10 out of 10!

While I was doing the YouTube research on my Making Money blog post yesterday, I came across something very fun. Out of curiosity, I typed “Alethea Kontis” into the YouTube search function to see if any of my videos or deleted scenes (or interviews at Dragon*Con, or fan videos of various panels) came up first. Surprisingly, what came up…

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A Plethora of Updates

The trouble with going on book tour when your book comes out is that all these wonderful things happen online when you’re on the road! So, in no particular order: ******************* Look Ma! I’m on stage directly after Neil Gaiman! Here is the online recording of the Nebula Awards Ceremony — I show up around 1:12:00, right after Neil…

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Princess Alethea’s Magical Elixir

New reviews are up at Intergalactic Medicine Show! I’m off for the next two months while on book tour — in the meantime, my review column will be usurped by my dear friend and fellow Codexian Jamie Todd Rubin. I for one am really looking forward to his reviews–which have a decidedly more sci-fi flavor. I’m hoping that after…

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The Princess and the Queen

Yes, indeed, I am having tea with the queen today — Ms. Book Queen, to be exact! The gorgeous Queen Ny has graciously invited me to stay at her palace for TWO SOLID DAYS of Enchantment! Today and tomorrow (May 22 and 23rd), Ms. Book Queen will be posting a review of Enchanted and a lovely interview with MOI….

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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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Moirae Reviews ENCHANTED

A new review of ENCHANTED is up at Moirae (the Fates) Book Reviews: http://moiraethefatesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/enchanted.html I encourage you all to pop by and see what The Fates thought of my little fairy tale! I have been invited back to do an interview with the Moirae on April 25th…stay tuned!   Tweet

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Princess Alethea’s Magical Elixir

And now…the March reviews! Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer EAN: 9780312641894 It is so incredibly wonderful when a delicious book comes along that you gobble up in less than a day . . . and so disappointing when that book doesn’t end. Cinder was described to me as “Cinderella meets The Fifth Element,” so I was on board from page one….

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Princess Alethea’s Magical Elixir

There was a snafu last month with the February reviews — everything is fixed now, and they have been posted simultaneously with the March reviews. The IGMS book reviews for February are: Title: Witchlanders Author: Lena Oakley EAN: 9781442420045 Take all the classic elements of fantasy and swirl them around (stirred, not shaken), and you have Witchlanders. There’s nothing…

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