The Perils of Book Launching

I’ve learned so many things while launching Enchanted — I’m still learning. And not all of these things are good. Pop on over to the Waterworld Mermaids blog today, where I discuss the “Snakes and Snails” of launching a book. And please feel free to add to “Princess Alethea’s Fairly Short List of Things No One Tells You When…

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Mermaid Match-Up!

Every month the Waterworld Mermaids invite an author to swim in our pond…and this month that author gets to be ME!! I am asked the infamous interview questions by fellow Mermaid Denny S. Bryce — my roommate at last weekend’s Washington Romance Writers Retreat. A girl couldn’t ask for a better partner-in-crime. These were some tough questions! Click on…

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Talking Sex with the Mermaids

That’s right–you heard me. Today over at the Waterworld Mermaids, I’m talking Team Edward vs. Team Jacob and that ever-popular topic: Sex in YA. Intrigued? I know you are. You also know I really disliked Twilight. And what does all this have to do with Enchanted? Pop on over, check out the post, and join the conversation! (Turning off…

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At Sixes and Sevens

Last weekend at the WRW talk, Denny mentioned a meme called “Six Sentence Sunday”, where folks posted six sentences from a work in progress to try and 1.) keep the momentum going and 2.) whet fans appetites. Also last week, I was tagged by fellow WRW members Meredith Bond and Diana Belchase to particpate in something called “Lucky Seven”,…

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IGMS Awards Antho FREE on Amazon!

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen — from Saturday, March 24 through (and including) Monday, March 26th, the e-book version of the InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, Vol. I will be absolutely positively FREE ON AMAZON. This anthology contains a cast of writers I’m honored to be among…and I’m not just saying that. I honest-to-god LOVE these people. I’ve roomed…

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I Am Team Katniss

My mini-rant on WaterWorld Mermaids today: “What the Hunger Games is NOT, is a trilogy of romance novels. Sure, there are romantic elements in it, but there are more romantic elements in Castle, and that still qualifies as a Crime Drama. The Hunger Games is dystopian science fiction fantasy. Horror, even. It’s a story of surviving your teenage years–which…

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Video Chat — For Real This Time!

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…

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