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The Origin of “Counterclockwise”

November 5, 2011
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| writing

Okay, People. Here’s how it’s going to go down: First, you’re going to pop over to SideShow Freaks and read my essay about the idea behind my timetwistedsteampunklovestory “Counterclockwise.” Then, if you haven’t already, you’re going to want to read “Counterclockwise” over at Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. When you’re all done with that, you’re going to come…

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Princess Alethea’s Traveling Sideshow Video!

November 4, 2011
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| appearances, music, video

Many many MANY thanks to Jean-Marie Ward (jmward14 on YouTube), who filmed and edited this video of Princess Alethea’s Traveling Sideshow at Dragon*Con this year! There was unfortunately no video of my reading, but you get to see my intro, Leanna Renee Hieber’s FANTASTIC reading, Gray Rinehart’s HILARIOUS song, and Danielle Friedman’s MESMERIZING dance performance. (You guys get enough…

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The Brute Squad

November 3, 2011
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| Books, Friends, life

Miracle Max: Go away or I’ll call the Brute Squad. Fezzik: I’m on the Brute Squad. Miracle Max: You ARE the Brute Squad! ~The Princess Bride ****** At 8:05pm last night, book blogger Amanda Copulos sent out a bunch of tweets to authors, letting them know that she had stumbled across an eBay seller with multiple listings of ARC…

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“Counterclockwise” Now Up at IGMS!

November 2, 2011
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| Short Stories, writing

My alternate-reality-time-travel-romance “Counterclockwise” is now live over at Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show — just in time for Guy Fawkes Day! I’m also honored to be in the sixth anniversary issue. Happy anniversary, IGMS! Yes, I know it’s only an excerpt — just splurge for the subscription, folks. This is a really great magazine. I promise you, it’s…

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Princess Alethea’s Magical Elixir

November 2, 2011
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| Reviews

New reviews are up at Intergalactic Medicine Show! (Actually, they’ve been up for a while, but every time I’ve tried to post about it, my site has been down. We’ve moved to a new server now, so all should be well.) Title: Enclave Author: Ann Aguirre EAN: 9780312650087 When a publisher puts a Publisher’s Weekly quote like “For fans…

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WoW!

November 2, 2011
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| Books, New Things, writing

Apparently, there’s a trend in the book world that I’ve TOTALLY MISSED up until now called “Waiting On Wednesday.” On Wednesdays (surprise!) bloggers mention the upcoming books they’re really looking forward to reading. I had no idea about this phenomenon. And then my inbox started to be flooded with Google Alerts about Enchanted. The links sent me to sites…

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Mermaid Day

November 1, 2011
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| life, mermaids, writing

I’m blogging today over at Waterworld Mermaids — a little bit about NaNoWriMo. Yes, I’m taking part yet again this year — my handle is Princess Alethea. You can read the rest of my silly little blog here. Happy November. Now get writing!

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