Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon!
@claragordon
Member of SFWA & Codex. 📖 "The Golden Stair” - releases October 19th 2026 Published in COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES, HISTORY THROUGH FICTION, and NECRONOMI-ROMCOM. Reposting ≠ endorsement. She/her. 💫
Welcome to the world of THE GOLDEN STAIR. 🌻🪄🐦🔥🧿
THE GOLDEN STAIR may be a novel inspired by Rapunzel, but believe me, there’s a whole lot besides that also going on. Like what, you ask? Check out the alt text description for more… #authorsky #writersky #WIP
Meet Gisela Malinowska, a.k.a. the witch’s daughter, trying to steal the prince away from Rapunzel. 🪄Glinda as an evil menace 🌱Her mother Galina is head midwife and lady in waiting to the queen ❓Only the witches know who Gisela’s birth father is, they prefer to keep it secret #SumLuv (3/3) 
Meet Ash Rybalka, a.k.a. Rapunzel’s future prince. 🎶Aspiring bard 🐦🔥 Had a magical soulmate bond pull him toward a beautiful blonde in a tower — but then past the witch and towards Raizel 👀 Lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship (twice)  #SumLuv (2/3)
Meet Princess Raissa (Raizel), a.k.a. Rapunzel. 🪬The witches have straight blonde hair, HER bushy dark hair is v heavy 🎶Alto in a world of sopranos (luckily her bf is a bard) 🌻Loves plant science & grafting flowers onto tower & climbing yard trees since she can’t leave tower grounds #SumLuv (1/3)
If you're like me and still annoyed that Emmy Rossum never got to play live-action Belle... ...Then at least she'll have a similar look to Rapunzel in my new YA retelling, THE GOLDEN STAIR. This Rapunzel's a natural brunette whose thick curly hair turns blonde in direct sun/moonlight.
🔔The secret is out (of the tower). 🔔 My Rapunzel-inspired YA fantasy with sweet romance, “The Golden Stair,” will be officially releasing on October 19, 2026. 
In honor of #SPAAW 2026, I’m happy to announce that my debut novel “The Golden Stair” is now currently in development to be self-published! More updates to follow in the coming months.
THE GOLDEN STAIR (🌿RevPit ‘25 Shortlist🌿) has tropes like: 👑Princess in STEM x Aspiring Bard 🐦🔥Prophecies & soulmate magic, sent by firebird 🌙Guitar serenades to your gf living in a tower 🪞Villainess transforming into the heroine to trick the prince into loving her instead #QuestPit #JV #YA #DIS #RF
My new pitch for THE GOLDEN STAIR, now w/ fancasts 🐦🔥 Ash follows a magical lure to a forest tower where a beautiful golden-haired girl lives. Until he realizes his blonde lover is an evil witch, and the soulmate bond really pulled him to the lost princess with 75-ft-long bushy brown hair.
🌿Opening of THE GOLDEN STAIR:🌿 “What no one seems to understand about a princess whose hair is long enough to fall from window to base of a stone tower of soaring height, is that hair is very hard to maintain. A shining example of this concept is Princess Raizel of Cherta…” #DVPit #JV #YA #DIS #F #R
#DVParty ~ Gisela: “Ash! How could you dump me to be with the princess instead? After I took you in and hired you to do all the non-magical chores around my tower, and to take my side in all roommate arguments between me and her?“ Ash:
This Rapunzel tale stars Princess Raizel (a.k.a. Raissa). Though her looks & ability are more like a Gothel (just ask her blonde witches). She loves singing, but Asher is the only one who won’t tease her for singing in a lower alto range (usually unheard of for singing fairytale princesses) #DVParty
The Golden Stair spoilers with no context #CampRevPit #MoodboardTwist #CRPLunaMoths
In this Rapunzel story, Ash (who’s not as smooth as Chris Pine btw) takes Gisela’s job offer to help the young witch maintain the tower to spend more time with his then gf. But his 1st time in the tower he realizes the magical soulmate pull he thought was towards her, was really towards the princess
🌿RevPit 2025 Shortlist🌿 ☀️For Your Consideration: Rapunzel retelling THE GOLDEN STAIR☀️ “What no one seems to realize about a princess whose hair is long enough to fall from window to base of a stone tower of soaring height, is that hair is very hard to maintain.” #YA #F #R #FT #PosterPit #PosterPitQ
Let Down Your Hair. 💫 Presenting Poster No. 2 for my upcoming Rapunzel retelling, THE GOLDEN STAIR. #YA #F #R #FT #PosterPit #PosterPitQ
Presenting my first poster for my upcoming Rapunzel retelling, THE GOLDEN STAIR. 🌻🪻🌹🪄🗡️ 🎶 🐦🔥 🪬 🧿 #YA #F #R #FT #PosterPit #PosterPitQ
🌹🌻Raissa(l.)-This Rapunzel’s bushy dark hair doesn’t help her chronic pain 🎶🪬Asher(center)-He’s got a dream to be a bard. His princess duets his serenades as an alto. 🐦🔥🪄Gisela(r.)-Villainous soprano witch displeased she’s not this story’s ingenue.
No house pets where I live, but I do have Mordecai and Rigby here 💙🩶
Reposting this cute moment between my lead romantic pair, Princess Raissa & Asher the bard 💛💛 #revpit
Reposting my moodboard for THE GOLDEN STAIR, my #revpit Rapunzel story 🌹 🐦🔥 🎶 🪄
G.C. LEVINE x WICKED THE GOLDEN STAIR is a 50k YA romantasy retelling Rapunzel in E. European folklore. MMC’s got a dream to be a bard. His princess duets his serenades as an alto. The villainous soprano witch is displeased that she’s not the story’s ingenue. 🌹 🐦🔥 🌻 🪬 🗡️ #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit
Introducing my agent’s guide to THE GOLDEN STAIR, a YA romantasy retelling of Rapunzel that I just started querying. This standalone novel's around 50,000 words long. 🏰🎵👑🧿🌻 #PopUpPitA #popuppit #luckypit
TANGLED x SPINNING SILVER Most think Raizel’s a witch with her bushy dark hair & twisted back. But in this YA romantasy Rapunzel retelling (50k), the heroic princess *is* this Jewish girl with scoliosis escaping her tower with her blonde witch’s new hired hand, Asher. #PopUpPitA #popuppit #luckypit