I fell in love with the cover of Alexandra Bracken 's debut novel-- Brightly Woven --last fall and the scant synopses I could find at the time certainly piqued my interest. After managing to get my hands on an ARC, I found myself surprised and pleased with this unique fantasy. You can read my review here . As the release date approached, I invited Alex to participate in an interview and giveaway here on the site and, despite her crazy busy schedule, she kindly accepted. Enjoy! First things first: When did the idea for Brightly Woven first hit you and what (if anything) did you know right off the bat? I remember the exact moment it hit me—what I was doing, who I was talking to, what song was playing on iTunes. :) I had just come back from Winter Break my sophomore year in college and was sitting on my bed chatting with my mom. Sophomore year was pretty remarkable in terms of the insane weather that we had in Virginia (where I was in school) but it had also been a bizar...
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ReplyDeletethey are so cute! and piper's dress turned out gorgeous Angie. Good job!! :o)
ReplyDeleteThey are WAY too cute. Did you make those yourself?
ReplyDeleteMy little pumpkin was a pumpkin. I was a pumpkin carrier. ;-)
My 6 yr old was harry potter too..so cute.
ReplyDeleteAnd Cinderella...omg. ADORABLE!!
So very very cute
ReplyDeleteADORABLE!!!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Your kids are so dang cute.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, so cute!
ReplyDeleteCUTE OVERLOAD!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE them, Angie! Will is a perfect Harry Potter, and I've never seen a cuter Cinderella (and that's saying something, since Vicki was Cinderella one year!) The picture of the curtsey is killing me! Did you make the costumes? If so, you rock!
ReplyDeleteAll I could do when I clicked over and saw this post ws flutter my han ds and say, " Oh, oooh adorable!"
ReplyDeleteToo, tooooo cute! I'm curious if you made their costumes too. :)
Adorable! What a lovely picture!
ReplyDeleteAW! Is that tie on Harry Potter his dad's? That is so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteSooo cute!!! Harry Potter is adorable, and Cinderella... omg... too sweet!!
ReplyDeleteDottie :)
Sooo cute! Your kids are adorable.
ReplyDeleteAdorable!
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I love Piper holding out her dress. Fun night.
ReplyDeleteAwwwww so cute! :)
ReplyDeleteOh dear Lord, they are beyond adorable! I had to call my mother over to the computer to share the aaaawwwwwwwwwwww moment!
ReplyDeleteDid you make that absolutely gorgeous dress????
They are so adorable!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the pics, guys. It was an awfully fun night.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, I did make the Cinderella dress. After much blood, sweat, and tears. And when she saw it, she promptly gasped and clasped it to her chest in joy. So it was all worth it. :)
Super cute!
ReplyDeleteSO CUTE!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the cutest Harry Potter ever~
Oh.Em.Gee! There is just too much cuteness in that picture to appropriately do it justice in writing. :)
ReplyDeleteSweetness overload!!! Your children are sweeter than all the world's Halloween candy. No exaggeration.
ReplyDeleteAnd oh, how I envy your seamstress skills! My sewing machine gets a mind of its own when I'm at the pedal. LOL!
CUTE!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Cutest thing I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteHere, I do not actually consider this will have success.
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