Welcome to the website of Lyssa Chiavari, author of inclusive sci-fi and fantasy for teens. Here you’ll find the latest news about my current and upcoming writing projects, new releases, and more. Don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter to get a free short story and be the first to know about my latest releases. Thanks for visiting!
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Guide to rep in my books
A lot of my books have LGBT rep in them, but not all of them do. So I thought it would be helpful to make…
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Everything you wanted to know about Lyssa but were afraid to ask
After procrastinating on it for quite some time, I’ve decided to post a little bit of an FAQ about myself so that if you see…
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Why my books are no longer returnable through Ingram
I wrote a draft of this post back in January and then never published it because I was lacking the spoons to deal with all…
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Finding balance with chronic illness
Is it time for one of Lyssa’s semiannual life posts? I guess so! I blogged previously about what set off the major symptom flare I…
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My books are now on Smashwords! And they’re on sale!
As I mentioned earlier this year, thanks to the Draft2Digital and Smashwords merger, books distributed through D2D were going to be available on the Smashwords…
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Discussion guide for The Iamos Trilogy now available!
Over at Snowy Wings Publishing we’ve been putting together resources for librarians and educators, including discussion guides for any teacher who may want to use…
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It won’t be 2022
Let’s get right to the point. I started to write you all a long, blathery blog post about it, but it got really rambly and…
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A couple podcasts
Back in March, I recorded not one, but two podcasts! That was a brand new experience for me, and then I wound up doing it…
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My somewhat unusual proof process
My first proof for One World has arrived! Note that I said my first proof—there will be more. Several years ago (back in 2017, when I…
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Why I’m excited about the Draft2Digital + Smashwords merger
If you’ve read this blog in years past, you know I have been down on Smashwords before. You know I’ve said some not-very-nice things about…