Princess Alethea, in Romanian

I do believe this is my first official translation ever: my interview is now live over at Lumea lu’ Ciaudatu’! Beware: the text has actually been translated INTO ROMANIAN. *glee* Do please click on over to see what a beautiful job Ciudatu’ has done — but I will post the English translation of the interview here, for those of you…

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At Sixes and Sevens

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”,…

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Win an ARC of ENCHANTED! (International)

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…

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Preorders: Get the WORD Out!

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…

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PWs Great Beginnings

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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March ENCHANTED Goodreads Giveaway!

Don’t forget, it’s time for for Round Three! The March 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…

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Video Chat — For Real This Time!

A miscommunication last month over at Coffee Time Romance left Leanna Renee Hieber, Suzanne Lazear, and me watching tumbleweed in an empty online chatroom. This Sunday at 2pm EST, fellow Mermaids Robin Covington, Avery Flynn and I are going to try it again…this time on video! We’re co-hosting (with Bewitching Book Tours), so there’s no mix-up. And there will…

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The Essence of Fabulous

I was asked once what my favorite thing was about being a writer. My answer was probably the standard, “I get to write the books like the ones I loved as a kid and share them with the world.” I’m adding a caveat to that today. I do get to write the books I loved as a kid and…

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