Me and My STARs Featured in Hometown News!

It’s always a blast to find yourself in the local paper. Even more interesting is the perspective. What you see here is a bunch of fun-loving romance writers whooping it up in the Great Outdoors. What I see is the Mikey Mason t-shirt I wore in honor of Mikey making some Grand Proclamation that morning to his Patreon followers…and…

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Starred Review for ENCHANTED in Kirkus!

As promised, here’s that FABULOUS review from Kirkus! It still makes me giddy. (My favorite parts are in bold.) ENCHANTED Author: Kontis, Alethea Review Issue Date: February 15, 2012 Online Publish Date: February 5, 2012 Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Pages: 320 Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99 Publication Date: May 8, 2012 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-547-65470-4 Category: Fiction Readers…

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When You Wish Upon a Star

Reports have been trickling in from those folks who have a subscription to Kirkus — ENCHANTED has received a coveted STARRED book review! The review begins thusly: “Readers who get past the generic title and an off-puttingly generic cover will discover a fabulous fairy-tale mashup that deserves hordes of avid readers.” Now, before you all get upset about the…

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My PW Star, in the flesh

Here’s the review in full. They got my name, the title, and the ISBN right this time. AND a star. I really couldn’t be happier. *********************** AlphaOops: H is for Halloween Alethea Kontis, illus. by Bob Kolar, Candlewick, $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3966-2 In a raucous follow-up to AlphaOops! The Day Z Went First, chaos ensues when the letters of…

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