Author Archives: Lissa

30 Day Disney Princess Challenge: Day 1

Favorite movie Why is Tangled my favourite Disney Princess movie? For a long time it wasn’t. For a long time Beauty and the Beast was my all-time favourite. Both films contain heroines I can identify with. Belle is bookish and uninterested in succumbing to peer pressure. Rapunzel leads a sheltered life until one day sheContinue reading “30 Day Disney Princess Challenge: Day 1”

Should authors produce similar content?

This was one of my problems when I first published an adult novel and then switched to Young Adult. Branding Should authors produce the same kinds of stories? Personally I loved reading Maria V Snyder’s Poison Study series and then the Healer series and finding them both basically the same kind of story, with theContinue reading “Should authors produce similar content?”

Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page

As a writer, I feel the need to really know my characters, their situations, their props and settings. For The Edge of Darkness, that wasn’t so hard. It was largely a made-up world, set in deep space on a spaceship and the weapons used were also made up. Internet-Based Research I did some research onContinue reading “Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page”

Beautiful People May 2016

Beautiful People is a linkup hosted by Cait @ Paper Fury and Sky @ Further Up and Further In. It’s aimed at writers so we can answer the questions about our characters and our books. It’s designed to help you get to know your book better! (And also give your followers a sneak peek of your works-in-progresses.) BeautifulContinue reading “Beautiful People May 2016”