She posts as “Mom Kontis” in blog comments. Her favorite color is red. She loves the number 35. And so, for Mothers’ Day, I asked her to write for me 35 wonderful things about herself that the world didn’t know. It was hard for her to stop at 35. LOVE YOU, MOM! xox ***************************** 35 Things People Don’t (Might…
I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to the juxtaposition of seeing an author’s book on my TBR pile and then meeting them in person. I mean, I’m often careful what I say about books on the interwebs because I know someday I probably *will* meet that person, but there’s still a fangirl jolt when I see the face…
Enchanted on the West Coast, with puppy. (photo courtesy of Sam Smith)
The lovely and talented YA author Leah Cypess has graciously invited me to drop by The Enchanted Inkpot today to answer a few fun questions. The questions were a lot more brief than the answers…mea culpa…but it sure was a heck of a lot of fun. Be sure to click on over and comment about my blatherings! xox
It’s no secret: I have a crush on John Scalzi. It’s okay; his wife knows about it. To be fair, he had a crush on me first. (Or so he says.) Whatever you choose to believe, there is some serious mutual love and respect going on here. Which is why on this May 8, 2012, the Official Release Date…
When you’re done watching this exclusive excerpt of Enchanted on YouTube today, click over to the TotallyBooksessed (and totally cute) Gabrielle as she reads “The Twelve Apostles” by the Brothers Grimm for Fairy Tale Fortnight. It’s a short tale that I haven’t done yet for Princess Alethea’s Fairy Tale Theatre, but Gabrielle does a lovely job here. She also…
It’s the time you’ve all been waiting for the May ENCHANTED Giveaway is here! Alethea gave away one signed ARC of her YA debut fairy tale novel ENCHANTED in January, February, March, and April. Now it’s May–official book release time! Alethea and Soteria (Sister power!) will be giving away a signed finished copy of the lovely ENCHANTED, along with…
My dear friend Faith Hunter, whom I met at Mysticon earlier this year invited me to guest post on her blog something called “A Chinese Portrait.” These are not your traditional interview questions — it’s something a bit more meta than that. For example: ******************** If you were a work of art? I’m the doodle you drew on the…
My dear friend, fantasy author David B. Coe has invited me over to his website today and asked me a few insightful questions as part of my blog tour. Find out what I have to say about fairy tales in this economy, genre bending, and the YA market — just click on over here. Once again, be sure to…
For those who aren’t familiar with the AWESOMENESS that is Lady Jane’s Salon, this Popular Romance article (and really great accompanying video) gives a fabulous overview of the venue and a sampling of some of the authors they’ve had perform there (including my dearest friends Leanna Renee Hieber and Dianna Love). Lady Jane’s Salon from Laurie Kahn on Vimeo….
As we get ready for the THIEFTESS release on…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
I finished my novel on Wednesday. I had such…
