Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and self-publish my new ones.
I woke up this morning from one of those dreams that seem to go on forever, where there were international spies and murders and I was a writer working on getting a lesson done on deadline, and for some reason, my lesson was interfering with the international spies, who’d sent someone to make me stop writing it. The lessons I’m … Continue reading →
The nice thing about writing your plans down is that you then don’t lose track of them. The nice thing about writing them down on a blog is that neither does anyone else. So, because I’ve been head-down and grinding for some months, and will continue to be for some months yet, I wanted to take a moment to let … Continue reading →
I’ve written and published the new Version 2 lessons through Week 8 as of today. So today I WOULD be raising the price of the class to $267 or $55/month for 5 months until Lesson 12 is published. BUT I want to give myself a week to write the first draft of Longview 4: The Vipers’ Nest — I’m writing … Continue reading →
Here’s what I’ve already covered or am covering now. Building deeper characters Plotting Writing scenes Worldbuilding Building cultures Building languages Building a writing career Novel revision Writing short stories Self-motivation Buiding self-discipline Beating writer’s block Indie book promotion and I’m building How to Write a Series now… None of these classes came from me sitting down and thinking, “Gee, … Continue reading →
I play video games in my free time, and decided to try Far Cry Primal. You start out as a young black male — bit of a shift for me, because I prefer to play as a female when the option is offered. In Far Cry Primal, it isn’t. I mention the race of the MC here because it becomes … Continue reading →
I’m totally failing to be modest, but I’m happy, and this is so COOL! Came in this morning expecting to see a drop, and instead, now Longview 1: Born from Fire is #1 in TWO categories! SF/Fantasy Free Short Literature & Fiction Free Short Little Kid –> Christmas Morning –> ME! Use the link above to take a look and … Continue reading →
I’m so excited! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to let Amazon know the book was free everywhere else. Take a look at the screen shots I just took — Number #1 in FREE Science Fiction #2 In FREE 90-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads Thank you again to everyone who helped. Get your Free Thank … Continue reading →
I’ve given Amazon over a month to correct the price on Born from Fire.I’ve let them know, and folks on my SITE have let them know the book is FREE on: Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/born-from-fire Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1197455535 B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/born-from-fire-holly-lisle/1125516270 Inktera: http://www.inktera.com/store/title/e9bef6da-15cd-404c-9d03-fa8a7bb78fab Apparently the only thing that is going to make the book FREE permanently on Amazon is if they’re inundated by … Continue reading →
Today you’re going to get a demo of what the SPLINTERS version of your How to Write a Series lessons will look like. Why? Because I spent yesterday from around 11AM until 2:24AM this morning writing the registration page copy and then building the registration page, which goes into more detail on what’ll be in the class. This is RAW … Continue reading →
Last week, I asked folks to throw their toughest questions about writing series fiction at me. And I posted my tentative class plan for bringing out How to Write a Series, Version 2, to show you what I was already planning on answering. The response I got was tremendous. Fantastic, intelligent, well-thought-out, and in some cases, really frustrated questions. Your … Continue reading →
