On Saturday, I woke up sad. I’d had a lovely time at the beach with old friends the day before, but for some reason (which I now blame on ragweed) Saturday morning brought with it a weepy sort of melancholy. By Saturday night, my heart was full again. I was reminded what an amazing life I lead. And I…
Friday June 16th 3:00pm – Fantasy Writing – Alethea & Friends 5:00pm – Opening Ceremonies Saturday June 17th 12:00pm – Main Event – Alethea Kontis 1:00pm – From Kickstarter to Patreon: Making Donations Work for You 2:00pm – More Than Ideas, Seeing a Writing Project Through Sunday June 18th 1:00pm – Surprise Q&A *Copies of my books are…
Welcome Hunters to stop #6 of The Young Adult Summer Scavenger Hunt! We hope you’re having a blast so far! You have a lot of stops to make in order to find all the missing words, so just in case you’ve run into Saturday Woodcutter’s pirates along the way here is a link to the rules and map of participating authors. I’m…
In June, the Alliance of Young Adult Authors is sponsoring a massive young adult scavenger hunt. This is a chance to meet some new authors, grab a bunch of free books, and sign up to win a whole bunch of epic prizes! RULES Each author will be given a special keyword, which will be bolded and all caps like…
In honor of the completion of my makeshift in-home audio recording booth–and the fact that we all need a little light in the darkness today–I have recorded a fairy tale for you all to enjoy. This one is dedicated to my dearest fairykin Shveta Thakrar, who suggested “Tatterhood,” a Norwegian fairy tale I was unfamiliar with until now. Shveta,…
Hello, my lovelies! As you know, I’ve been spending a lot more time over on Patreon lately. To that end, I’ve decided to move the blogging over there for the forseaable future. This website may eventually be updated with a new landing page (perhaps we’ll add that to the Patreon goals!) but this post will have to do for…
With Dragon Con over for another year, I wanted to say thank you to all my wonderful friends who helped make Princess Alethea’s Traveling SideShow a huge success again this year. Thank you to Leanna Renee Hieber for being my bridge, for making people laugh, and for being with me since the beginning. Thank you to Mari Mancusi for…
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Here it is, folks — the first milestone goal, as promised! I sequestered myself in my parents’ closet and turned the AC off (true love, because it is GROSS HOT in FL right now) to record a new Grimms’ fairy tale for you! This was a LOT of fun…and reminded me just how rusty my voice narration skills are….
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
