That's right, back to real life and back to work after a great holiday season and new year. Hope everyone had a great time. Did you miss me ( Read more... )

I've had a busy few days...good but busy. If you've been following me on twitter, you probably already know that I've done it. Again. Graceful Death is finished!

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And as far as first drafts go, I'm guessing it isn't great. Oh there are some gems in there, but overall it's going to need a major overhaul. Which I'm looking forward to. Just not yet ( Read more... )

I looked up from my edits this morning and saw my calendar said August. AUGUST!?! Already? Where has the year gone? My next thought was September follows August. A serious duh moment, I know, but September held some significance for me last year. I created a "September Writing Month" where, you guessed it, I wrote my butt off.

I'd love to hold ( Read more... )

In a special edition of Teaser Tuesday (which I don't do that often anyway), I have for you a short snippet from my current YA UF, The Council Girl (working title). I don't want to say too much to set it up since, hopefully it speaks for itself. So let's just say this excerpt comes from the second chapter when the main character's teacher asks her ( Read more... )

Eep. It's been a month since I've posted? Whoops. Hopefully being hard at work then on vacation takes some of that sting out of my month long hiatus ( Read more... )

The Council Girl:


65256 / 65000 words. 100% done ( Read more... )

The Council Girl is giving me trouble, and not just today either. Ever since NaNo ended in November, writing has be slooooow. I made some headway yesterday by finishing up Chapter Nineteen, but now I’m stumped on Chapter Twenty.

The funny part is, I know why my interest has waned, it’s because I keep thinking about another project. I keep going ( Read more... )

In honor of the holidays, and the month of December, Fun Fridays are back!

And what is more fun than Twitter? I have finally done it. I am officially on twitter as @LisaMBasso

Also, work continues (slowly) on The Council Girl (still working on a list of titles)



53987 / 60000 words. 90% done ( Read more... )

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Next week I will be doing a Guest blog and giveaway here for the 25 Paranormal Days of Christmas event on December 3rd.


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