☀️ Summer vibe: Yr Next Summer Read Book 16 is here — The Weight of Cold Things. An Arctic noir thriller set in Deadhorse, Alaska (the most punishing outpost on earth), following Deputy Sheriff Gree Gooding as a missing persons case spirals into a conspiracy generations deep. Already earned a

Story Impact Magazine’s upcoming October issue theme is Shadows and is in progress now. Here’s the July issue: https://www.storyimpactconsulting.com/magazine

Found this lobby and immediately thought — this is exactly where I’d disappear with a book for an evening. Tea, quiet, zero interruptions. A girl can dream. 📖 #CozyAesthetic #ReadingNook #BookLover #InteriorInspo

A lifetime of travel. A career on stage. Decades of storytelling. In the latest episode of the Story Impact Podcast, I’m joined by award-winning author Maxine Rose Schur for a conversation about creativity, curiosity, and the experiences that shape our stories. Maxine’s journey has taken her

Vacation Confession: 😢 Okay yes I did work (a little) on vacation… But I had three gym workouts Walking, writing, swimming daily Ate well Drank waaaaay too much Kona coffee Sleeping was so-so Is there such a thing as too much Aloha? 🌺🐬🏝️

The July Leisure Issue of Story Impact Magazine is here. Open Range: Western fiction with Robin Somers, T.E. MacArthur, and Terrence McCauley The Psychology of Pause: essays on creative rest from Beth Barany and Jesse Ratner. Creative Cross-Training: authors who paint and make music alongsi

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❄️ She went to Alaska looking for her missing boss. She found the missing part of herself. I’m so excited to finally share my 16th novel, The Weight of Cold Things, releasing August 7. This standalone Arctic noir psychological thriller follows Wyoming Deputy Sheriff Gree Gooding, who travels to

About the Bay Area winds that arrived like wrecking balls this spring. About emptying a kitchen drawer and finding old stories you’ve been carrying since you were a different version of yourself. And about what starts whispering when you finally make some space. Subscribe: https://newsletter.lisa

She took one photo. She had no idea what darkness she’d unleashed. Seventeen-year-old Thea Riggs finds her best friend's mother dead and makes a split-second decision — she photographs the body. That single act pulls her into the Dead Sevens Club, an underground viral game with invisible play

She took one photo. She had no idea what darkness she’d unleashed. Seventeen-year-old Thea Riggs finds her best friend's mother dead and makes a split-second decision — she photographs the body. That single act pulls her into the Dead Sevens Club, an underground viral game with invisible play

I’ve been writing an author newsletter since 2022. Each issue goes deep — updates on my espionage-themed crime novels, behind-the-scenes of Story Impact Magazine and my author interview podcast, and the interior life of writing so you can walk with me on this tangled, beautiful path — the triumphs,

If marketing feels like a "fear factor," it’s likely because you’ve been asked to build a house without being shown how to build the foundation. After 18 years in corporate marketing and 20 years as a novelist, I identified the steps that precede the litany of gimmicks and the endless ch

The April issue of Story Impact Magazine is live — and this one is personal. The Travel Issue explores what happens when we stop moving long enough to actually feel where we are. 54 pages of travel memoirs from Spain, London, Paris, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Canada, and Turkey — plus author inte

I recently hosted veteran novelist and filmmaker Martyn Burke on The Story Impact Podcast. Having reported from war zones, Martyn has a unique perspective on the "courage of the narrative"—a subject explored deeply in his recent novel The Gossip Columnist. The Gem: > "That is wher

Why I wrote a book about author visibility — and why it’s not what you think: Most visibility advice for authors is really just a disguise. Post this. Say that. Follow this script. But here’s what nobody talks about: readers don’t remember tactics. They remember people. The ME Factor is about

15 books in and this never gets old. After editor notes, beta readers, structural and developmental edits… I finally get to read my own book as a reader and add the beauty of language. I never do this step until the very end. Why polish a sentence that might get cut? You fix the bones first. Then y

One woman, two identities. Fringe science, weaponized tech, unthinkable family secrets. Perfect for: ✨ Your holiday reading list ✨ That flight you have coming up ✨ Anyone who needs a book they literally can’t put down Available everywhere books are sold. #readingwishlist #bingeablebook