This should have been up 3 days ago, but I lost time due to a migraine, too much smoke (I'm a delicate flower, people), and an energy vampire. I promise you'll get another chapter this week.
Oh, and before I forget, I'm offering up an ...
2023-08-23 01:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
So I've slowly been reading again, but it's still been really hit and miss. I went from "extreme editing brain mush" to "anxiety brain" because of book release stuff and then straight into meltdown territory with the printing debacle for Rough Aro...
2023-08-17 21:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The week a book comes out is really busy and a wee bit stressful. Most of it is good stress! But some of it is...not. Events go awry, bookmarks don't show up or are damaged, bookstores that promised to stock your book forget to order it, etc. And ...
2023-08-15 02:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been reading again, so I'll have some more book posts soon, but in the mean time, here's a snippet of the new book I've been drafting, See You Next Year which will be a straight up teen slasher comedy. Sort of Breakfast Club meets Ready or No...
2023-08-08 20:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry to make you wait so long for this chapter, but I realized that right after the cliff hanger last week, I needed to go over and check on the characters holding the veil. I felt if I posted just that without more on Sam and Brid, some of you m...
2023-08-06 01:23:03 +0000 UTC View Post
You have all been so patient and how do I reward you? A chapter that is very cliffhanger-y. I'd say I was sorry, but I'm not. However, I finished edits both on Rough Around the Hedges (which is now completely done) and Red in Tooth and Claw (which...
2023-07-27 19:31:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Book is due Friday and I'm furiously editing while on retreat. Thought I'd share a little snippet! For context, HisBen is a shortened title standing for "His Benevolence." Enjoy! --Lish
Miss Honeywell opened the door to the left o...
2023-07-19 13:53:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends--I'm desperately holding on to the idea that in 4 days, I'll be on my writing retreat and get to focus on one thing and not be interrupted every ten seconds. Yesterday I had my mom texting me asking if I knew where her shoes were (she ...
2023-07-13 00:17:58 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the thing I like about being a writer is getting to research a lot of random things. For example, today I'm editing Red in Tooth and Claw, which my editor has dubbed as an "anti-historical Western horror--with bite and a touch of humor." (W...
2023-07-05 23:22:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to post something new and fun this week, but I've been too overloaded to do an entire chapter. And honestly, I'm glad I did this? The text exchanges are so fun and this one does a call back to one of my favorites. (If you haven't read the...
2023-07-01 21:53:21 +0000 UTC View Post
So it turns out the compiled version of Big Trouble, Little Necromancer was missing chapter 8. *sighs* So here's a new one WITH chapter 8 as well as chapter 30. Sorry about that!
--Lish
2023-07-01 20:14:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I created a sort of master list here. You can always get signed copies from Third Place Books, but I'll also be doing some local events--right now I have one at...
2023-06-30 20:14:43 +0000 UTC View Post
My brain wasn't cooperating on writing a new scene for the YA book I'm editing right now, so I popped over to do copy edits on the first half of Rough Around the Hedges. (I am looking forward to mid-July, when both of these projects will hopefully...
2023-06-24 00:45:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I am still slogging through my massive workload. Just so very much going on and I'm worn thin. BUT, I managed to get a wee chapter of BTLN together for you. YAAAAY. And now, back to the work cave.
Hope you're all having a good week.
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2023-06-22 05:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
There are two going on right now! First, to win a copy of A Little Too Familiar on audio, you can enter here.
Second, if you follow me on 2023-06-16 19:43:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a small piece from Vanessa's POV. Enjoy!
Inexplicably my eyes teared up and I was suddenly overwhelmed with feelings. I hated feelings. They were the opposite of helpful.
Will stopped rubbing Savvy’s feet so he could ...
2023-06-15 20:33:50 +0000 UTC View Post
For those that did the contest and wanted to see which ones you guessed right, I've put them all below. I didn't use all of these I don't think, but also didn't want to go back and see what ones I did use so I'm just posting all of them. Also, a q...
2023-06-15 20:28:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends--I finished my Rough Around the Hedges edits last night at like one AM and am today a very tired Lish. I'm taking the rest of the day off after a ton of admin this morning, but I'll be back to drafting tomorrow--which means I'll be wor...
2023-06-15 20:17:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The winners of the trivia contest have been notified. Y'all did amazing. Seriously. I'm *almost* done with edits for RATH (except for copy edits and all that), so that means I'm hoping next week I'll be back to posting chapters...while I edited my...
2023-06-10 03:46:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder of the rules: I will post quotes from each book. You message me and tell me which characters said them. The three people who get the most correct by Wednesday June 7th will win a prize. (I'll cut off the contrast at 11:59 PM PST, ...
2023-06-05 17:37:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder of the rules: I will post quotes from each book. You message me and tell me which characters said them. The three people who get the most correct by Wednesday June 7th will win a prize. (I'll cut off the contrast at 11:...
2023-06-05 17:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder of the rules: I will post quotes from each book. You message me and tell me which characters said them. The three people who get the most correct by Wednesday June 7th will win a prize. (I'll cut off the contrast at 11:59 PM PST, ...
2023-06-04 21:56:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder of the rules: I will post quotes from each book. You message me and tell me which characters said them. The three people who get the most correct by Wednesday June 7th will win a prize. (I'll cut off the contrast at 11:59 PM PST, ...
2023-06-04 21:47:29 +0000 UTC View Post
For those in the DC area, I'll be at ApollyCon next year! I've never been and it looks a little bananas in the best possible way. Check it out! I might have to thin...
2023-06-02 20:53:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder of the rules: I will post quotes from each book. You message me and tell me which characters said them. The three people who get the most correct by Wednesday June 7th will win a prize. (I'll cut off the contrast at 11:59 PM PST, ...
2023-06-02 20:51:07 +0000 UTC View Post
So I was lamenting to Copy Editor Mel about feeling bad because while I'm editing and dealing with a truly bananas amount of stuff at home, I'm neglecting you all. Mel had a pretty fun idea--we're going to do some trivia! The rules: I will...
2023-05-30 22:10:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm deep in the editing cave and I hate it. People keep interrupting me, demanding things like "food" and asking me to "pay bills" and drive people places. It's always really hard to get back into editing brain, so this vexes me deeply. This, my f...
2023-05-25 01:10:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the book Sam talks about in the beginning of this chapter. I cannot tell you how many times I checked it out of my school library. I reread it so many times, even when the stories bummed me out. (I'm looking at you, Cerberus.)
I was ...
2023-05-17 00:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been editing a lot this week--between putting together my newsletter, doing a cover reveal, creating the images for that, writing the next Sam chapter, and about 800 other things. When I edit a lot, my brain becomes pudding. That's a running ...
2023-05-13 00:43:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I haven't shown this publicly to anyone yet--I just got the final today! I'll probably send it out in my newsletter next, but thought you, my friends, should get first look. I haven't written up the back cover summary yet, but I'll do that (hopefu...
2023-05-09 20:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post