Lise's Latest Blogs
Jan.26.2011 - 9:54 am
For a lot of my friends, a retreat is an excuse to get together with friends and hang out and talk about a favorite topic. It's more like a mini-vacation with a little work thrown...
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Feb.09.2010 - 3:49 pm
In the past few months, I've sent literally hundreds of submissions. I know that you're not supposed to, but I often send dozens of simultaneous submissions at a time, so it's not...
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Dec.30.2009 - 10:31 am
As a Buddhist living in a Western country, I feel caught between two very different definitions of "happiness." Both traditions insist that happiness is something worth...
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About Lise
I live in the Santa Cruz mountains with my family and a prohibitive number of animals. My first novel won First Prize for Novel at the 2005 East of Eden writer's conference. I've also won the Sheila K. Smith prize for fiction.






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