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March 12, 2011
FreeBookFriday.com giveaway
Just wanted to let you know that my novel, CROOKED MOON, is featured this week on FreeBookFriday.com.
http://tinyurl.com/4599yfy
FBF is a great site that offers giveaways in multiple genres every week.
You can read the interview with me, and, if you wish, enter to win a signed copy of CROOKED MOON. (A winner will be chosen on March 18, 2011.)
Happy Reading, Happy Writing.
Best,
Lisette
March 6, 2011
I HATE TO DATE: No, Really!
I suppose there are women who really love to date. Considering the number of men I have met and dated, one would presume that I enjoy it as well. While, of course, it can be quite palatable at times, it can also suck up more precious time than any activity known to womankind. It is a means to an end. I love being in a relationship. Dating? Not so much.
My first experience with dating was when my Barbie dated my Ken. But as we all know, Ken has no genitals and so that was a...
March 3, 2011
Interview with L.M. Stull
I recently interviewed with writer L.M. Stull on her website, where I discuss the world of writing and my personal experiences in it: how I got started, why I made certain decisions, my advice to aspiring writers, and much more.
COMING IN FALL 2011
I do hope you'll drop by, read the interview, and meet the amazing L.M. Stull.
With all best wishes,
Lisette
February 27, 2011
FOR THE LOVE OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS …NOT!
Greetings Cool People,
For this week's blog, I had a mad desire to write an obituary for public restrooms. But let's be realistic. We need them. So, in my picky fashion, I'll just vent.
If you're anything like me, then you know the awkwardness of being in a single-occupancy restroom and having someone knock on the door or jiggle the handle while you are using it. We've all had to yell out, "I'm in here," or "Just a moment!" to a total stranger, and it's not high on the fun list of life.
Bein...
February 21, 2011
Just Launched: Character blog for MOLLY HACKER IS TOO PICKY!
The time has come to tell you about my upcoming (third) novel, Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!
Molly Hacker is a 32-year-old picky, snarky, overanalytical, love-seeking newspaper reporter, who chronicles a year of her crazy life in this first-person comedy/drama. (Women’s fiction genre).
While the book is not due for publication until fall 2011, Molly’s blog has just been launched. She will be blogging every Monday about everything and anything on her mind. I hope you’ll enjoy getting to know her as much as I enjoy writing her.
Molly’s blog is called: TOO PICKY. . . (I think not!) and will be updated every Monday. You can subscribe to it here on GR or on the blog itself.
Visit Molly at: www.mollyhacker.com
In addition to Molly’s blog, you can also read Chapter One of Molly Hacker Is Too Picky! as well as a full synopsis of the book on the blog site.
Hope you’ll come visit.
Best wishes to all,
Lisette
Meet Her Pickiness: Molly Hacker
Thanks for stopping by to help me launch my new blog Too Picky?… (I think not!) My book, MOLLY HACKER IS TOO PICKY!, is scheduled for publication in the fall of 2011. But let's face it: I'm far too restless, snarky, crazy, chatalicious, and, of course, picky to wait that long to share my woes, worries, and general all-around wacky (but on-the-money) opinions about life. I am Molly the Observer.
Let me get the essentials out of the way. I'm thirty-two years old, and I work as a reporter for The Swansea Herald. I was offered an additional gig as the society reporter, but I just couldn't bear hearing about other people's weddings until I have my own. I managed to pop some eyeballs when I tacked the title "Obituary Writer" onto my job description. But I did so because dead people don't get on my nerves the way brides-to-be do. This new job title is fitting as I tend to obituate things that piss me off. I'm also overly analytic, but it's part of my charm.
For the record, Swansea is a bedroom community of New York City. There are some radical and amazing people who live here, like my coworker BFF Randy Goodrich, who is the Herald's arts and entertainment editor. I'd be lost without his guidance and wisdom, and he, of course, would be groping in the dark without my wise and magnanimous counsel. (Oh, Randy, you so know I'm right.)
Living in a small town, especially when one can escape easily to New York City, is wonderful. But it has its drawbacks. The first that springs to mind is named Naomi Hall-Benchley. She's a conniving, matchmaking, effete socialite. Her expiration date is long past, but someone forgot to take her off the shelf. At every turn, she is aiming to be the one to set up "Picky Molly Hacker," but I will never succumb to this she-devil's trifling efforts. She spends her days manipulating everyone so that she can please her husband and hold on to his millions. You will hear her name again, and unfortunately, so will I.
Sometimes, this town is too small, like a favorite piece of clothing you've outgrown by a size — or two. (Who wants to think about that?) Swansea is like a glamorous BFE on some days, a quaint and charming hamlet on others. But I'm happy: as long as I can vent about that which perturbs, I'm just fine.
I'll be venting every Monday on this blog and have lots of opinions to express. Hope you'll come see me again.
Yours in pickiness,
Molly
January 13, 2011
SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO Kindle edition $2.99 for January 2011
Just wanted to let you know that my Young Adult novel, SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO, is now only $2.99 for the Amazon Kindle version for the month of January 2011.
Listen to the main character in my novel, Darla McKendrick, tell you all about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZVqr...
Hope everyone is doing great. Happy Reading! Happy Writing!
Lisette
November 18, 2010
October 10, 2010
HALF-PRICE eBook Sale: 10/10/2010 for 10 days!
Just wanted to let you know that for a week, my two novels (in eBook format) will be featured at ireadiwrite.com for the half-price discount of $2.50 each.
SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO (YA) is a coming-of-age story shrouded in family mystery and CROOKED MOON (general fiction) is the story of two friends (who have lived very different lives) who reunite after 23 years one hot, August summer.
Both books are chock full of all kinds of juicy secrets and quirky characters.
I'm delighted to have my novels featured at ireadiwrite.com -- a great store for independent authors, and I hope you'll check out my books and all of the other new, emerging authors.
If you're reading this after the special has expired, please note that both novels are regularly priced at $4.99.
Trade paperback editions of both novels are available on Amazon.com. You can also read more on my website: www.lisettebrodey.com
If you're on Facebook, please check out my public page under "Lisette Brodey, Author." I'd be honored if you'd join my FB page! To all writers, if you also have a FB author page, I'd love to "like" yours, too!
Happy Reading; Happy Writing!
Lisette
October 4, 2010
SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO now available for all eReaders!
I'm happy to announce that my YA novel, SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO, is now available in multiple eBook formats at ireadiwrite.com - Omnilit.com and Smashwords.com for just $4.99. In the days to come, SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO will be available in many other e-venues as well.
SQUALOR, NEW MEXICO, a coming-of-age story shrouded in family mystery, is set in east coast suburbia in the not-too-distant past.
A recent reader told me that her 18-year-old daughter thought it was "way cool" to read a YA novel about family problems, secrets, and mysteries that didn't involve cell phones, text messages, emails or computers. Sometimes good old-fashioned sleuthing has its merits, indeed!
Additionally, my first-published novel, CROOKED MOON, is also available at ireadiwrite.com for the reduced price of $4.99 as well.
CROOKED MOON is the story of two childhood best friends who reunite after twenty-three years after leading very different lives. Their lives collide one hot Philadelphia summer and each ends up with a life-altering secret regarding the other.
Both books are also available on Amazon.com in both Trade Paperback and Kindle editions.
Happy Reading! Happy Writing to All!
Lisette
