Lisa Mantchev's Blog, page 32

All hail our internet overlords!

I am still sorting through all the information about the Google Book Settlement.  My agents at the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency have put together there thoughts here, including insights from the Grumpy Literary Agent.

So I am linking, because more information is better than the alternative (which, if you're me, previously consisted of a lot of *flail* and "AAAARGH" and not being certain what to do about all this.)

Bard and Groundlings

Not only is it International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day (ipstp ) but it's also Talk Like Shakespeare Day. So, in celebration of both Bard and Groundlings, you get a snippet from EYES LIKE STARS, in which I had to think (and talk) like several of Shakespeare's Characters:

"I'll see thee hanged on Sunday first!" screamed an offstage voice. The words were followed by one of Bertie's shoes thrown at the head of a laughing man in a shabby crimson doublet.
   
Petruchio kissed his fist and waved it

The birth of the juggernaut

Is when the teen readers start writing your domain name on their combat boots, right?








By Fairynne of Rock The Arts

Posted On The Call Board:

The Management of the Théâtre Illuminata is pleased to announce the forthcoming Full Cast Audio production of EYES LIKE STARS!

Players have been secured, and recording commenced yesterday with Daniel Bostick directing, featuring the voice talents of Cynthea Bishop as the narrator, Lydia Rose Shahan as Bertie, Zachary Exton as Nate, and Matthew Smith as Ariel (to name but a few talented actors involved!)

Opening Night (release date) is currently set at October 15th, 2009.

Visit FCA's YouTube channel

If Peaseblossom went swimming

She would wear something like this

(Via Trisha at the YA YA YAs)

I will totally be ordering Fairie-ality Home: A Sourcebook of Inspirations from Nature by David Ellwand (Candlewick, 9/09)

The following is from FAIRIE-ALITY, THE FASHION COLLECTION FROM THE HOUSE OF ELLWAND.

NorwesCon 32

With some photos, but certainly not all...

Thursday included a lovely convening in the hotel bar with sunilsebastian, jennawaterford, katatomic  and blue_succubus during which we used our magickal powers to summon jlassen into our midst. I had no programming whatsoever on Thursday, and it was nice not to hit the ground running.

Switched into high gear on Friday. This shot is from one of my four panels... "How to Break In" with myself, Gordon Van Gelder, and scarlettina. Not surprisingly, it was cr

Voila

So, I spent three and a half hours yesterday with aluminum foils on my head.

Have a picture. Without makeup. Setting sun actually washed it out.  O_o

*snerk*

I totally wrote this haiku. Not on the actual underwear, though.

(NSFW. Maybe. If you have uptight bosses or impressionable young kids who've only ever seen their daddies in boxer shorts running around.)

A Conning We Will Go

My To Do List would probably freak out my mother.  Trying to pack up for NorwesCon, it includes such choice items as:

1) relace laces in WWII spats
2) distress leather corset
3) clean *ahem* a certain dress
4) visit salon/piercing/tattoo parlor (hair dye and cut only this time... I swear!)
5) locate silver Sharpie pens

Already located: fishnet tights and gloves, steampunkery, harajuku slouch socks, caffeinated mints, low carb Monster, energy bars

Official con paraphernalia includes: badge ribbons, busi

What's in a Name?

The Management of the Théâtre Illuminata is pleased to announce that the second book in the series is titled PERCHANCE TO DREAM.

Be sure to purchase your season tickets at the Box Office.  ;)

Also, many thanks to Becky at Becky's Book Reviews for interviewing me.