Hi, everybody!
It has been SUCH a busy and crazy summer. I’ve traveled the
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Look for it at a lovely bookstore near you on November 13th. Or, you can support the Codex Writer’s Group and preorder the Dark-Hunter Companion from Amazon using THIS LINK.
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How time does pass…this December 26th will be the third anniversary of the horrific tsunami that devastated
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Oops, they’ve done it again! That’s right, folks — the illustrious AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First will have a sequel — AlphaOops: H is for Halloween. Now here’s where I break your heart and tell you that H is for Halloween won’t be available until Halloween 2009.
Bob Kolar, Candlewick Press, the Alphabet Players, and I are hard at work getting ready for this next production. In the interim, be sure to spread the word about AlphaOops to all your friends and family. And be sure to visit the Official AlphaOops Website — read up on the cast members and play a few games!
Purchase AlphaOops on Amazon HERE.
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The much-anticipated Issue #11 of Apex Digest will be shipping soon — including stories from Brian Keene, Joy Marchand, Sara Genge, and my essay “Curses of Nature.”
Get your subscription to Apex Digest HERE.
While you’re at it, enter to win some seriously cool stuff in the Apex Halloween Raffle HERE. (A percentage of all proceeds will go to the National Center for Family Literacy)
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Stephen Euin Cobb’s October podcast is now available online at The Future and You. This month’s installment features Senator (and presidential candidate) John McCain, Eric Flint, Jack McDevitt, Doctor Aubrey de Grey…and ME! (Which one of these things is not like the other?) The best part is, I don’t sound like a complete moron. Hooray!!
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Okay…so I have to take some space and brag a little about my beautiful and awesome and talented (and newlywed – congrats Soteria and Charles!) sister, Soteria Kontis. For those of you who subscribe to VOGUE Magazine (or while you’re standing in line at the checkout), turn to page 270 in this month’s issue and check out Soteria’s Southern Gothic crystal and cross choker. Woohoo! Vogue! And Charlize Theron is on the cover!
If you’re not convenient to the
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While I’m at it, let me also plug the very first book released by brand-spanking-new publisher Meadowhawk Press out of
Even better, during the month of October (which just so happens to be Breast Cancer Awareness Month), Meadowhawk is offering free shipping on all orders of Touched By Wonder. Support a great cause and a fabulous new Independent Publisher — good karma at a great discount!
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Well, that’s certainly enough for now…
I also have some news concerning Apex Publications and a special project I’m working on…but there’s time for that next month. More details coming to you soon!
Much love,
Alethea
(a.k.a. The Incredible Whirlwind of Beauty and Dynamite)