I’ve got some exciting stuff going on this week, so I wanted to give you all a heads up. First: Overmorrow Releases This Thursday You may have seen this on social media, but if not: I am in a new anthology that is releasing this Thursday, October 1! As mentioned previously, this is the hopepunk sci-fi anthology edited by my friends Jon Garett and Richard Walsh. My short story, “Being…
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End-of-year news and new year news
It’s been a while since I last posted here! I have a loooot of news to catch up on, so brace for a long post. Some of this won’t be news depending on if you follow me on social media or subscribe to my newsletter, but I wanted to collect it all here anyway. 🙂 Fourth World is a Library Journal SELF-e Selection The biggest news of the last month…
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Ever-evolving
If there’s one thing you can say about the publishing industry with certainty, it’s that everything is constantly changing. However, this year has been particularly turbulent. I’ve mentioned previously that we authors have been having a hard time with problems with Amazon this year. Many authors had sought refuge from those problems by using a distributor called Pronoun. Unfortunately, yesterday we learned—very abruptly and with no warning—that Pronoun is shutting…
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Status Update
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, so I wanted to give you all an update on what’s new with me. In April, I met with my endocrinologist and we made some changes to my medication that have helped a lot with controlling my seizures and minimizing the accompanying brain fog. This helped me get out of the slump I’d been stuck in since February—I’ve had a much…
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Giving thanks for readers
Thursday was Thanksgiving in the USA, a day for being grateful for everything we have. 2016 was a year of ups and downs, but the one consistently positives thing through the whole year was the wonderful readers I have met in my last year of publishing. I am so grateful for all of you! As you may recall, last month I put two short stories up for free download on InstaFreebie.…
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Exciting news: The Iamos Trilogy has a new home!
I’ve been sitting on this secret for quite a while now, waiting until we were able to officially make an announcement. And the time is finally here: I am working with a publisher! *confetti* I’ve mentioned before the reasons why I didn’t want to work with a traditional publisher for this series. But I’ve always been really interested in the co-op model of publishing, which combines the best of the…
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Different Worlds News!
At long last, I have a bunch of Different Worlds news for you! First of all, in case you missed it, the cover has been revealed! Check out this post on Claudie Arseneault’s blog for the full paperback view, showcasing an awesome panorama of Tierra Nueva and our protagonists, Henry and Tamara. I also have some behind-the-scenes information about the cover and why I love how it represents the story. Also…
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What’s new roundup
• Less than three weeks until Perchance to Dream is available! I got the proof copy of the paperback a few days ago and it’s beautiful. Something beautiful came in the mail today ? pic.twitter.com/bsjuGzgIpB — Lyssa Chiavari (@unpopularlyssa) June 9, 2015 Want to see for yourself? I’m hosting a giveaway on Goodreads for a free copy! Enter here. The giveaway is open until 11:59 PM PDT on June 30.…