A Very Special Video

When you’re done watching this exclusive excerpt of Enchanted on YouTube today, click over to the TotallyBooksessed (and totally cute) Gabrielle as she reads “The Twelve Apostles” by the Brothers Grimm for Fairy Tale Fortnight. It’s a short tale that I haven’t done yet for Princess Alethea’s Fairy Tale Theatre, but Gabrielle does a lovely job here. She also…

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Presenting Princess Alethea!

Tonight I have my Lady Jane’s Salon reading and the Enchanted Launch Party, but today I am visiting the lovely Lenore Appelhans at her blog “Presenting Lenore.” Lenore’s own debut YA novel LEVEL TWO will be published by Simon & Schuster BFYR in Fall 2012, and her debut picture book CHICK-O-SAURUS REX (w/ Daniel Jennewein) will follow from S&S…

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Music Monday (Fairy Tale Edition)

Every Monday while I’m on book tour for Enchanted, I’m going to share a fun music video that features love, fairy tales, magic, or my inspirations. I’m kicking this feature off with a supercute song I discovered on the iPod of Fairy Goddaughter the First and fell in love with — “Happily Ever After” by He is We. The…

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May ENCHANTED Goodreads Giveaway!

It’s the time you’ve all been waiting for the May ENCHANTED Giveaway is here! Alethea gave away one signed ARC of her YA debut fairy tale novel ENCHANTED in January, February, March, and April. Now it’s May–official book release time! Alethea and Soteria (Sister power!) will be giving away a signed finished copy of the lovely ENCHANTED, along with…

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Princess Alethea’s Chinese Portrait

My dear friend Faith Hunter, whom I met at Mysticon earlier this year invited me to guest post on her blog something called “A Chinese Portrait.” These are not your traditional interview questions — it’s something a bit more meta than that.  For example: ******************** If you were a work of art? I’m the doodle you drew on the…

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Books of Wonder Signing SUNDAY MAY 6th – NYC

On Sun­day, May 6th, Books of Won­der is pleased to wel­come seven teen fic­tion authors to share their thrilling sto­ries of revenge, hope, and courage. Author and National Book Award Final­ist PAOLO BACIGALUPI will present The Drowned Cities, set in a dark future Amer­ica where vio­lence is all too com­mon and two young refugees must fight for their lives GALAXY CRAZE will intro­duce The Last Princess, in which a…

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Mermaid Match-Up!

Every month the Waterworld Mermaids invite an author to swim in our pond…and this month that author gets to be ME!! I am asked the infamous interview questions by fellow Mermaid Denny S. Bryce — my roommate at last weekend’s Washington Romance Writers Retreat. A girl couldn’t ask for a better partner-in-crime. These were some tough questions! Click on…

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Lady Jane’s Salon

For those who aren’t familiar with the AWESOMENESS that is Lady Jane’s Salon, this Popular Romance article (and really great accompanying video) gives a fabulous overview of the venue and a sampling of some of the authors they’ve had perform there (including my dearest friends Leanna Renee Hieber and Dianna Love). Lady Jane’s Salon from Laurie Kahn on Vimeo….

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