Miscellaneous

Stephanie and I didn’t *plan* on dressing alike today…but since we did, we figured we’d have a bit of fun with it.

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My interview with Author Goddess and partner-in-crime Sherrilyn Kenyon is now live at Subterranean Press Online. Check it out HERE!

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You guys want the scoop on the Secret Inner Workings of the Ingram Buyer? I was asked by C. E. Murphy to Guest Blog at Magical Words about just that…and lo and behold, Ingram approved it. Enjoy!!http://magicalwords.net/2008/04/25/really-i-mean-it/guest-blog-alethea-kontis/

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Kevin J. Anderson’s got this popcorn theory of publishing success he’ll share with you, if you can stop him long enough to ask him about it (preferably with a decent microbrew in hand). He says: there are two ways to make popcorn. You can put one kernel in the kettle, put a little bit of oil on it and…

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Hooray!! It’s time to celebrate! Beauty & Dynamite is now up for preorder!It will be released on June 1, 2008.Preorder Beauty & Dynamite from Apex Books here — only $15.95!Check out this gorgeous cover! “Alethea Kontis has already more than proven herself as both a fiction writer and editor, but this collection of non-fiction pieces shows her to be…

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A couple of Fridays ago I participated in Fantasy’s “Blog for a Beer” again — and I found out today that I won…again! (I’m a little worried that no one will want me to blog there anymore if I keep on being a brat and winning.) If you haven’t checked out Fantasy’s website, you should! They have Fabulous Free…

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There is an article out in the most recent Psychology Today (yes, I do sometimes broaden my horizons past Stephan Pastis’s new Crass Menagerie collection) about magical thinking. It essentially says that people who find patterns in things, usually with nothing but a spiritual or supernatural basis, are healthier, happier people who actually *do* have more control of their…

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I’m on vacation today visiting Mom and Dad in Florida. Sun, sand, and deep sea fishing…hooray! The blog’s on a minibreak too, but worry not — today there is an original Alethea Kontis essay guest-starring at Title Magic, the blog set up by the American Title competition finalists. Thanks again to those ladies for inviting me — make note…

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I told my friend Mark (see: Drinking Buddy of 2007) that I would blog about my adventures last Saturday but I put it off…and then Monday night I got smacked down with some evil stomach virus and it threw everything out of whack. But I did promise — and I keep my promises — and since I can’t summon…

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