Lauren Schultz -Author

Dear Ally: Book Recommendation 10/12/19

Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book? is an essential addition to the bookshelf of every YA author.

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Whether you have published 15 NYT Best-Sellers or you’re wanting to take that idea in your head and put it on paper for the first time (or anywhere in between), this book by Ally Carter and 15 others will help you with the process.

This book has been lauded as the YA…

Imposter Syndrome -- blog post

“I have written 11 books but each time I think ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.’” —Maya Angelou

The entire process of getting Camelot’s Enchantressready for publication has been very emotional for me, I’m not going to lie. I have been humbled, inspired, overwhelmed, and empowered all through the course of this. Another major…

The Camelot’s Enchantress series was started in the Summer between my junior and senior years of high school. Which means, I have been working on writing this trilogy for officially six and a half years now. Book one is published. Book two is being edited. And Book three is outlined and in the process of being written. 

I have been asked a couple of different times why I have devoted so many hours to this project. I have other projects that I’m working on as well, and honestly have progressed faster at least in the writing stage. So why spend so much time researching, writing, and re-writing this trilogy? 

I have loved the legend of Camelot and King Arthur since I was about six years old. As a little girl watching the Disney movie “The Sword in the Stone”, I became an Arthurian. Since then, I have read and watched every version of the legend I can get my hands on--from “The Once and Future King” by T.H. White to BBC’s “Merlin” and everything in between. 

One thing that I noticed in all of these was that there was one specific part of the legend that was present in every version, but I couldn’t find any exploration of that part. I decided that I would write this, originally, with the intention of addressing the results of that simple sentence. I planned on this being a single book, as are most retelings. 

As soon as I started though, the story really took on a life of its own. I found new characters emerging, plot twists approaching, and I knew it couldn’t all fit into just one book. As it grew, I continued to research (obsessively at times) and struggled to find the balance between my voice and staying true to the legend. 

What has emerged is the Camelot’s Enchantress Trilogy, and I feel I have achieved that balance. It has been six and a half years in the process, and I don’t know how long it will be before the release date of Book three, but I do know it will be worth every second. 

I hope my fellow Arthurians enjoy this as much as I have. 

Thanks for the love and support!