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/
Who wouldn’t want to know more about a man who visits you every day and hangs out in your kitchen? This month, I cozied happily up to Stephan Pastis, fellow Greek and supertalented creator of the irreverently hilarious comic strip Pearls Before Swine. I had the hardest time trying to find a conference room in which to interview Stephan–it’s…
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…
Hooray!! It’s time to celebrate! Beauty & Dynamite is now up for preorder!It will be released on June 1, 2008.Preorder Beauty & Dynamite from Apex Books here — only $15.95!Check out this gorgeous cover! “Alethea Kontis has already more than proven herself as both a fiction writer and editor, but this collection of non-fiction pieces shows her to be…
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