The Grand Dame of Dragons

I want to read Dragonsong again, right now. Miss Anne was always in love with the Masterharper. So was I. Anne McCaffrey taught me many things. She taught me to believe in dragons. She taught me that I should have lots of sex while I’m still young and beautiful. She–through Andre Norton–gave me a talisman that I treasure to…

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Designer Shoes

It was written in the stars. Always has been. I had my tarot told once at the Llewellyn booth at a Publisher’s Showcase. Scott laid all the cards on the table and stared at them a moment with that contemplative face all doctors make. Then he put his palms flat on the table, leaned over to me, and said:…

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Things You Can Do

You guys know how much I love and depend on you to succeed. You are all precious and wonderful to me. Some of you I have met before, some of you I’ve known forever, some of you I only know online, and some of you I just don’t know yet. But we will meet, and when we do, we…

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The Brute Squad

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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Mermaid Day

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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FREE HALLOWEEN UNICORNS!

Yes, you’ve read that right — as a Halloween promotion, Black Dog & Leventhal publishing has made one of the stories from the DEMONS anthology available for free — AND THAT STORY IS MINE!! *Mwahahahahahaha* “The Unicorn Hunter” is the one I’ve been gushing about — the one from the Enchanted universe. It’s the story I saw in my…

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Princess Me?

Confession: I am aware of the infamous Jonathan Coulton, but I do not actually know or own any of his songs. Not because I don’t want to — just because I haven’t gotten around to it.  So when my brand-new friend Jennifer from Capclave posted on my wall that Coulton’s song “The Princess Who Saved Herself” reminded her of…

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Who Do You Love?

It’s no secret that: 1.) Poe was my Emo High School Dream Boyfriend 2.) Tamora Pierce’s George Cooper was my first literary love 3.) I freaking adore Leanna Renee Hieber 4.) I believe in supporting Independently owned businesses Amusingly enough, this post is going to cover ALL FOUR OF THESE SUBJECTS. “But how on Earth…?” I hear you asking….

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TTFN

Tonight I’ll be doing a Young Adult event for Teen Read Week at the Rockville Public Library, and then it’s off to Capclave for the weekend…so this picture seemed appropriate: This person really does live in our apartment complex. Let’s hear it for cool neighbors!    

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