THE BLACK HOUR gets a little sister!
I mentioned my big news on Facebook and Twitter but kinda forgot to put it here. Oops. Not like I had a fantastic, gorgeous site built just for this kind [...]
CONTEST: Win KILMOON by Lisa Alber
This week is the launch of my friend Lisa Alber's debut novel, KILMOON—and, to celebrate, I’m giving away a brand new copy of it to one lucky reader here on [...]
This week at PLA
Anyone going to be library-ing it up at the Public Library Association's conference this week in Indianapolis? I hear the city is double-booked with high school basketball tournaments. That is [...]
Leave room in the suitcase for books
Today's my day on the Debutante Ball, where we're talking about writing conferences. My post is basically a list of all the places I'm going to be this year. (I [...]
Sometimes timely by accident
On Monday, I posted at The Debutante Ball about my first love. Yes, yes, my mother, my dad, my little sister, books, cupcakes, etc. I wanted to talk about my [...]
How I write: Do you know the word “ouroboros”?
This week on the Debutante Ball, we're talking about books we wish we'd written. I had some standard answers. My non-standard answer is probably: the book I'm still writing. I [...]
Big winners announced
Out of all the lovely people who signed up for updates from me and were therefore in the drawing for a prize pack, I chose—my sister-in-law, Krista Wulf Day! Now. [...]
New and muchly improved website
Welcome to the new and improved LoriRaderDay.com. I can't tell you how excited I am about my new site. The trees. Oh, the trees. And the lines from my book? [...]
Self-preservation in the face of self-promotion
Today's my day over at the Debutante Ball, and our topic is self-promotion. Hoo, boy. I mean, I found some things to say, but I suppose I could also try [...]
How to write significant detail and my plans for a meltdown
Over at the Debutante Ball this week, we're talking about craft topics. Not, like, crocheting—which I can totally do, by the way—but writing craft topics. You can click on over [...]