Princess Alethea’s Magical Elixir

New book reviews are up at IGMS! Title: Home from the Sea Author: Mercedes Lackey EAN: 9780756407278 I adore Mercedes Lackey – By the Sword is one of my all-time favorites, as is her beautiful collaboration with Andre Norton: The Ship Who Searched. I keep the Bardic Voices books on hand at all times for my re-reading enjoyment. They…

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Missing Maggie Mae

On Saturday night, Dark-Hunter posse member Maggie Mae Short was watching fireworks. She posted about it on Facebook. Apparently, her town had a bunch left over from the 4th of July, so they were setting them off in honor of some local event. She looked out her window, was surprised by a professional light show in rainbow colors, and…

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ENCHANTED: Your Favorite Bits

When my friend Mary Robinette Kowal asked me to guest post on her feature “My Favorite Bit,” I chose to feature The Wonderland Alphabet. So when Asher from Parenormal Indulgence asked me to pick out a few of my favorite quotes from Enchanted, I jumped at the chance. It was SO MUCH FUN…and kind of hard to stop. Are…

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Blast from Dragon*Con Past

My friend Marisol recently sent me a few pictures she had taken at Dragon*Con last year, including this one of me right before the Hour with Sherrilyn Kenyon panel, showing off my lovely new green corset and the gorgeous cover to my new novel. I’ve been going to Dragon*Con since 1996. THIS YEAR, 2012, is the first year I…

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TeachingBooks.net

If you are a teacher or an author or a bookseller or librarian or reviewer or audiobook reader or anyone else who deals with books in any capacity, you need to know about the Teachingbooks.net website. Most specifically, you need to bookmark this page: THE AUTHOR NAME PRONUNCIATION GUIDE. On this page is a list of authors. Click on…

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The Princess in Ender’s World

I am so excited! I was invited by SmartPop and Orson Scott Card to be a part of ENDER’S WORLD — a collection of essays about the Enderverse compiled and edited by the creator of Ender himself. ENDER’S WORLD will be available February of 2013. It’s not up on Amazon just yet, but you can check out what’s happening…

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