And now, a few words from our author...

“When are you going to write a book about your kids?”

Those of you who have been following me for any amount of time are probably aware that my other job is as a stay-at-home mom to two kidlets I have called the SugarBean and Tiny Moncler outlet Doom. As is the way of life, the SugarBean now refers to herself as Jinx in certain gaming…
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August 25, 2015 0

DragonCon Schedule!

Where I will *tentatively* be (besides the dealers room and the bar)   Princess Alethea’s Traveling Sideshow Readings, music, & more from a motley band of costumed authors, plus swag! Time: Fri 07:00 pm Location: A707 – Marriott (Length: 1 Hour) (Tentative Panelists: Alethea Kontis, Leanna Renee Hieber, Gray Rinehart, Lisa Mantchev, Delilah S. Dawson,…
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August 20, 2015 0

All Are Welcome

Sylvie Frank and my fantastic team at Paula Wiseman has forwarded printable versions of the STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS Pet Club Invitation and Coloring Page featuring the glorious artwork of illustrator Taeeun Yoo. Clicky the linky to download. Here is a preview of the darling. And save the magliette calcio a poco prezzo release date… October 27th!…
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June 30, 2015 0

LOST ANGELES series announcement

Every time you heard me muttering on Facebook or Twitter about vampires and archangels… this is the project I was working on. COMING SUMMER, 2015… In Los Angeles, everyone could use a guardian angel, even if you’re a tiny piece of Heaven. A year ago, Lourdes Chase lost two months of her life to a…
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April 29, 2015 0

Cover Reveal for STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS!

Once again, the Cover Gods smile upon me. My lovely editor, Sylvie Frank, emailed me this yesterday, then gave me the green light to share it with you immediately! VOILA… The gorgeous cover art by Taeeun Yoo for the tiny elephant book! Be sure to click through to see it, bigger than life. And then…
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March 20, 2015 0

SUGAR SKULL book deal!

I’ve been sitting oh-so-patiently on this news for a month, but now I can fire off the confetti cannons, because Skyscape is going to publish SUGAR SKULL, my near-future YA/NA collaboration with fellow scribbler and smartarse Glenn Dallas. Author of TICKER and the THEATRE ILLUMINATA trilogy, Lisa Mantchev’s and debut author Glenn Dallas’s YA SUGAR…
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February 4, 2015 0