claire Dawn

      April 27, 2011 at 11:14 pm, Reply

      Congrats! <br /><br />I found your name on a group on Goodreads and when I saw this title i had to have it. (I&#39;m a fairy tale- aholic). <br /><br />I loved it. I felt like I was Ellie. Except Black and Barbadian. lol. I&#39;m quite tempted to try to find a job organising travel πŸ™‚ <br /><br />I&#39;d like to do an interview and giveaway on my blog (aclairedawn (dot) blogspot (dot) com), email

    • lacycameywrites.com

      April 28, 2011 at 7:24 am, Reply

      Hi Mina!<br /><br />My name is Lacy Camey πŸ™‚ I am lacycameywrites.com. I am a fellow soon to be ebook author myself in just a short few 3 weeks! – my first published work being a chick-lit novella.<br /><br />Curious about this market, I began to research and came to your book, &quot;fairy tale fail&quot;. It&#39;s soo cute and I have really enjoyed it! <br /><br />I would love to feature you on

    • Mina

      April 29, 2011 at 8:42 am, Reply

      Claire – Next time I re-read Fairy Tale Fail I <i>will</i> think of black, Barbadian Ellie. Love your blog, by the way. I enjoy reading about people discovering cultural quirks, things that you only really pick up if you&#39;re there.<br /><br />Lacey – Congratulations and good luck! Emailing you in a bit. πŸ™‚

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    Mina V. Esguerra writes and publishes romance novels. She founded #RomanceClass, a community of Filipino authors of romance in English.
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