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How Do I Self-Publish a Book? (A List, With Resources)

August 5, 2017
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| Books, writing

I’ve been asked about self-publishing a lot recently, so I decided it was high time to write up a big, long answer with lots of fabulous and helpful links! If you are asking yourself “Should I self-publish my book?” — the answer is NO. Self-publishing is a ridiculously hard amount of work (on top of writing your novel in…

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A List of Some Awesome Authors on Patreon

July 10, 2017
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| Friends, writing

It seems Patreon was on everyone’s brain the other night. While I was at Orlando Book Festival, a few budding authors asked me how to launch a Patreon campaign–I recommended they first Follow a few established authors already there. It’s good to see what variety of content is being created for Patrons right now…because there are some really talented…

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Hypericon 2017

June 15, 2017
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| appearances, Books, life, tennessee, writing

  Friday June 16th 3:00pm – Fantasy Writing – Alethea & Friends 5:00pm – Opening Ceremonies Saturday June 17th 12:00pm – Main Event – Alethea Kontis 1:00pm – From Kickstarter to Patreon: Making Donations Work for You 2:00pm – More Than Ideas, Seeing a Writing Project Through Sunday June 18th 1:00pm – Surprise Q&A *Copies of my books are…

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Faerie Freebies for Fairy Day!

June 24, 2016
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| Books

  Need to feed that Faerie Tale addiction? Get 9 Faerie Tale Books FREE June 24th – July 1st only!   Click on the following links to claim your free books:   War of the Fae Book 1 By Elle Casey Faelorehn: The Otherworld Series Book 1 by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson Tales of Arilland by Alethea Kontis Falling For…

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The Unbreakable Princess Alethea

May 18, 2016
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| appearances, audio, awards, Friends, life, writing

(I should totally have my own television show with this title. Right? Netflix, call me.) * Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Nor does one expect, after months of carefully planning two simultaneous conferences (BEA and the SFWA Nebula Awards weekend), a spectacularly sprained ankle. It sounds like such a small thing, doesn’t it? Yet, this sprain was severe enough…

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The Trix Adventures Prize Pack Giveaway!

April 6, 2016
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| contests, Trix Adventures

I know you’re dutifully following and sharing all the guest bloggers and reviewers of the Trix and the Faerie Queen Blog Tour…but do make sure that you’re following me on ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA and entering the Prize Pack Giveaway as many times as you can. Only nine days left! ******************************* April 2 2016 Today is 211th anniversary of…

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Home from Boot Camp with Big Ideas

April 5, 2016
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| Essays, life, Trix Adventures

Hey, everybody! I’m officially home from Jane Yolen’s Picture Book Boot Camp…which means I got in late Sunday night and then spent an entire day in bed in excruciating pain (this whole neck thing is *not* my idea of a good time). I’ll be posting pics here in the near future…and maybe some thoughts…it’s just that everything that happened…

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