[Edited again to add: Now that Paypal is fixed, Chip In seems to be broken, and the widget with the button for donating money has vanished. You can always contribute to the fund straight to me through PayPal. My address is my email: akontis at gmail dot com. You may also try the alternate Chip In page I have…
I love this day and age when you can wish for something AND IT ALREADY EXISTS. Why, just the other day, I was wishing there was a place like Kickstarter where I could set up a page and ask my friends if they’d like to help chip in for gas money on my Book Tour this summer. Not half…
A miscommunication last month over at Coffee Time Romance left Leanna Renee Hieber, Suzanne Lazear, and me watching tumbleweed in an empty online chatroom. This Sunday at 2pm EST, fellow Mermaids Robin Covington, Avery Flynn and I are going to try it again…this time on video! We’re co-hosting (with Bewitching Book Tours), so there’s no mix-up. And there will…
I have a new publicist. She’s 11. As of now she’s almost on par with my parents for getting the word out about ENCHANTED. Mom and Dad have started handing out flyers, genuinely and personally, to people they encounter throughout their day. My Little Publicist brags about knowing me to all her friends, and hand-decorates sidewalks. Everything about this…
Over the past decade, I have been to many, many conventions, and I have discovered that none of them are like any of the others. Each one is a unique gem with different facets, and unique members of a staff that struggles for 72 hours straight to tame the unwieldy beast. I’ve been disappointed by smaller conventions and simply…
…and I’m off to Roanoke! (Joe, I’m stealing your car AND your jacket. I’ll have it dry cleaned when I get back.) For those of you who want to follow me on my travels, I’ll be on Facebook and Twitter, comme toujours. The rest of you, please have a lovely and relaxing weekend! xox
If you did not happen to see The Colbert Report last night, click here and fast forward about 15 minutes to see Ann Patchett knock one out of the park for brick-and-mortar bookstores. WELL DONE, ANN! Here’s the link to http://www.parnassusbooks.net/. Go buy something.
So…I may or may not be having a chat from 9-11pm tonight over at Coffee Time Romance: “Once Upon A Time: Magical History, Steampunk, Gaslight and Fairy Tales! Three YA Authors dish on magic, mayhem, curses, princes and happily ever afters!” With award winning, bestselling fantasy and romance authors Alethea Kontis, Leanna Renee Hieber and debut author Suzanne Lazear….
This week over at the Waterworld Mermaids site, we’ve been telling love stories. Today is my day to contribute, and so I have offered up to the world the (very abridged) story of Princess Alethea and The Fairy GodBoyfriend. You’ve all wanted to know how we met? Well, here it is. But you have to click over to the…
I hope all of my sweetheart friends are having a lovely day today! Did you receive a treat from someone you loved today? Have you treated yourself? Well…for goodness sakes, why not? Stop over at Dixie Dunbar Studio right now and get yourself something special. For one week only the rest of the month (thank you, Soteria!), use coupon…
I finished my novel on Wednesday. I had such…
Joan Wilder was always my hero. I was 8…
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