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Princess Alethea, Strolling About the Web

Today feels like the TRUE first day of 2014 for me — yesterday was an exhausted flurry of getting Soteria out of the hospital and then working my aunt’s New Years party for 82 hours, so this is my day to jump back in swinging. AND BOY, AM I SWINGING. * First up: I have a blog post today…

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Give the Gift of Reading

Would you like a book personalized & signed by Alethea? Contact One More Page Books in Arlington at 703-300-9746 or via email to place your order. Online affiliate links for Alethea’s books can be found HERE.

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Princess Alethea Rants About “The Fir Tree”

Now that I’ve run away for Christmas (decided on the Solstice to drive 9 hours down to Charleston SC to spend some of the holiday with my little sister & my parents), I am SUPER glad that I recorded this video last week. Hooray! (Now the challenge is going to be making sure I get one out *next* week…)…

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Spark

This is one of the entries referred to in the original Beauty & Dynamite as “The Lost Blogs.” Recovered from the bowels of the intarwebs by Eric James Stone, all of The Lost Blogs will appear in the revised edition of Beauty & Dynamite…including this poem in celebration of the Winter Solstice, marking the beginning of my love for…

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The Young and the Darkness

I’m over at the Apex blog today talking about “The Young and the Darkness”, otherwise known as Things I am Accused of Being that are Assumed to be Mutually Exclusive. Click here to read “The Young and the Darkness.” We go into the short stories and poetry I loved as a child…and the short stories and poetry I write…

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When Family Christmas Videos Go Viral

Over at the Waterworld Mermaids today, I’m chatting about this year’s viral sensation “Christmas Jammies” #xmasjammies It’s a supercute video that’s been seen over seven million times…but this time, watch it again and *think* about it. I did — read my thoughts here: http://waterworldmermaids.com/2013/12/famous-jammies/ I’m interested to know your opinions!

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Princess Alethea Rants About “The Companionship of the Cat & Mouse”

Your fairy tale rant for today: “The Companionship of the Cat & Mouse” WARNING: THIS ENDS BADLY. Proceed with caution. …and enjoy!

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The Golden Band (HSE) update

Hello, everyone! Finished reading HERO? Wish there was something else you could sink your teeth into? Well…how about this? Now that Book Three has been revised, line edited, and is off to the copyeditor, I’m free to do WHATEVER I WANT! (mwahahahahahaha) “Whatever I Want” right now can be defined as continuing the saga that is serializing The Golden Band,…

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Young Author Workshops in 2014

Hello, everyone! Here’s something for you to pass on to local young people who might be interested — classes will be limited to around 20, so be sure to sign up fast! I will be doing four writing workshops at the Rust Library here in Loudoun County (Leesburg), FOR TEENS ONLY! Here is the schedule: Wednesday January 22, 7-8pm…

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Princess Alethea Rants “Tom Thumb”

In Which Princess Alethea rants about the Grimm’s fairy tale “Tom Thumb,” a great adventure starring a very precocious, very wee boy. It contains human trafficking, two B&Es, a demonic exorcism, two gruesome deaths, and a happily ever after. WHY IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR?!?

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