Back on May 9th, Caitlin and Christine from whatchYAreading had a discussion amongst themselves about their thoughts and reactions to Enchanted.

Today, the whatchYAreading blog is posting their official review of the book.

Do they still love it as much as they did a couple of weeks ago?

Let’s click over and see! xox

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.

Today’s song is “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day.

People always want to know where an author gets her ideas. I was on the treadmill at the gym one afternoon when this song came on. I had just written “Sweetheart Come,” a shapeshifter fairy tale based on a Nick Cave song, and I wondered what other songs might similarly inspire me.

“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” has a melancholy tone that I could hear in Rumbold’s voice. The song also has a line in the chorus that personifies shadows. In what fairy tale do shadows play a major role? Why, Peter Pan, of course! (Peter lost his shadow and tried to use a bar of soap to stick it back on. Wendy Darling sewed it back with a needle and thread.)

How could someone lose their shadow? What magical properties would a shadow have? And, once removed, how could someone benefit from stealing someone else’s shadow? In the blink of an eye, I realized I had my Nameless King’s motivation.

Pretty sure I tripped on the treadmill over that one.

I’m leaving bright and early tomorrow and heading to my book signing at the Barnes & Noble in Cary, NC. (7pm)

But tonight, WE PARTY!

Please join me and one of my favorite bands — the Adam Ezra Group — tonight at Iota in Alexandria, VA!

I feel a deep need to share the music I love with the world. It’s a curse!

Tickets are $12, but there are no pre-sales (and therefore no Ticketmaster add-on charges). Come early and stay late! The show starts at 8:30.

If you’d like to check out the Facebook invite and see who’s going, click here.

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If you happen to have any gently used shoes, please bring them along — the band is collecting donations for Soles4Souls. All along their spring tour they’ll be collecting shoes in their Love Basket to donate to those in need all around the world!

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Iota
2832 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

…but she wasn’t a Berning yet.

In honor of Fairy Godmothers’ Day, I present to you a page from the history book of one of my own Fairy Godmothers. At the age of 16, Carol traveled to Miami Beach, Florida with her family and sang “I Wish You Love” on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour show (brought to you by Geritol). The year was 1967.

Carol is positively WONDERFUL. And–apart from the hairstyle–she hasn’t changed one bit.

Happy Fairy Godmothers’ Day, Carol. I am a lucky princess to have you planting beans and killing chickens and watching out for me. I love you now and forever, until the end of time.  xox

Who are YOUR Fairy Godmothers? I urge you to reach out and wish them a Happy Fairy Godmothers’ Day!!

Yes…that’s definitely sheep!

I was invited to hang out with Shepardess Extraordinaire Sharon Stogner over at the I Smell Sheep blog. Sharon and I had a very fun interview that was more of a chat…we went back and forth a few times, and I won some major geekness points along the way.

Click on over, if only to check out a very fun, slightly more “organic” was of doing a traditional interview. WARNING: THERE WILL BE GEEKNESS. 

Thank you, Sharon! xox

Hooray! I’ve been waiting for this blog tour date to come around for a while…and today it’s here!

Today and tomorrow, May 17th and 18th, I am staying over at the Fragments of Life blog, hosted by my lovely friend Precious from the Philippines!

On May 17th (today), Precious will be reviewing Enchanted, and then on May 18th (tomorrow), she will be featuring an EXCLUSIVE DELETED SCENE read by yours truly, dressed in costume, on YouTube.

Click over today (and definitely tomorrow) to celebrate my international slumber party!

*throws pillow*

The ever-lovely Soumi (who is quickly becoming one of my best blogger-friends) has posted her review of Enchanted, as well as her interview with my up at her Pages from my Thoughts blog.

“Reading the book felt like living a magical dream. I was completely bewitched by this enthralling fantasy that transitions well from light humorous moments to moments of dark magic. I was amazed to see how richly imaginative this fantasy world is, as well as its characters.”

I am SO honored. Check out what the rest of Soumi has to say in her review here.

And then read our very fun exclusive interview here.

Thank you, Soumi!

xox

…you should sing about them.

Thank you, Adam Ezra Group, for making my day SO MUCH BETTER. See you at the Iota show on Monday!

(Everyone’s joining me for my Last Hurrah Party, RIGHT?!?)

More bloggers share the love and their thoughts about Enchanted!

“The story is simply magical and so much more than a typical romantic fairy tale.” –Luxury Reading

“Enchantments abound in Enchanted: balls, magic both dark and light, true love, sorcery, and lyrical writing.” — Misfit Salon

“Enchanted offers a new way to read some of your old favorites. Kontis pays a fitting tribute to the classics, while weaving a new fairy tale romance for readers to fantasize about.” –Novel Novice

“It’s the details in the writing that make this world come alive, and I would be happy to read more fairy tale stories set in the same world. I feel there is much more that can be explored!” –Escape Through the Pages

The sneakiest preview of The Wonderland Alphabet you’ll ever get! How cute is this book?!?

Still working on getting a definite date when this will be out — I know Amazon has had a different release date every other day (now it says June 19th), but who trusts Amazon anymore? They don’t even have the proper cover image.

I can tell you that Archaia has the book (or they couldn’t have made this video!) and it will be shipping to stores very, very soon. Fingers crossed that it shows up while I’m on book tour!

xox