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In Which I Have a Problem With Reality

March 4, 2014
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| Family, life, mermaids

Over at the Waterworld Mermaids today, I discuss my present issue with Reality. I do encourage you to pop on by. I could really use the advice. Click here to read “The Harsh Light of Day.”

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Princess Alethea Rants “Sweetheart Roland”

March 3, 2014
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| Fairy Tale Rants, video

Episode 21: In Which Princess Alethea Rants about the Grimms’ fairy tale “Sweetheart Roland”…a title which is annoying in itself, since this fairy tale isn’t even *about* Roland. It’s about the girl who loves him.

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Angela Slatter Interviews Princess Alethea

March 1, 2014
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| Interview

9. You travel a lot for appearances and cons – how do you organise your life to fit in writing, relaxing, family, all the other stuff? HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU SAID “ORGANIZE” HAHAHAHAHAHA *snort* (Click here to read the reat of the interview!)

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SFWA Announces 2013 Nebula Nominees

February 25, 2014
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| awards

The official Press Release: 2013 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the 2013 Nebula Awards nominees (presented 2014), the nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. Best Novel We Are All Completely…

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Princess Alethea Rants: “Fitcher’s Bird”

February 25, 2014
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| Fairy Tale Rants, video

Interesting data point: This week’s fairy tale rant video is 9 minutes long as opposed to the typical 5 minutes. I still keep the rant to about 5 minutes, but then there is a brief explanation of how my short story “Blood From Stone” incorporates both this fairy tale as well as the historical real-life of serial killer Gilles…

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WBN Loves Enchanted!

February 17, 2014
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| Enchanted

ENCHANTED is sponsoring the World Book Night Twitter feed today! If you’re on Twitter, tell @WBNAmerica your favorite fairy tale, using the hashtag #WBNLoves — and thank you for the love! xox

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Fast Forward TV Interview is Now Live!

February 14, 2014
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| Books, Dearest, Enchanted, Hero, Interview, video, writing

The great thing about Snow Days isn’t just how much *you* get done, it’s how much *other people* get done when removed from the distraction of their pesky day jobs. And…VOILA! My Fast Forward TV Interview is now live. (And the links in Monday’s Fairy Tale Rant have been updated to reflect this.) Enjoy! xox

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In Which Writing Is Fun

February 12, 2014
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| writing

I’ve been teaching a teen writing class at the Rust Library for four weeks — tonight is the last class, and I have to say, I’m going to miss it! But to be honest, I think these young folks are ready to write and submit their own stories…the only challenge for them will be focusing enough to GET IT…

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Princess Alethea Rants About “The Wolf & The Seven Kids”

February 10, 2014
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| Fairy Tale Rants, video

A new fairy tale rant is live! Enjoy and share! Morals of this story: Chew your food. And always hide in the clock box. Caveat: The Fast Forward TV interview isn’t up yet — I’ll add the link in the video as soon as it is! xox

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