Alisse Lee Goldenberg
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Fairy Fest and Sequel Headaches

6/24/2014

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Faery Fest has come and gone. Sigh. Now we gear up for the Pirate Festival! I am such a kid at these things. I mean, come on! I get to spend the weekend in a tent pretending I am a pirate, or a fairy! (Maybe a fairy pirate? Hmmm...)

This year's first festival was a little bit hard for me. Usually I have the lovely An Tran as my other half. (Or as one of the Pirate Festival people called her: "My Better Half".) But she was not able to attend. So I had the dubious pleasure of setting up my tent ALL BY MYSELF! And I did it! I was ridiculously proud of myself. Check it out:

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Not bad for someone with no design experience, eh? Then it was a matter of selling books, and bribing other merchants to watch my tent so I could do things such as: Eat lunch. Go to the bathroom. Visit other merchants. etc. All while dressed like this:
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In the meantime, between customers, watching jousting matches, and mummer performers, I was doing quite a bit of writing. As of last night, I am now nearly halfway through the first draft of the sequel to Sitnalta! I think I would be further if it wasn't for one little thing. You see, I didn't want to bring my laptop into a field in the heat, and typing on my phone is frustrating. So I wrote it all out by hand. This is frustrating, because I then had to type it all into the sequel file once I got home. So it was like rewrites before I even truly had a chance to edit it. Ah well.

The next day at the festival, I changed up my look a bit. I did this for one very good reason: I also had to pack everything up. I was NOT going to do that in a gauzy skirt and oneshouldered top. Therefore, it was a day to wear my pirate bloomers and corset. I know it sound weird, but that outfit was much better for heavy lifting and moving about  in. Also, a very sincere thank you to Curtis who graciously helped me pack my tent frame into my car. You were a real life saver!

Now here's my problem. I would love to incorporate my Sitnalta sequel into marketing efforts, and such for the first book. However, I have no idea what to call the darn thing. Furthermore, every time I try to tell people what it's about, I tend to babble. I am no good at blurbs. It all comes out like this: the coin is important. There is a bit of a love story. Sitnalta is a character in it. Can't say too much without giving important plot points away. Kralc! SPOILERS! Then I get this look from whomever I'm speaking to:

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Yeah. I need help. Also, I uploaded a Gif to my blog! Yay me and technology! I'm learning!

In other news, An and I are almost done edits on Ouroboros, and I'm really excited about this particular story. It was also a pain to name. For a while we were calling it The Short Story NOT Named "Fire". So, there's hope for me yet.

Now: MORE PICTURES!


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Fairy One Man Band
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My second day costume.
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If anyone can read my chicken scratch handwriting and come up with a title, you will have my eternal gratitude!
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Anthologies, Faery Fest, and Dance

6/18/2014

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It's been a while since I've updated. But I have a decent excuse. As you know, An and I have been working on a short story that will be published in an upcoming YA Paranormal Romance anthology called Night Life. Yeah, that's right. We're ROMANCE writers now! I have to say, I was nervous about venturing into another genre, but I enjoyed it. Who knows? I may dabble in it again. As a matter of fact, my soon to be released novel The Dybbuk's Mirror does have a romantic subplot in it. Maybe the genre wasn't so new to me after all.


Anyway, our Night Life story is due on July 1, so we've been working like mad to finish it, get the edits done, etc. We've finally chosen a title (subject to change if our editors hate it.) and we're going with Ouroboros. Why do I always name books and people after things that spell check hates? Oh well. Anyway, check out the anthology's cover:

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Pretty snazzy eh? Also, the other authors in here are all awesome, so if you're looking for some good reading... hint, hint.


Other updates: this weekend is FAERY FEST! I am ridiculously excited about this. Yet another opportunity to dress up and have an awesome time. Yes, I will officially be there selling and signing my books, so if you're around check it out in Marden Park in Guelph. Unfortunately, I don't have An with me, but I do have Tal! I've known him since he was two, and my brother's best friend. Also, he's letting me dress him up. Yay! After that comes Pirate Festival in August.




Last weekend was Father's Day, and the triplets' first dance recital. I didn't know what to expect from them. All I know is that they've been dancing up a storm at home, and in their class (which I get to watch with the other parents on a television the school provides in their waiting area.). I like to think they were amazing. I think every parent thinks that watching their kids up on stage. They didn't really do the dance they were supposed to, but they were extremely brave getting up there and facing the crowd. I am so proud of them. I will definitely have pictures soon. Their costumes were too cute!




I will have more updates soon, and will be better at this once Ouroboros is officially submitted!



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