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Mar 19
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The most-read piece I’ve ever written

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

I once published a short story in Good Housekeeping, which goes to 26 million people worldwide. But I feel as though maybe an article that I wrote for Writers Digest online might be the most popular thing I’ve ever written, because WD trots it out about every…

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Jul 06
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Little Pretty Eve

By Lori | Little Pretty Things, Publishing | No Comments

Tomorrow, Little Pretty Things is released. A year ago, on the day before my first book came out, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I wrote about it on The Debutante Ball, about how I was getting everything I’d ever wanted, but you can read it there—I…

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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 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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Aug 23
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BLACK HOUR book cover reveal and contest!

By Lori | Black Hour, Contest, News, Publishing | 145 Comments

Unless you’ve read the book (and I can count those people on one hand), you may not know how spot-on perfect this is—but it is. Thank you to Seventh Street Books for giving me a cover I will hold up proudly! I LOVE IT. And not just…

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Feb 20
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Catrinas Dance

By Lori | Lori story, Publishing, Short stories, Writing | 5 Comments

OH! I forgot something. I finally finally finally got my contributor’s copy of the anthology Dia de los Muertos, in which my story “The Catrinas Will Dance With Any Boy They Like” appears. The cover looks like this:My story is the last in the book, which I…

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Jan 02
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Anthologized!

By Lori | Lori story, Publishing, Short stories, Writing | One Comment

Totally geeked out that the anthology Dia de los Muertos, which includes my story “The Catrinas Will Dance With Any Boy They Like,” is now available…on Amazon.com! It’s like I’m a real writer or something. It’s also available directly from the publisher (using Paypal or by sending…

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Jun 30
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More good news, and a small rant directed at myself

By Lori | Publishing, Writing | 2 Comments

So a while back, I had a post up with some good news in it, and then took it down because I heard from someone at the good news-giving organization that it was under wraps for a while longer. Uh-oh. I have since heard that the news…

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