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May 27
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“Our Lips Are Sealed” by Lori Rader-Day

By Lori | Bouchercon, Lori story, Story link, Writing | No Comments

  First published March 2020 in Murder-A-Go-Go’s, edited by Holly West (Down & Out Books) Our Lips Are Sealed by Lori Rader-Day When the credits for the movie the girls weren’t supposed to be watching started to roll, Colbie went to check that her mother was asleep,…

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Mar 19
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The Lucky One online book talk

By Lori | The Lucky One, Writing, Writing life | No Comments

Did I cancel an event where I supposed to tell you all about The Lucky One? I’m so sorry. I had to. You have to. We all have to. Please stay inside as much as possible because, if you’re here, I like you or love you or…

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Mar 18
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A very Lucky playlist

By Lori | The Lucky One, Writing | No Comments

I write to music. I can write to cafe noise or silence, too, but I love finding a new song I can write to, especially one that gives me the right feeling for the tone of the scene I’m writing. Every novel has had a playlist (here’s…

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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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Aug 02
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Little pretty things I found while writing the book

By Lori | Little Pretty Things, Writing, Writing life | No Comments

One of the fun things I’m doing now that I have some time to think: gathering my thoughts on some new projects. I’ll be talking to my agent soon about what ideas I have and which ones might be the best way to spend the next few…

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Jan 28
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The Little Pretty Playlist

By Lori | Little Pretty Things, Writing | One Comment

There’s a discussion going on over at Facebook among a few mystery writers about music. Specifically, Dana Cameron is building a playlist to get her through the draft of her next book. If that sentence needs no further explanation, skip this paragraph. For the rest of you:…

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Nov 25
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LITTLE PRETTY THINGS is off to my editor!

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YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
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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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Feb 04
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How I write: Do you know the word “ouroboros”?

By Lori | Little Pretty Things, Writing, Writing life | No Comments

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 wish I’d already finished it. What’s interesting, though, is that the time I’ve taken on this book…

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Dec 16
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How to quit writing

By Lori | Debutante Ball, Writing, Writing life | No Comments

Today’s my day over at The Debutante Ball. Take a look at how I gave up writing in five years of easy, daily lessons. I’m working on a new design for the site. In the mean time, I sort of forget that I should write some content…

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