Music Monday (Fairy Tale Edition)

Every Monday while I’m on book tour for Enchanted, I’m going to share a fun music video that features love, fairy tales, magic, or my inspirations. Today’s song is “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day. People always want to know where an author gets her ideas. I was on the treadmill at the gym one afternoon when this…

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Do You Smell Something?

Yes…that’s definitely sheep! I was invited to hang out with Shepardess Extraordinaire Sharon Stogner over at the I Smell Sheep blog. Sharon and I had a very fun interview that was more of a chat…we went back and forth a few times, and I won some major geekness points along the way. Click on over, if only to check…

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Fragments of a Princess

Hooray! I’ve been waiting for this blog tour date to come around for a while…and today it’s here! Today and tomorrow, May 17th and 18th, I am staying over at the Fragments of Life blog, hosted by my lovely friend Precious from the Philippines! On May 17th (today), Precious will be reviewing Enchanted, and then on May 18th (tomorrow),…

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New Enchanted Reviews

More bloggers share the love and their thoughts about Enchanted! “The story is simply magical and so much more than a typical romantic fairy tale.” —Luxury Reading “Enchantments abound in Enchanted: balls, magic both dark and light, true love, sorcery, and lyrical writing.” — Misfit Salon “Enchanted offers a new way to read some of your old favorites. Kontis…

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The HMH Bankruptcy [UPDATE]

I have just spoken to my dear fairy godmother at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt–she reassured me that this restructuring is actually cause for celebration, and so I would like to pass this reassurance on to you, my friends & family. Things at this particular publisher have indeed been a mess ever since the Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt merger back in…

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Princess Mysteries

Are you ready, world? Today, Eleusinian Mysteries is unveiling another EXCLUSIVE YOUTUBE VIDEO of Princess Alethea, all dressed up and reading an excerpt from Enchanted. This one is a brief, sweet, painfully touching scene that takes place after Sunday thinks she’s lost the best friend she ever had, and the closest thing she’s ever felt to true love. But…

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Music Monday (Fairy Tale Edition)

Every Monday while I’m on book tour for Enchanted, I’m going to share a fun music video that features love, fairy tales, magic, or my inspirations. This week’s song is “Fairytale” by Sarah Bareilles. My dear friend Kit McCormick introduced this one to me a couple of years ago. As a Grimm Grrl, I love the lyrics. As a…

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‘Tis Better to Be Talked About

…than not talked about, my Mama Mitchell always said. Over at whatchYAreading, Caitlin and Christine discuss their reactions to Enchanted. *************** Christine and I picked up Enchanted by Alethea Kontis because of how cute it sounded. And we were not disappointed! Fairy tales, family drama, political intrigue, and a dashing frog-prince. What’s not to love? *************** Find out what…

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