Liana Brooks – Page 33

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Making Progress!

I started physical therapy in January after finally realizing that, no, resting wasn’t making my hip better. When the pain was so bad I considered buying a gun to shot my leg, I went to the doctor (see me make good choices!). After several tests it was determined that I…

WHEN FIRST THEY PRACTICE TO DECEIVE – cover reveal and guest post by Carolyn LaRoche

I’d like to thank Liana for inviting me to visit her blog today. I am very excited about my upcoming new release from Limitless Publishing, When First They Practice to Deceive. This is the third book in the Secret Lives series and I am absolutely in love with this cover!…

Note To Self – a post by Amy Laurens

This is post is shamelessly stolen (with Amy’s belated permission) from www.AmyLaurens.com Dear Self, Here’s the thing. You’ve been waffling back and forth over this thing called writing for a long time now, and really, we’ve all had just about enough. You say you want this, that it’s a life…

Not All Books Are For Children

The YA/Adult reading line has a tendency to elicit the same kind of violent opinion as the Vietnam War (excuse me – police action – right?). On one had you have the people who question why adults want to read (or write) about teenagers. I’m on the other side of…

Top Ten Allowable Reasons To Interrupt Mom While She’s Working (2.0)

Back in 2011 Corina Lawson published the original list of reasons children could reasonably interrupt a writing mother (or father). I love that list. It’s cute, and funny, and spot on. Nothing short a full zombie apocalypse should interrupt an author on a deadline. However, some of the jokes were…

March Goes Out Like A Lamb

This is normally where I’d announce the winner for the March prize, but since it’s International Idiot’s Awareness Day I’ve decided to wait until Monday so that no one deletes the notification as junk mail. March Writing Stats 31,000 Words Written — 50,000 Word (100 Pages) Edited – Blood shed,…

In Which Amy Laurens Steals The Blog.

Quick, everyone! Liana’s away! Let’s…. act like really civilised people and maybe read a book? HA. NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS IT. HA. *ahem* Aaaanyway. Liana is currently mired in the trenches of book 3 deadlines, so I’m here today to entertain you. Or at…

A Different Kind of Parent

Recently I had a reason to look up childhood depression. It’s exactly as depressing and heart-breaking as you imagine. And one of the themes I found running through the posts and discussions were the stories of people who struggled with depression but didn’t have familial support. People who were told…

It’s Okay To Give The Kids Weird Names

For those who follow me on twitter you might have noticed a new hashtag in the past few weeks: #FamilyHistory. Every spring the grade school has a family tree project. Every year I send my kids in with a bare three generations of living relatives because I’ve never sat down…

Guest Post from Stacey Agdern – Research and Writing

I’ve done research for every single book I’ve written, whether it’s been published or not. I’ve scoured the internet, searched through library shelves and ancient card catalogs. I adore the process. For the last few books I’ve written, I’ve gotten help. People I know happen to be involved with of…