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February 18, 2012
Rogue Everlasting Up For Book of the Year!
Many, many thanks to Long & Short Romance Reviews for nominating Rogue Everlasting as one of the Best Books of 2011! And yes, y'all can vote if you are so inclined at
www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm
And as always wishing you all Happy Reading!
www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm
And as always wishing you all Happy Reading!
November 13, 2011
Thank You...
Many thanks to Long and Short Romance Reviews for making Rogue Everlasting one of your Best Books!
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October 4, 2011
Get Your Pink On!
In celebration of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, I will be giving away signed copies of all three books in my vampire Everlasting Trilogy! To be entered into the drawing, add me as a Facebook friend at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?i... and post a pic to my wall of you getting your pink on. The drawing will be on Nov. 1st, so you have between now and then to request and post. Awareness is the key to saving lives!
July 21, 2011
Another Chance to Win...
Today, Paranormal Romance Author Regan Black is graciously featuring me on her site. You can stop by and leave a comment to be entered to win a signed copy of the final novel in my vampire trilogy, Rogue Everlasting. Best of luck!
http://www.reganblack.com/
http://www.reganblack.com/
July 15, 2011
We Have A Winner!
Congrats to Patti Paonessa, who won the signed copy of the final novel in my Everlasting Trilogy, Rogue Everlasting!
Thank you to all who entered! I am planning another giveaway for signed copies of all three novels in this series the end of October to celebrate my book signing in New Orleans Halloween weekend, before attending the Vampire Lestat Ball. Will be posting more details about my visit to The Big Easy in the coming weeks.
Happy Reading All!
Thank you to all who entered! I am planning another giveaway for signed copies of all three novels in this series the end of October to celebrate my book signing in New Orleans Halloween weekend, before attending the Vampire Lestat Ball. Will be posting more details about my visit to The Big Easy in the coming weeks.
Happy Reading All!
July 9, 2011
Heroes, Heroines, and Happily Ever After
I think I was probably fourteen or fifteen when I read my first romance novel. Janet Dailey wrote it, and though I can’t recall the title, I do recall the gist of the story was an innocent, soft-spoken heroine patiently coaxed the tough-talking, self-absorbed hero into realizing he needed to get over himself, and realize what he’d been looking for outside of earning millions and pursuing his bad-boy ways was standing right in front of him. His attitude adjustment resulted in her Cinderella lifestyle, and they both lived happily ever after.
To the teenage girl I was then, there wasn’t much that could be better than that!
In the thirty years since, the formula for happily ever after has been tweaked in a number of ways. Heroes today range from having fangs to being single fathers. And unless your heroine is still wearing a petticoat, the requirement of innocence is loooong gone. My heroines are typically butt-kickers with agendas of their own, who just happen to stumble across a hero who…well, frankly, needs a butt-kicking. And still somehow they both stumble into happily ever after.
I suppose a social commentary on the evolution of heroes, heroines, and happily ever after would state though the roles of men and women have changed over the years, one element remains tried and true. And perhaps the reason romance novels continue to bank stellar sales even in the most dismal of economies is because happily ever after will forever stand the test of time.
To the teenage girl I was then, there wasn’t much that could be better than that!
In the thirty years since, the formula for happily ever after has been tweaked in a number of ways. Heroes today range from having fangs to being single fathers. And unless your heroine is still wearing a petticoat, the requirement of innocence is loooong gone. My heroines are typically butt-kickers with agendas of their own, who just happen to stumble across a hero who…well, frankly, needs a butt-kicking. And still somehow they both stumble into happily ever after.
I suppose a social commentary on the evolution of heroes, heroines, and happily ever after would state though the roles of men and women have changed over the years, one element remains tried and true. And perhaps the reason romance novels continue to bank stellar sales even in the most dismal of economies is because happily ever after will forever stand the test of time.
July 3, 2011
It's All in the Details
When I was in college, I took a couple of writing classes. At that point in life, I wasn’t even considering making a living as a writer. I was bartending at night, and trying to get into a respiratory therapy program by taking classes during the day. But, I knew writing was something I loved to do.
The professor in my writing class said, “Being a good writer starts with understanding it’s all in the details. Sharing details with a reader means you as a writer must learn to stop long enough to take in everything that is going on around you, and articulate it closely enough that the reader hears, sees, and feels everything you do. When you learn to do that, you’ll not only be a better writer, you will be amazed at how it impacts your life.” Well, she said something close to that.
I was twenty-something, struggling to stay awake in class because I’d mixed margaritas until the wee hours of the morning at the restaurant I worked at the night before. I didn’t give much thought to what that professor said until years later, when I was expecting my first son. I decided I would keep a journal, so he could one day know all the things I thought about and did while preparing for him to come into my life. I realized because of that journal, I paid attention to things I might not have were it not for writing it. I stopped and took in what was going on around me more often. As a result I have clear memories of what was one of the most wonderful times in my life.
Life gets busy. Finding the time to stop and take in everything that is going on around us can be overwhelming at least, and sometimes terrifying at most. But, it is those details that often shape memories of times in our lives we most want to recall. The fact that my grandparents’ house always smelled like musty, old books and furniture polish, the first time my father let me drive his pickup, he wore the cowboy hat that made me cringe… And for months before my son came squalling into my life, I would sit in his nursery folding baby blankets as I wondered if the heartburn could get any worse, would I ever be able to tie my own shoes again, or would my baby have a dimple in his chin like his mother.
Years after I took a writing class, I realized that professor was right. Whether you want to be a writer or not, it is sometimes the small details of life that make the biggest impact. And if we don’t slow down to take it all in, we may just be missing out on the details that will one day shape the sweetest of memories.
The professor in my writing class said, “Being a good writer starts with understanding it’s all in the details. Sharing details with a reader means you as a writer must learn to stop long enough to take in everything that is going on around you, and articulate it closely enough that the reader hears, sees, and feels everything you do. When you learn to do that, you’ll not only be a better writer, you will be amazed at how it impacts your life.” Well, she said something close to that.
I was twenty-something, struggling to stay awake in class because I’d mixed margaritas until the wee hours of the morning at the restaurant I worked at the night before. I didn’t give much thought to what that professor said until years later, when I was expecting my first son. I decided I would keep a journal, so he could one day know all the things I thought about and did while preparing for him to come into my life. I realized because of that journal, I paid attention to things I might not have were it not for writing it. I stopped and took in what was going on around me more often. As a result I have clear memories of what was one of the most wonderful times in my life.
Life gets busy. Finding the time to stop and take in everything that is going on around us can be overwhelming at least, and sometimes terrifying at most. But, it is those details that often shape memories of times in our lives we most want to recall. The fact that my grandparents’ house always smelled like musty, old books and furniture polish, the first time my father let me drive his pickup, he wore the cowboy hat that made me cringe… And for months before my son came squalling into my life, I would sit in his nursery folding baby blankets as I wondered if the heartburn could get any worse, would I ever be able to tie my own shoes again, or would my baby have a dimple in his chin like his mother.
Years after I took a writing class, I realized that professor was right. Whether you want to be a writer or not, it is sometimes the small details of life that make the biggest impact. And if we don’t slow down to take it all in, we may just be missing out on the details that will one day shape the sweetest of memories.
June 20, 2011
Priceless...
I am an author, as well as the mother of a teenage boy. Telling your thirteen year old son he should read, when he has PS3, Wii, computer, and so on is a hard sell. I talk about how much I loved reading The Hobbit when I was his age, and how books can introduce him to worlds and points of view like nothing else he can imagine. He hears, "Blah, blah, blah...Blah, blah."
And then this afternoon, I saw Selena Gomez is on Goodreads. The 13 yr old and I would watch her when she was on Barney and Friends, and my 9 yr old son and I watch her on Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel all the time. According to my boys she is "waaay cool!".
I sent Ms. Gomez a friend request. Not only was she gracious enough to friend me, but we chatted in a couple of messages...all of which I had to print out before my sons believed it. Now, I have spent years telling my sons how important it is that they read, but a single message from Selena Gomez telling them to keep reading did the trick!
I will be forever grateful to Selena for endorsing reading, and must say my boys are right. She is "waaay cool!"
And then this afternoon, I saw Selena Gomez is on Goodreads. The 13 yr old and I would watch her when she was on Barney and Friends, and my 9 yr old son and I watch her on Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel all the time. According to my boys she is "waaay cool!".
I sent Ms. Gomez a friend request. Not only was she gracious enough to friend me, but we chatted in a couple of messages...all of which I had to print out before my sons believed it. Now, I have spent years telling my sons how important it is that they read, but a single message from Selena Gomez telling them to keep reading did the trick!
I will be forever grateful to Selena for endorsing reading, and must say my boys are right. She is "waaay cool!"
June 19, 2011
Checkout the updates...
My boys are spending the day with their dad, so I found some time to update my site. You can go to Lisa-Phillips.com and checkout a new blog post, a review for my new release, Rogue Everlasting, on the Reviews page, as well as the first chapter of this novel on the Sneak Peek page, and a glimpse of what I am working on now on the In The Works page.
Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful day with the fathers in your lives!
Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful day with the fathers in your lives!
June 17, 2011
Prince Vlad
A couple of months after the release of my first vampire novel, I received an interesting email. It was from someone identifying himself as Prince Vlad. He was highly complimentary of my novel, (which of course is what made the email interesting to me) and assured my portrayal of vampires rarely drinking from humans was in fact accurate. I thought, okay, good to know. I mean who wants to offend the vampire community by inaccurately portraying them?
By the time my second vampire novel came out, Prince Vlad had asked me to be his vampire bride. I told him I was all for it, though somebody had to drive the kids to school every morning…in broad daylight. As much fun as stalking the night might be, I had laundry, grocery shopping, helping with homework, as well as ballgames to attend. Some would say Prince Vlad lived in a fantasy world thinking he was a vampire, but I said he lived in a fantasy world thinking I had the time to be a vampire. After a quick rundown of my life, Prince Vlad didn’t offer to take my hand for all eternity again.
Now that my third vampire novel has been released, I have decided to exit the realm of the undead for a while. Prince Vlad says that’s a shame. I don’t know if I’ll ever write another vampire novel, or if Prince Vlad is in fact truly a vampire. But, I do know it was flattering to think if he is a vampire, he felt I did his kind justice. Between being a mom and a writer, I might not have the time to be a vampire bride, but it is nice knowing Prince Vlad thought I would make a good one.
By the time my second vampire novel came out, Prince Vlad had asked me to be his vampire bride. I told him I was all for it, though somebody had to drive the kids to school every morning…in broad daylight. As much fun as stalking the night might be, I had laundry, grocery shopping, helping with homework, as well as ballgames to attend. Some would say Prince Vlad lived in a fantasy world thinking he was a vampire, but I said he lived in a fantasy world thinking I had the time to be a vampire. After a quick rundown of my life, Prince Vlad didn’t offer to take my hand for all eternity again.
Now that my third vampire novel has been released, I have decided to exit the realm of the undead for a while. Prince Vlad says that’s a shame. I don’t know if I’ll ever write another vampire novel, or if Prince Vlad is in fact truly a vampire. But, I do know it was flattering to think if he is a vampire, he felt I did his kind justice. Between being a mom and a writer, I might not have the time to be a vampire bride, but it is nice knowing Prince Vlad thought I would make a good one.
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