The lovely agent extraordinare Jenny Rappaport is currently reading Beauty & Dynamite, and she asked me to please write an essay for the "Book Block" feature on her blog, LIT SOUP. In return, I asked her to say a few words of her own. I didn’t realize they were going to make me cry. Alethea is a magic fairy princess…
Yesterday was a beautiful day. I’ve been waiting for a day like that all year. High in the seventies, low in the fifties. Last Wednesday it was 85/65. By Saturday, it was 63/45. Wha–?!? SEVENTY-SOMETHING. Perfect weather. Is that too hard to manage? Yesterday was a beautiful day. Seventy, with a breeze. And it was a Monday, and I…
Tears, teen angst, and little green men! Join the Genre Chicks this month for tea and conversation as we sip some loose-leaf chai and discuss Zoe’s Tale, by John Scalzi. General Rybicki joins us for a cuppa. He was, apparently, "so blogging this."
Bar names are OUT. Starbucks names are IN. You know what I mean. The barrista chipperly asks for your name when you’re the only customer in the whole place, apart from the guy on the laptop and the guy reading the Wall Street Journal, both of whom are starting to collect dust. So who am I going to be…
Lee on Wheels I was thirteen the last time I went roller skating. It was the summer before high school. My self-esteem was so low that I forced my parents to sign me up for summer school gym, so that I wouldn’t be forced to get undressed and shower in front of other girls like we were supposed to…
For everybody except the 38 people who’ve found me there in the last 24 hours: yes. I am now officially on Twitter. I flirted with the username UnicornPrincess, but figured it would probably be best to just use plain old AletheaKontis. Plus, you know, people might actually be able to find me.
Two for the price of one! This month, Genre Chick Alethea Kontis sits down with dynamic publishing duo Ann and Jeff Vandermeer. Ann is the fiction editor for Weird Tales magazine; her husband Jeff is an award-winning author. Together they often join forces and co-edit some out-of-this-world anthologies. ************************* Alethea Kontis: What are the biggest challenges of working…
Gorgeous view on the way into work. A giant moon like this always reminds me of Joe Vs. The Volcano.
I saw this onpapillon_enrage ‘s LJ this morning and couldn’t leave for work without chiming in. When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech. My favorite quote from The Princess Bride is not actually in the movie — it’s in the book:…
You know, Once Upon a Time, there were actually things people didn’t know about me. Now, my life’s an open book – literally. But talented photographress Michelle Pendergrass tagged me on her blog last week, and this week I really the break, so here you go. (Yes. I realize it’s only Tuesday and I’m already needing a break. Means…
I’ve been a lot of things in my life,…
I’ve been waiting for over ten years to finally…
If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve…
