Wednesday LIFT

On a down day, the color of these brought me joy and I had to bring them home. What lifts you from the fog? #flowers #beautyfinds #wellness #fallvibes

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A Psychological Thriller for Fall

Deputy Sheriff Gree Gooding—recent widow and relentless searcher following the truth about her dead husband. Do you like adrenaline + psychological depth? #thrillerbooks #psychologicalthriller #fallreading #bookrecommendations

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AFRAID OF THE DARK?

Come see what’s hiding in the shadows. The October “Shadows” issue of Story Impact Magazine explores the places where light and dark meet: in fiction, creativity, memory, moral choice, and the writing life. Books · Meaning · Purpose storyimpactconsulting.com/magazine #StoryImpactMagazine

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Mid-August, almost Fall

Me? More beach time please 🏖️☀️

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New Fall Arrangement

Deep cleaning, clearing, refreshing, and releasing what I no longer need to get ready for Fall. What are your rituals? #styleideas #flowers #decor #fall

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📚 NEW RELEASE ALERT 📚

☀️ 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

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Shadows Can Mean Many Things

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

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Reading Habits 📚

Where and how do you like to read? #reading📖 #📚books

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Reading Nook Goals ☕📖

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

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Podcast Episode: Watch on YouTube

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

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My dose of Sun & Sea

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? 🌺🐬🏝️

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60 pages. Creativity. Inspiration.

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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Viansa Winery #summertime #wineryvibes

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Arctic Noir - My Darkest Story Yet

❄️ 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

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June newsletter dropping Saturday — and it’s personal.

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

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Thea Riggs, Accidental Superhero

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

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Thea Riggs, Accidental Superhero

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

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A Day Made for Book Lovers 📚

Today I had the joy of being part of the Dublin Library Author Showcase — 28 authors, a gorgeous community space, and readers who came in genuinely excited to discover something new. None of it would have happened without librarian Mary Ayers, who organized the entire event with such warmth and

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Looking for a Bookish space that goes deeper?

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,

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The Missing Roadmap for Author Visibility

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

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