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Mermaid Day

November 1, 2011
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| life, mermaids, writing

I’m blogging today over at Waterworld Mermaids — a little bit about NaNoWriMo. Yes, I’m taking part yet again this year — my handle is Princess Alethea. You can read the rest of my silly little blog here. Happy November. Now get writing!

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FREE HALLOWEEN UNICORNS!

October 27, 2011
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| life, New Things, Short Stories, writing

Yes, you’ve read that right — as a Halloween promotion, Black Dog & Leventhal publishing has made one of the stories from the DEMONS anthology available for free — AND THAT STORY IS MINE!! *Mwahahahahahaha* “The Unicorn Hunter” is the one I’ve been gushing about — the one from the Enchanted universe. It’s the story I saw in my…

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Wintastic Halloweenness

October 19, 2011
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Wanna win a copy of AlphaOops: H is for Halloween? I’m giving one away! Go sign up on Goodreads! I even have this handy-dandy widget:   Goodreads Book Giveaway AlphaOops by Alethea Kontis Giveaway ends October 24, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Be sure to tell your friends! Happy Halloween!

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Who Do You Love?

October 18, 2011
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| Books, contests, Friends, life, New Things, writing

It’s no secret that: 1.) Poe was my Emo High School Dream Boyfriend 2.) Tamora Pierce’s George Cooper was my first literary love 3.) I freaking adore Leanna Renee Hieber 4.) I believe in supporting Independently owned businesses Amusingly enough, this post is going to cover ALL FOUR OF THESE SUBJECTS. “But how on Earth…?” I hear you asking….

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But First I Have To Do The Laundry

October 11, 2011
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| Emerald City, Friends, mermaids, writing

This clever pic nabbed from my friend & fellow Mermaid Robin Covington: Speaking of Mermaids, have you stopped by the website this week? There’s more free fiction up — parts one and two of “The Comfort Boy” by Carlene Love Flores is now available for your Very Free viewing pleasure. Can’t beat that price!

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Dear Poe: Remember When?

October 10, 2011
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| Essays, life, writing

A lot of people have introduced themselves to me in my lifetime. I just have one of those faces. I look like someone you knew or really liked in grade school or high school or college. It’s my hair or my smile or my something that just sparks a memory. Even Malik Yoba swore we’d met before, but I’m…

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The AlphaOops Halloween Site is LIVE!

October 9, 2011
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| Books, New Things

Did you notice? That’s right — up there at the top of the website, in front of the Dream-Haired Girl, there are now TWO AlphaOops covers. You know what that means? THE ALPHAOOPS: HALLOWEEN SITE IS NOW LIVE! There are so many new fun things to do! The memory game is back, joined by puzzles and something called a…

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One Seriously Cute Customer

October 8, 2011
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| Books, Emerald City, Friends, life, writing

Those of you on Facebook & Twitter may remember the Friday night before Baltimore Book Festival when the Cutest Customer in the World visited me at the bookstore. It was late–within an hour or so of closing–and I overheard some customers in the children’s aisle talking about the National Book Festival. I had forgotten that the big book festival…

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Last Day to Win a Unicorn!

October 7, 2011
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| Books, contests, Friends, Short Stories

That’s right! At midnight EST tonight, my dearest bosom companion Leanna Renee Hieber will be randomly drawing from the commenters on THIS BLOG POST to see who wins a copy of John Skipp’s DEMONS anthology, autographed by MOI! (I hear there are some other pretty decent authors in this anthology as well. Like this Neil Something.) All you have…

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