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….
As promised, here’s that FABULOUS review from Kirkus! It still makes me giddy. (My favorite parts are in bold.) ENCHANTED Author: Kontis, Alethea Review Issue Date: February 15, 2012 Online Publish Date: February 5, 2012 Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Pages: 320 Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99 Publication Date: May 8, 2012 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-547-65470-4 Category: Fiction Readers…
Don’t forget, it’s time for for Round Two! The February ENCHANTED ARC Giveaway is here! Alethea will be giving away one signed ARC of her YA debut fairy tale novel ENCHANTED a month, until the May 26th launch of the book. That’s one for January, February, March, and April–a total of four ARCs. In May, Alethea will be giving…
Reports have been trickling in from those folks who have a subscription to Kirkus — ENCHANTED has received a coveted STARRED book review! The review begins thusly: “Readers who get past the generic title and an off-puttingly generic cover will discover a fabulous fairy-tale mashup that deserves hordes of avid readers.” Now, before you all get upset about the…
I’m working hard on getting the outline for Saturday’s book into my publisher. In the meantime, this song has been going through my head since my birthday — my friend Lauren posted on my FB wall and told me it reminded her of me. You know, it reminds me of me, too.
This went up last night on Goodreads: In honor of Jacob Grimm’s birthday, we are officially launching PRINCESS ALETHEA’S GRANDIOSE GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! Alethea will be giving away one signed, personalized ARC of her YA debut fairy tale novel ENCHANTED a month, until the May 26th launch of the book. That’s one for January, February, March, and April–a total of…
A Google Alert sent me over to the Dana Does Read Blog today and…yes, contrary to my usual “I don’t read reviews” strategy, I read this one. It totally made my day (which has been a serious case of the Mondays, let me tell you). This is my favorite part of the review: “I found myself smiling through the…
I just got a Google Alert. I clicked on it, because I thought it was odd that “Ken Griffey Shoes” would be reviewing AlphaOops: H is for Halloween. But stranger things have happened…maybe Ken has a kid who loves books? Everybody has a kid who loves books! So I click through to this blog whose header is a lone…
If you’re one of those folks who likes to know little background DVD-extras for novels, this one’s for you. At the end of the acknowledgments for ENCHANTED, I thank the Adam Ezra Group because I wrote most of the acknowledgements while waiting for their show to start at the 8×10 club in Baltimore, MD. I told the guys that…
I meant to post about this back during Capclave, and I kept forgetting. I meant to post it again when Scott Edelman passed the video along to me…and I forgot then too. Then a few days ago, someone linked to the article about how Terry Pratchett was signing a contract with Dignitas to lead his own assisted suicide. And…
Happy Prime and Anti-Prime Day! (which I think now…
Dearest Squad, “Always write when you’re in love.” My…
THIEFTESS – now available!
