I really love what they have to say about The Queen’s relationship with Snow White. Check it out.

On this night the dead walk among the living, or so the old legends would have us believe. New Orleans is flowing with such tales and I intend to add to its Fearsome Library.

-Theodora
Hell’s Cafe #1 page 1

I’ve been working on Hell’s Café while waiting on editor notes for my novel and I thought I’d share this beautiful page Pablo Santander just sent me.

I’m working on a kickstarter to fund the production of our first graphic novel and I’ll be sure to post all the info once we have it together.

I came across these treasures and thought I might make them available to you for purchase. Honestly, I can’t be bothered to sell them individually or take orders for specific books. But here is what I can do, and I hope you find it agreeable.

$25.00 – Five comics of my choosing

$50.00 Five comics and a graphic novel of my choosing

All of the books will be signed by me

If you fancy the idea of placing an order, please email me at Serena@serenavalentino.com and we will sort out the shipping, payment (via paypal) and so forth.

Additionally, you may let me know if you’d prefer Nightmares & Fairy Tales or GloomCookie and I will do my best to accommodate.

In the meantime I have been ammending my Nightmares & Fairy Tales: Annabelle’s Story scripts to suit the graphic novel format, our new illustrator and myself, and I’ve finally sent off the first issue to Pablo Santander for illustration. I’m really excited to see the pages as he progresses. He hopes to have the first issue finished in a few months or so. But since neither of us are receiving page rates for this endeavor our readers will have to be patient with somewhat of a wait.

While Pablo has been waiting for the Nightmares & Fairy Tales scripts he’s been illustrating Hell’s Cafe #1, which he hopes to have finished by November. He’s going to be a busy man since he plans to work on both comics in tandem.

I will make announcements in Autumn with firm release dates for both projects

And now, since some of you greedy little monsters are already asking about a new Disney villain novel to follow the one I’m currently writing about the Beast – I thought I should mention there are plans for another novel and we have indeed decided upon the character, though for now I cannot share her identity.

Between this Disney novel and the next I plan to continue working on Nightmares & Fairy Tales and Hell’s Cafe with Pablo Santander and start working on my new series Teratopia with Juan Calle which I plan to start in earnest this Autumn or early Winter.

And since some of you have asked, here is a word on publishing: For the moment it is my inclination to self-publish all of my new comics and graphic novels – and I will of course continue working with the larger publishing companies like Disney on projects with characters already owned by them.

As always I will be sure to keep you updated as my projects progress and I am sure I will be sharing some of Pablo and Juan’s amazing art with you in the very near future – as well as some little teasers from my Beast story.

Until then,
Serena

I worked with Juan some time ago when he illustrated a short zombie comic that was included in my little handbook, How to Be a Zombie. I enjoyed working with him so well I thought I would see if he would be interested collaborating on a new project, and I couldn’t be happier with the work he’s doing on Teratopia.

I look forward to starting this project in earnest once I am finished writing my new Disney novel.

Speaking of which, Pablo should have the first issues of Annabelle’s Story and Hell’s Cafe completed by November – by which time I will be finished writing my new Disney novel and will will be able to focus my attentions on the publication of both series. The plan is make the individual issues available for  online purchase and perusal and then printing them into graphic novels once they are complete.

Personally, I’m enjoying spending time with these characters so much I think I may have to continue writing Nightmares & Fairy Tales stories and not end the series after Annabelle’s Story as I previously announced.

Between writing new Nightmares & Fairy Tales stories, my new series Hell’s Cafe, and my forthcoming series Teratopia – as well as the occasional novel for Disney, I’m find myself happier than I’ve been in a very long time.

Those of you who read Fairest of All  may also be pleased to learn I intend to include The Odd Sisters, (some of my favorite characters from Fairest) though I probably shouldn’t give away too much more of the story than that.

I would like to thank everyone for the lovely letters they’ve sent in letting me know they loved Fairest of All and expressing their wish that I write another Disney villain novel. I’m really excited to tell the Beast’s story. (We do still plan to explore other Disney villains in what we hope to be a series of Disney villain novels)

I will be sure to make an announcement once Disney sets the release date. I plan to post regular updates on my progress as well as selected scenes to keep you enticed until the release of the novel.

As some of you might know, Pablo is also illustrating my graphic novel, Hell’s Cafe. He has been illustrating comics since 1983 and has been published in Chile and Belgium where he has won awards for both his comic illustration and paintings.

Annabelle’s Story features Gwen who is now a young woman struggling for her independence while learning to except help from those who wish to protect her from recklessly flying into dangerous situations. She, Aunt Bea and Annabelle decide to venture off to find Morgan, a young woman who has been locked away in an asylum for many years for murders she did not commit, and on their journey they learn about Annabelle’s creator and Aunt Bea’s dark past.

Here are the concept sketches of some of characters appearing in Annabelle’s Story. I’ve actually been agonizing over whether or not to post them. I hadn’t originally intended to let our readers know I was bringing back these characters for this story – however there are so many other surprises in this storyline, (like Annabelle’s origins) I figured it wouldn’t hurt, that and I am really excited to share these beautiful character sketches with you…

Gwen & Aunt Bea

Red Riding Hood

Kira and Paige

1140 Rue Royale

Beauty & the Beast

Bunny & Oberon