Mom just sent me this email — I have to remember sometimes that the world is way bigger than me. I forgot to tell you that yesterday as I was headed out to go to the dentist….I stopped to pull back the garbage can and my neighbor was just getting home with her little boy. She ran over to…
Another tidbit from Beauty & Dynamite, Jason Sizemore’s afterword “Unwarranted Serendipity” is up at Die Monday. Just in case you were wondering how history began… (Voting is encouraged!)
My first job as the female “Voice of Ingram” was doing the intro for the Barbara Walters interview. Listen to it here:http://www2.ingramlibrary.com/Sites/Interact/default.aspx I sound all funky and DJ cool on a professional microphone! I didn’t actually get to *see* Barbara speak, because I was too busy doing a Children’s Book Week podcast for the sound check. But I’m not…
I hate flying. I don’t vomit constantly like I did when I was a kid, but it still gives me a really bad migraine and I’m essentially useless for the entire trip (thank heavens for iPods). Regardless, I still like to get into the airport and get my luggage and myself settled with all due haste. It isn’t always…
My little brother is getting married this weekend. Technically we’re not related, but I don’t know what else to call the Ordoynes. We grew up next door to each other, and spent more time together than most “normal” families do. There was piracy on the lake and painted boats, wooden elves and trampolines, secret agent names and spy agendas,…
Well lookie here. I’m on LJ. Now we find out how a technoidiot does at keeping 3 blogs at once… ~Lee
Stephanie and I didn’t *plan* on dressing alike today…but since we did, we figured we’d have a bit of fun with it.
My interview with Author Goddess and partner-in-crime Sherrilyn Kenyon is now live at Subterranean Press Online. Check it out HERE!
You guys want the scoop on the Secret Inner Workings of the Ingram Buyer? I was asked by C. E. Murphy to Guest Blog at Magical Words about just that…and lo and behold, Ingram approved it. Enjoy!!http://magicalwords.net/2008/04/25/really-i-mean-it/guest-blog-alethea-kontis/
Kevin J. Anderson’s got this popcorn theory of publishing success he’ll share with you, if you can stop him long enough to ask him about it (preferably with a decent microbrew in hand). He says: there are two ways to make popcorn. You can put one kernel in the kettle, put a little bit of oil on it and…
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