Liana Brooks – Page 33

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In Which Amy Laurens Steals The Blog.

Quick, everyone! Liana’s away! Let’s…. act like really civilised people and maybe read a book? HA. NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS IT. HA. *ahem* Aaaanyway. Liana is currently mired in the trenches of book 3 deadlines, so I’m here today to entertain you. Or at…

A Different Kind of Parent

Recently I had a reason to look up childhood depression. It’s exactly as depressing and heart-breaking as you imagine. And one of the themes I found running through the posts and discussions were the stories of people who struggled with depression but didn’t have familial support. People who were told…

It’s Okay To Give The Kids Weird Names

For those who follow me on twitter you might have noticed a new hashtag in the past few weeks: #FamilyHistory. Every spring the grade school has a family tree project. Every year I send my kids in with a bare three generations of living relatives because I’ve never sat down…

Guest Post from Stacey Agdern – Research and Writing

I’ve done research for every single book I’ve written, whether it’s been published or not. I’ve scoured the internet, searched through library shelves and ancient card catalogs. I adore the process. For the last few books I’ve written, I’ve gotten help. People I know happen to be involved with of…

You Say “Angry Feminist” Like It’s A Bad Thing

Last week I was in an awkward conversation where a woman said, “She’s one of those Angry Feminist types, you know?” and I couldn’t pull the lady to the side for an explanation. Was she upset about someone wanting gender equality or was she surprised that in this day and…

Work In Progress

Hi Liana-fans! This is Liana’s twin Amy here, just letting you know that we’re in the process of transferring everything over from Blogger to Liana’s shiny new website 🙂 Things will be up and working in the next few days, but feel free to let us know if you find…

On Being Responsible Killers – a guest post by Jane Lebak

Writers are no strangers to death. Neither are our characters. It hurts, but sometimes we have to kill one of them. https://twitter.com/LianaBrooks/status/620705651052773376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Back during my college days, while drifting to sleep, I thought about how the Bible says humans are made in the image of God, and then I thought…

Where Mother Gothel Went Wrong

Mother Gothel and Rapunzel from the Disney movie Tangled. The Disney movie TANGLED came out in 2010 and at this point I feel it’s fair to say Mother Gothel is the dumbest villain ever added to the villain pantheon. Not the bumblingest or the silliest or even the least frightening,…

The Unexpected Book Deal

This is the post I never thought I’d get to write. Back in July I spent five hours skyping my crit partner in Australia and sobbing about how this book was dead. The very last agent had it and I was sure a rejection was imminent. Me weird, strange,…

Missed Calls -or- How I Got My Agent

Monday morning I arrived home from the grocery store at 9:06. My phone was upstairs charging, and I felt calm and in control. Then I looked at the clock again, remembered that Marlene lives in Florida which is an hour ahead of me in the Midwest, and ran upstairs. Yeah…….