I couldn’t post this yesterday for fear of being thought an April Fool’s joke, but my father has graciously offered to match all monies donated into Princess Alethea’s Summer Book Tour Gas Fund! Here’s the page for Take Two (though it looks like Take One is suddenly working again): http://princessaletheassbtgasfund.chipin.com/princess-aletheas-gas-fund-take-two Whichever page you end up donating to, we will…
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”,…
I almost don’t even need to advertise this giveaway — Soumi from the Pages from my Thoughts blog posted this giveaway yesterday, and OVER 3300 PEOPLE from all over the world are already signed up to win it! Are you? Why not? You never know… The drawing will happen two weeks from now, when Soumi hosts me on her…
Want a signed and personalized copy of ENCHANTED? Do it right here. ********************************** Alethea Kontis will be coming to WORD in Brooklyn to sign copies of her newest book, Enchanted! Pre-order a signed (and even personalized) copy and we’ll ship it out to you to arrive the week of Enchanted’s release! Just tell us if you’d like it signed…
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…
[Edited again to add: Now that Paypal is fixed, Chip In seems to be broken, and the widget with the button for donating money has vanished. You can always contribute to the fund straight to me through PayPal. My address is my email: akontis at gmail dot com. You may also try the alternate Chip In page I have…
Entered the Goodreads Contest for ENCHANTED already? Gone on to Amazon and read the excerpt from Chapter One a hundred times? Desperate to know a little bit more about Sunday Woodcutter before the book comes out? Over at Treasured Tales for Young Adults today, there is an interview with Sunday Woodcutter herself! I’ve found that these character interviews are…
I love this day and age when you can wish for something AND IT ALREADY EXISTS. Why, just the other day, I was wishing there was a place like Kickstarter where I could set up a page and ask my friends if they’d like to help chip in for gas money on my Book Tour this summer. Not half…
Fairy tale lovers by now are aware that 500 new tales collected by historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth were discovered after being locked away in an archive in Regensburg for over 150 years. “While sifting through Von Schönwerth’s work, Eichenseer found 500 fairytales, many of which do not appear in other European fairytale collections. For example, there is the…
I know I mentioned this on Twitter & Facebook, but it’s just so freaking cool I couldn’t help but post it here as well. Last week, Publisher’s Weekly’s Elizabeth Bluemle compiled a list of the Best First Lines from YA fiction coming in 2012. And, of course, ENCHANTED was on the list!! “My name is Sunday Woodcutter, and I…
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