Posts in the Category: NEWS
By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on August 12th, 2011
Finding my name included in the list of nominees for the Community Contributor award, and in such illustrious company, too, was this week’s biggest surprise and delight!
Reposted from the Steamcon’s Airship Awards Facebook Group
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS & WRITING on July 22nd, 2011
I’ve been a bad girl. I’ve allowed myself to get distracted by a thousand different things, become a virtual social butterfly, and forgotten what’s really important to me—writing my book.
Something needs to be done.
My problem …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS & STEAMPUNK on December 14th, 2010
During an animated #SteampunkChat last Friday we discussed those who have jumped on the Steampunk bandwagon by merely tacking Steampunk elements on to a story that could live very well …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS & SOCIAL MEDIA on November 21st, 2010
On Saturday night I was elbow-deep in boeuf bourguignon, preparing for a dinner party, when I got an e-mail from Niki Chanel of Los Angeles Romance Authors, a chapter of Romance Writers of …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on August 1st, 2010
I’ve been spending the weekend at the SCBWI 2010 Summer Conference and yesterday listened to Nick Eliopulos’ session on writing, illustrating and publishing graphic novels, a segment of the publishing industry I know pretty much …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on May 5th, 2010
[Photo: from left to right—Debby Garfinkle, agent Laura Rennert, Jay Asher]
Today’s post is a short update on the Writer Beware Blogs! mention of me by Alyx Dellamonica, one of …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS & SOCIAL MEDIA on April 30th, 2010
There’s a guest post by Alyx Dellamonica at the Writer Beware blog today mentioning me as an example of a writer responding to the current market …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on March 20th, 2010
Gosh, where did the week go? I was going to post an update on the goings on at the Big Sur Writers Workshop as soon as I …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on February 9th, 2010
It’s almost time for the Big Sur Writing Workshop and this year I’m super excited because I’m only using it as a writing retreat. Instead, it’s my son …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on February 4th, 2010
How is it possible to love a city as much as I love New York? It’s not even my home town. I only lived there for a few years, twenty years ago, yet each time …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on July 15th, 2009
I just got an e-mail update from Laura saying the edited pitch I’ve posted here is “excellent – very nicely compressed and made more urgent.” So there you have it, …
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By Lia
Posted in - NEWS on February 28th, 2009
You have to be mad to want to write a children’s book. Absolutely certifiable. It’s so much harder than it looks! But now that I’ve talked about it, and signed …
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