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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Listen to me on “To All the YA I’ve Loved Before”
Last month I recorded two podcasts, and the first of those went live today! To All the YA I’ve Loved Before featured me and Cheerleaders…
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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…
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The anatomy of a symptom flare
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve been active on this blog, or sent out my newsletter, or posted anything decent on social media.…
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The Martian calendar system in The Iamos Trilogy
In preparation for the last book in the Iamos series finally? coming out?? soon??? (we can all hope and pray), I am getting together some…
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There is no magic bullet
Something that’s been really bothering me for a couple years now is this pervasive idea in indie publishing that there’s a formula to success, and…