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Apr.21.2012 - 9:06 am
What Do Readers Want?
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If you read (or write) historical fiction, check out the Historical Fiction Survey recently conducted over at  Mary Tod's A Writer of History blog. Setting out last month to...
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Mar.28.2012 - 11:43 am
Dream Weaver
Pardon me while I blink my way back out into the sunlight like one of the Mole People, but I've only just emeged from the immersive experience of reading The Night Circus. This...
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Mar.17.2012 - 5:46 pm
Sex vs. Love=Story
Picking a favorite sex scene is a challenge indeed. As in real life, sex should not necessarily be confused with love, but the most beloved literary scenes for me combine the two...
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Mar.15.2012 - 1:18 pm
BACK TO BACKSTORY
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Editing your own manuscript can be a lot like amputating a limb. But what if, through the miracle of modern technology, that limb could be restored? It's not that the procedure...
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Comments from Lisa

Feb.04.2012 - 6:57 pm
In response to: Five Things I Want to Do
A Luddite's Resolutions
Writing our intentions down makes us more likely to deliver. Ooh, I like it! However this works, visualizing tactic or...
Feb.04.2012 - 6:27 pm
In response to: If Not Now, When?
The Extra Day
Thanks, Modi. As the calendar page flipped this week, I realized it's a Leap Year, which means we're all given the gift...
Jan.31.2012 - 10:00 am
In response to: If Not Now, When?
Stuff
Absolutely! I've spent the last two years going through my late mother's things, & wishing she was still around to...
Oct.10.2011 - 10:48 am
In response to: SEX AT MIDNIGHT
Gabaldon vs Fear Factor
No one was more stunned than I was when I found out the HNS committee decided to put me on the same panel as La...
Aug.31.2010 - 3:30 pm
In response to: How Long Should a Novel Be?
Fashionable lengths
The original draft of my first novel was 900 ms pages. (Isn't everybody's?) I actually started sending it out; like an...

Writing

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Short Story: Runaways: A Serial Novel Online
Column: Art Happens
Column: Movies 4 Writers

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The Witch From The Sea
Oct.10.2001
The Witch From The Sea
Published by The Romance Reader
"A thoroughly satisfying romantic tale, filled with swashbuckling pirates, plenty of atmosphere, and characters who come alive. It’s a solid debut from an author to watch."
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About Lisa

I grew up in Hermosa Beach, CA, and graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a decorative, but not especially useful B.A. in Aesthetic Studies. I launched my writing career as a film critic for the Santa Cruz alternative weekly, Good Times, a position I've held...
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Lisa’s Favorite Books

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon. The entire Harry Potter ouvre (but especially The Prisoner of Azkaban) by J. K. Rowling....