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…
Tonight I have my Lady Jane’s Salon reading and the Enchanted Launch Party, but today I am visiting the lovely Lenore Appelhans at her blog “Presenting Lenore.” Lenore’s own debut YA novel LEVEL TWO will be published by Simon & Schuster BFYR in Fall 2012, and her debut picture book CHICK-O-SAURUS REX (w/ Daniel Jennewein) will follow from S&S…
Every Monday while I’m on book tour for Enchanted, I’m going to share a fun music video that features love, fairy tales, magic, or my inspirations. I’m kicking this feature off with a supercute song I discovered on the iPod of Fairy Goddaughter the First and fell in love with — “Happily Ever After” by He is We. The…
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…
On Sunday, May 6th, Books of Wonder is pleased to welcome seven teen fiction authors to share their thrilling stories of revenge, hope, and courage. Author and National Book Award Finalist PAOLO BACIGALUPI will present The Drowned Cities, set in a dark future America where violence is all too common and two young refugees must fight for their lives GALAXY CRAZE will introduce The Last Princess, in which a…
I’m still getting a lot of emails requesting review copies of Enchanted. Folks, the book is out in the world now — I encourage you to go buy one! Failing that, there are a TON of places you can WIN COPIES OF ENCHANTED this month! ******* Don’t limit yourself to Goodreads, where thousands of people enter to win every…
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…
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….
Dearest Squad, I got home from my travels up…
As we get ready for the THIEFTESS release on…
Dearest Squad, A new chapter is now live! Chapter…
