And there are discounts if you buy it from the publisher’s website! (God, I love this cover.) High school teacher Danny Wakeman has spent sixteen years believing that his childhood friend, Marcus Gaines, saved his life after an accident. But Danny’s perspective on the world gets turned inside-out when he and the woman he wants to marry, Sara McBride,…
Stephan "Spartacus" Pastis recently attempted to sign up an account on Facebook for his mostly-autobiographical character Rat. Listed as "Pearls Rat," it lasted for less than a week before Facebook deleted his account because Rat wasn’t a real person. I get the rules…but I have to say, I’m bummed. Stephan doesn’t have a website, or a blog, or a…
She shelved books like an accusation… Yesterday I came back from lunch (one should always go out to lunch on Halloween, especially if one is dressed as a princess) to a lovely acceptance letter (few acceptance letters are not lovely) from Amber at The Writer’s Eye. This pro-rate online magazine is celebrating its first year of publication. As a…
Princess Mia I got a great letter from my friend Margo (of High School Reunion fame) the other day, and I had to share it. If you have any pictures of your kids with AlphaOops, please send them along! *************** My two year old daughter is beginning to learn her alphabet. She has become enchanted with the story of…
The lovely agent extraordinare Jenny Rappaport is currently reading Beauty & Dynamite, and she asked me to please write an essay for the "Book Block" feature on her blog, LIT SOUP. In return, I asked her to say a few words of her own. I didn’t realize they were going to make me cry. Alethea is a magic fairy princess…
Last night, in celebration of my anniversary of being princessly fabulous and oh-thank-god single, my girlfriends and I went to see the tragilariously appropriate dress rehearsal of the Nashville Opera’s Don Giovanni. (The Ingrams are very big patrons of the arts, and sometimes tickets to such events fall from the drop-ceiling-sky like pink autumn leaves from drought-stricken trees.) Lillie…
Anxiety dreams are born with us; they grow and evolve with us and take on many different shades. What scared us then doesn’t scare us now, and vice versa. Sometimes it’s not so much fear as it is general preoccupation, some deep-seeded nagging thing we’ve shoved to the bottom of our mental priority list for so long that its…
Kudos to Nancy "Cutie Pie" Frank for coming up with such a great blog post title. However, I do not want to blog about Context. I feel like if I do, I’ll have to admit it’s over, and I don’t wanna. But you can check out the bazillion pics I took of the awesomeness. It’s amazing how great people…
It’s time for The Scene’s BEST OF NASHVILLE Reader’s Poll! There are a TON of categories…but it’s a heck of a lot of fun for anyone who lives in Nashville or its surrounding counties. Ballots need to be filled out by September 10th. Some of my votes:Favorite Local Artist: Janet LeeFavorite Local Author: Mike LeeFavorite Public School Teacher: Carol BerningFavorite Chinese…
Fairy Tales of Arilland that have been translated into…
Fairy Tales of Arilland that have been translated into…
Fairy Tales of Arilland that have been translated into…
