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Wow! Goodreads just asked me for my city of birth and date of death... What if I could answer that? Would I live life differently if I knew for sure how much longer I had left?

Interesting thought.

That's generally how my writer brain works. I've been dreaming up stories since I was in elementary school. My first book was titled "The Wonders of Unicorn Creek" and my publisher was Dehesa elementary school.

Since then, I've published numerous short stories in anthologies and magazines. My story, "Immortal Beloved" was a finalist for a Bram Stoker award and was recently re-released in the "Dead Souls" anthology, along with a follow-up never-before-published story, "Subito Pian...more


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Look what I found when I woke up this morning….





My name… On the cover of RT Magazine… Yes I cried!!! LOL



Inside the issue, on Page 20, is an article about Moonlight’s journey to publication, but I’m going to go back a little further…



In 2008, five years ago, I started blogging on MySpace. (Remember Tom? *sigh*) Anyway, I’ve always been open about this journey on my blogs, sharing a...

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Average rating: 4.13 · 715 ratings · 272 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
Night Walker (Night Series,...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
Across the Veil
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Night Thief (Night Series, ...
4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Night Demon (Night Series, #2)
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
Forgotten Treasures: 25 Sho...
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011
Moonlight (The Moon Series #1)
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013
Night Child (Night Series, #3)
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2014
Dead Souls
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
Ladies of Horror
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4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009
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message 102: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Melissa wrote: "Aha! Love your profile pic., Lisa. Thanks for the friendship! :-)"

Glad you like my power suit, Melissa! LOL

Great to meet you!

Lisa :)


message 101: by Melissa

Melissa Keith Aha! Love your profile pic., Lisa. Thanks for the friendship! :-)


message 100: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Stacy wrote: "Hi Lisa! Thanks for the friendship request. Looking forward to getting to know you and reading your books."

Great to meet you Stacy!!! :) Hope you enjoy the books!

Lisa :)


message 99: by Stacy

Stacy Green Hi Lisa! Thanks for the friendship request. Looking forward to getting to know you and reading your books.


message 98: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler *yadkny* wrote: "Hi Lisa!
Thanx for the friending:)"



You're welcome! I thought we were already friends here! LOL Nice to connect!

Lisa :)


message 97: by Dahlia

Dahlia (yadkny) Hi Lisa!
Thanx for the friending:)


message 96: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Carole wrote: "hi, thanks for adding me."

Great to meet you Carole! :)

Lisa


message 95: by Carole

Carole Gill hi, thanks for adding me.


message 94: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Rhonda wrote: "Thanks for the add!!"

Great to meet you Rhonda! :)

Lisa


message 93: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Amber wrote: "Thanks for the invite Lisa :-)"

Nice to meet you Amber! :)

Lisa


message 92: by Rhonda (last edited Jun 28, 2012 02:49pm)

Rhonda Thanks for the add!!


message 91: by Amber

Amber Hughes Thanks for the invite Lisa :-)


message 90: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Victoria wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request!"

Nice to meet you Victoria! :)

Lisa


Victoria Souza Thanks for accepting my friend request!


message 88: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Amy wrote: "Hi Lisa, thanks so much for accepting my request!"

Nice to meet you Amy!!! :)

Lisa


message 87: by Amy

Amy Armstrong Hi Lisa, thanks so much for accepting my request!


message 86: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Lorraine wrote: "Thanks for the add ;0)"

Nice to meet you Lorraine! :)

Lisa


Lorraine Beaumont Thanks for the add ;0)


message 84: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Marlena wrote: "Thanks for the review on Night Feeders, Lisa! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Marlena"


You're welcome! :) I loved the monsters in the wild west... Are you going to expand it into a novel someday? :)

Lisa


message 83: by Marlena

Marlena Frank Thanks for the review on Night Feeders, Lisa! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Marlena


message 82: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Great to meet you Diva!!! :)

Thanks for your friendship!

Lisa


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message 80: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Thank you!!! it's my "power suit"! LOL

Nice to meet you!!! Thanks for the good wishes...

Lisa :)

VampireNovelFan wrote: "Thanks for the friendvite, Lisa! Love you profile pic. Best of luck with your work!

VNF
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VampireNovelFan Thanks for the friendvite, Lisa! Love you profile pic. Best of luck with your work!

VNF
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message 78: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Thanks Carolyn! It's great to connect with you on Goodreads! :)

Lisa

Carolyn wrote: "Thank you for your friendship. Happy writing."


message 77: by Carolyn

Carolyn Haven Thank you for your friendship. Happy writing.


message 76: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Diana (Offbeat Vagabond) wrote: "Hey, you found me! Thank you so much for the friend invite. Hope you are having a great Hump Day so far. Talk later hon :)"


Hey you!!! :) So good to connect on Goodreads with you!!!

So far it's been a super halfway point in my week... Talk to you soon!

Lisa :)


Diana (Offbeat Vagabond) Hey, you found me! Thank you so much for the friend invite. Hope you are having a great Hump Day so far. Talk later hon :)


message 74: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Debra wrote: "Hi Lisa, thanks! (I lived in El Cajon years ago.)"

Hi Debra!

Really??? Very small world!!! LOL

Thanks for the friendship!

Lisa :)


message 73: by Debra

Debra Brown Hi Lisa, thanks! (I lived in El Cajon years ago.)


message 72: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Hi Becca! *waving*

Great to see you on Goodreads too!

Lisa

Becca wrote: "Hi Lisa...always nice to read you via twitter and now here =D"


message 71: by Becca

Becca Hi Lisa...always nice to read you via twitter and now here =D


message 70: by Lissa (last edited Sep 30, 2011 12:22pm)

Lissa Hello Lisa :D great to see you too and great to be here

**HUGS**


message 69: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Eloise wrote: "Hi Lisa! thanks for the friend request :)"

Hi Eloise! *waving*

Nice to meet you! :) Saw we had some books in common too! Looking forward to chatting...

Lisa :)


message 68: by Eloise

Eloise Hi Lisa! thanks for the friend request :)


message 67: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Nissie wrote: "Hey, Lisa!
You're very welcome. It looks great and I love the cover, too. I'm really looking forward to it. :)"


The cover is super yummy isn't it? LOL My publisher did an amazing job... :) Hope you enjoy the book! It'll be release Tuesday... YAY!

Lisa


message 66: by Nissie

Nissie Hey, Lisa!
You're very welcome. It looks great and I love the cover, too. I'm really looking forward to it. :)


message 65: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Awww thanks for letting me know Morgan!!! :) I hope you enjoy it!!! :)

Linda Thomas-Sundstrom is a great lady and an awesome writer, isn't she?

Lisa

Morgan wrote: "Thank you Lisa for being my Goodreads friend. I'm a fan of a friend of yours, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, who mentioned in a comment that your short story, Across the Veil, was a very nice read. Theref..."


message 64: by Morgan

Morgan Faulkner Thank you Lisa for being my Goodreads friend. I'm a fan of a friend of yours, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, who mentioned in a comment that your short story, Across the Veil, was a very nice read. Therefore, I'm buying it tonight!

Morgan
who loves all dark and dangerous reads


message 63: by Milton

Milton Esitubi Mary Anita And The Second Liberation In Kenya Consider reading this book for dramatic entertainment full of African passion and flavour, culture, social life and politics.


message 62: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Hey everybody, I'm giving away a copy of "Across the Veil" to a lucky commenter on the Star-Crossed Romance blog!!! :)

http://star-crossedromance.blogspot.c...

Swing by and say Hi when you can... :)

Lisa


message 61: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler OMG!!! Finally!!! :) I hope they show the cover soon too...

Thanks for the great news Lena!!! You rock!!!

Lisa :)

Marlena wrote: "Hi Lisa! Thought you'd be interested in this. Looks like it finally came to Barnes & Noble. =)

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Acro...+..."



message 60: by Marlena

Marlena Frank Hi Lisa! Thought you'd be interested in this. Looks like it finally came to Barnes & Noble. =)

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Acro...


message 59: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Elena wrote: "Thanks for the friend-vite Lisa"

Nice to meet you Elena!!

Lisa :)


message 58: by Tam

Tam Herra Thanks for the friend-vite Lisa


message 57: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler Had a blast at the ROmantic Times conference this week!!!

Can't wait to show everyone the cover for Night Walker!!!

Lisa :)


message 56: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler New Book Trailer for Across the Veil!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH6oJL...

Come see! :)


message 55: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler I started up an author Q & A group just to try it out...

If you're interested in talking about short fiction, please join up so we can chat! :)

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4...

See you there!

I hope! LOL

Lisa :)


message 54: by William

William O'Brien Hi- Just to let you know...
Peter: a Darkened Fairytale
AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!!! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER
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Best wishes, William


message 53: by Lisa

Lisa Kessler WOOT!!! Across the Veil is at #88 in Fantasy Anthologies on Amazon!!! http://amzn.to/e98xZo :-) Thanks for reading everyone!!! :)

Across the Veil Release


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