The Cat in this scenario is Cat Rambo, my Technicolor-haired friend, fellow writer, and mistress of the internet. She has just released a book called CREATING AN ONLINE PRESENCE. I get asked a lot about what advice I would give to writers, newbies and professionals alike. While my answers rarely stray from “Never Stop Writing” and “Finish What You…
This is a tough post to write, but it must be done. As Thanksgiving approaches, and more of my beloved friends and family start digging out their Christmas storage boxes and playing music as they decorate their homes, I start getting messages about my Christmas CDs. Back in 2001, I didn’t know what to get all my new friends…
Because what you were missing in your life is ANOTHER FUN INTERVIEW WITH MOI! This time I talk about writing, books, characters, where I’ve lived, my favorite authors, and a bunch of quick fun stuff! Click here & enjoy: http://theyabookbutterfly.blogspot.com/2013/11/monday-ya-author-interview-with-alethea.html
NEW FAIRY TALE RANT! It’s like I planned it or something. And I’m totally taking suggestions on what YOU think the original last line of “Hansel & Gretel” means.
Okay…not *everything*. But I am happy to report that I have more than one work this year eligible for award nominations! Yay! * Best Novel /Andre Norton Award HERO (Fantasy, YA) — Second in the Woodcutter Sisters series of fairy tale mash-up novels. (Think “Once Upon a Time” meets “The Princess Bride”) Saturday Woodcutter is a girl with a…
I keep making these salads and eating them before I remember to take a picture. OOPS. 🙂 My family has always eaten salads. When I was a kid, my salad consisted of cucumbers, with Creamy Cucumber dressing (which, of course, Kraft doesn’t make in the US anymore…but apparently you can still get it in Canada). I hated the lettuce–I…
First of all, I want to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who stopped by here and shared their love, as well as my friends on FB and Twitter. I am a Princess who cherishes her Brute Squad proudly…and I know that Mom for one will be thrilled to see such an outpouring of support here on my…
Yup. You read that right. In all my 37 years on this planet, I have never before had a fat-shamer doctor. Oh, I’d heard stories about them, horrible stories…but like all the other stories like these, I never thought it would happen to *me*. This guy is my GP –I’m not someone who gets sick all the time (just…
SPECIAL FAERIECON EAST EDITION: In Which Author Princess Alethea discusses the original Grimms’ Fairy Tale “Snow White” and BONUS CLIP, featuring Jim Butcher demonstrating the Old School Fae gang sign that Leanna and I instituted this year at Dragon Con. Yeah…it’s entirely possible we had too much fun. BUT ISN’T THAT THE POINT?!? Enjoy!
Boy…this last bit of the year has suddenly seen FOUR books released with me in them. I feel all shiny and popular. In fact, when I get home from FaerieCon on Sunday, I’ll be buying myself some flowers to celebrate! Hero you know about…goodness knows I’ve been talking it up enough this year. The second is my collection WILD…
Get Thieftess In Print Now! ✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨ ~~~Acknowledgments~~~ I started…
Dearest Squad, Only a few more chapters of Thieftess…
Dearest Squad, “Nabi” was one of the first Korean…
