See little insights into the mind of Lisa with these personal musings and quips.
I’m going to share what I think is the big, fat, secret, magic ingredient behind successful young adult fiction. This is just my unpolished, unpaid, amateur opinion, but as someone who was once a young adult and who now, as a mid-30s adult, is still enthralled by great YA reads, I feel somewhat qualified to […]
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Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” Alice: “I think you might do something better with the time than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers.” —— Thank you, dear Alice. Though there are various answers speculated to that riddle, I have none, though my thoughts today are on ravens. Disney
Ok, so now that I think about it, that’s a lame attempt at a title of a blog post in which I want to talk about why I both adore traditional books and e-books! But, it’s a Monday, and that’s where I am, people. The fact is, I love to read. Period. I was the
As I’m all tangled up in thorns and roses and spindles and winding threads, the words of Anne Bronte are there to set us all aright. #amwriting
When I picked up the new book Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, the cover had me thinking I was going to be transported to a Tudors-esque time, something like CW’s Reign (which I am addicted to, by the way. The clothes! I love the clothes!) – but I was totally surprised to find instead a
I just finished two really fun middle grade books whose covers caught my eye at the library on the ‘new’ shelf. I’m trying to boost the amount of MG that I read, to make sure I’m up with what’s going on, for my MG novel. (Can I interrupt this regularly scheduled bit of book reviewing,
I just listened to a TED TALK by author Elizabeth Gilbert and it was so refreshing. Got 7 minutes? Watch it and be inspired. What a good reminder that no matter what you do, what makes us strong and what helps us survive and continue to do good work despite our successes or our failures, is to
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Just found this clipping my grandma had saved in her papers from when I had a little story published in our town paper in middle school. I have no recollection of writing this and find it funny that even back then, I had to include food – bread, butter and jam. Classic! (Note: the paper also spelled
I’ve usually got about 4-6 books going on my Kindle at any one time. During a good week, I can read 3-4 books. My friends have asked me, “How do you have time to write?” Well, so far, when I’m writing a book, I just replace some of my reading time with writing time in the