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May 19
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Another STARRED review—and Chicago magazine says The Black Hour is “hammock reading”!

By Lori | Black Hour, Media, Reviews | No Comments

This one’s big, friends. The Black Hour got a STARRED review from Publishers Weekly last week! And if you’re a subscriber to PW, you’ll also notice my smiling mug in a Q&A with them this week. How much do I love PW? A LOT. Also this week,…

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May 01
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REAL books—and a starred review!

By Lori | Black Hour, Reviews | 8 Comments

Big news: The Black Hour is a real book. I don’t have any yet, but THEY EXIST. With covers! And PAGES. They also have spines with the right typeface! This is huge. They still won’t ship until July 8, you understand, but if you’re at BEA in…

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Mar 28
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March conferences: In like a lion, out also like a lion

By Lori | Black Hour, Conferences, Debutante Ball, Fangirl, Writing life | No Comments

I’ve been meaning to spend a little time on my adventures this month. March, they say. In fact, it’s almost April, and yet here we are, with weather that seems rather January in nature. But March: I went to my first Public Library Association conference in Indianapolis,…

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Mar 24
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THE BLACK HOUR gets a little sister!

By Lori | Black Hour, Little Pretty Things, News, Publishing, Writing | No Comments

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 of news, right? Oops again. But here it is: I sold my second novel, a mystery tentatively…

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Jan 28
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New and muchly improved website

By Lori | Black Hour, Conferences, Internetz, News | 2 Comments

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? Can you stand it? Tremendous thanks to Karen Barry of Austin, Texas, the genius behind my new…

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Jan 20
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Self-preservation in the face of self-promotion

By Lori | Black Hour, Publishing, Writing life | No Comments

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 to, you know, say something helpful. I wasn’t lying over at the Deb Ball about my conflicted…

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Jan 15
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How to write significant detail and my plans for a meltdown

By Lori | Black Hour, Life, Publishing, Writing life | No Comments

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 to see what the other ladies are talking about, but I liked my post on significant detail…

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Dec 09
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Flying my nerd flag for my book cover

By Lori | Black Hour, Fangirl, Publishing, Writing life | No Comments

Guess how much I love the book cover for THE BLACK HOUR? You won’t be able to guess. REALLY nerdy. Just read about it.

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Oct 21
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The Black Hour is available for pre-order!

By Lori | Black Hour, Writing life | No Comments

This is very very PRE, but today The Black Hour went on sale at Amazon! It will be available for Kindle, Nook, and other e-platforms as well, as well as in print at other sellers. Amazon just managed to get there really early. So, big day. I…

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Sep 23
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How five people helped me write a book

By Lori | Black Hour, Debutante Ball, Fangirl, Life, Writing life | No Comments

I wrote it, sure. But there were a lot of moments leading up to me writing the book that helped it happen. Read about five people who helped The Black Hour become a reality.

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