LEAPLING - Release TODAY!

Thrilled!

That's how I feel about today's release of  LEAPLING,  my Young Adult Fantasy (with a side of Sci-Fi and a dash of romance) short-story.

Edited by Christine I Speakman and Ellee Braun, with cover-art by C.K. Volnek, this is my second work published with Canadian publishing company, MuseItUp.

February 29th is five days away, but you can find out how important the date is to Leapling, Evey Jones, by clicking here  My publisher, Lea Schizas, is offering a special release-week special!

Oh, by the way...

Sometimes, when receiving submissions, we receive the strangest cover letters. You might like to visit the Bleeding Ink site  where we've posted an example of one.

Lisa

What Are You Reading?

I love books. The smell of them, the feel of them in my hands as I lose myself in their contents... I sleep next to a pile teetering on my bedside table.

I've also grown attached to my Kobo (eternally grateful Christy!). The e-reader offers me hours, days, months of reading pleasure all tucked away in its tiny, portable electronic body.

At the moment I'm reading submissions to our dark fiction collection - Bleeding Ink - and loving it! There are loads of talented writers out there with wonderfully creative imaginations. Our "inbox" at InkBabes is like a box of assorted chocolate, every bite a delicious surprise! (Keep them coming!)

Now, about those stories I'm addicted to...

Let's start with Karen Marie Moning's Fever Series. I've read this series at least 5 times. When I'm in the mood to visit Dublin, Ireland, fight the Unseelie and deny my feeling for the Alpha males of all Alpha males - Jericho Barrons, I head to my bookshelf and take out DARKFEVER, BLOODFEVER, FAEFEVER, DREAMFEVER and SHADOWFEVER and binge! Dreamworks Studio recently picked up the series so I look forward to seeing this world come to life.

Then there's The Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris. If you don't already know, it inspired HBO's True Blood. I've devoured this series several times as well. Book number 4 is beginning to fall apart. It's Eric Northman all the way for me, ladies!

Now slide your eyes up the map of North America....right up to Ontario, Canada. That's where you'll find one of my favourite writers, Kelley Armstrong - author of the Otherworld, Dark Powers, Darkness Rising & Nadia Stafford Series, and coming soon - Omen & Shadows and The Blackwell Pages. I love her writing style and the woman amazes me! She's a true supporter of aspiring writers and so very generous with her fans.

I can pick up any book from any one of the above mentioned authors and I"m guaranteed to be entertained and taken on a thrill ride!

Others author who lure me into their worlds:
J.R. Ward,Larissa Ione, Diana Gabaldon, Kate Morton, Jane Austen.....and a new fav Jim Butcher who writes The Dresden Files.

Books I've read recently:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Secret Life of Bees
The Fever Series (again...)
Book 1, 2 & 3 of the Dresden Files
Envy
Dracula
Villette
Spellbound

What have you read recently? What do you recommend to other avid readers?

In my own little corner of the world, I'm working with my fabulous editor, Christine Speakman, on LEAPLING, my Young Adult short story coming out next month at MuseItUp Publishing.

By the way, if you haven't read my dark fiction short story Deathly Quiet you can purchase an ecopy at MuseItUp Publishing, Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, and many other ebook retailers! If you purchase it today (or until January 25th ) at MuseItUp - you'll get a discount of 25%!

While you're there check out all the other great short stories, novellas and full length novels.

Well, it's time to get back to my journal, where I'm working on little darklings for Bleeding Ink......

May your Muse inspire you!
Lisa



Friday's Child

Friday's Child is doomed to misfortune…
The old wives tale crept into my head as I leaned against a crooked tree nestled in the heart of Briar Forest, pen in hand, contemplating life. Sometimes, I came here alone to jot down ideas or write little, dark tales. It was good therapy, a way to channel my angst, and something I needed to do.

As I doodled in the margins, I wondered how much worse it could be if the Friday’s Child also happened to be born on the 13th. I pondered it, making notes as I did and added more to my story.

I smelled trouble in the air but deep in thought, I dismiss it. Then a shiver crept up my back like an icy finger...

To read more of my dark flash fiction tale, head over to Bleeding Ink - A Collection of Dark Tales where you'll find the rest of this Friday the Thirteenth offering and guideline to submit your dark tale to our anthology.

May the Muses inspire you...
Lisa

Chatting with writer Anne Michaud & the Joys of Journals

  My first interview as a writer! 

I loved discussing with Anne my inspiration for writing Deathly Quiet. Revisiting the emotions behind the story - those childhood feelings weaved into a dark tale set on an eerie, historical Montreal street.

Check it out...

Chatting with Lisa Forget


If you haven't seen my mention of it on Facebook, someone broke into our house last week and stole mine and my daughter's laptops, among other things (the list grows whenever we go looking for something...)

Like so many friends and relatives who've also experienced the violation of a stranger's intrusion, I'm sick about it on so many levels. I won't bore you with my innermost feelings, nor will I tell you what I think about the lost soul who busted through our back window. I will say, however, this incident has left me without my most useful writing tool - my old clunker of a laptop.

Without it I've felt disconnected from writing because typing my ideas is so instantaneous and the finished product is so versatile; once you write your piece you can move things around, cut and paste, undo and redo, send it to your writing buddies to beta read, crit, edit, cross your fingers and submit the file to publishers, or you can just store it on your usb for safe-keeping. I loved my laptop.

After a couple of days of not writing (not only because of above-mentioned lack of tool, but because of a recent work-related situation taking up much of my time), my brain felt like it would explode, so I picked up a pencil and a lovely leather-bound journal my husband gave me a while back and I started to jot down the ideas threatening to burst from my head.

Like magic...I immediately felt better.

My newest untitled story has come to life using a plain old HB pencil! How simple...I'm almost embarrassed.

I can write my stories in this way, anywhere. Standing at the bus stop, riding the metro, waiting in the car, sitting on my front door step - and they don't sell used journals at your local pawn shop!

Eventually, I'll transcribe my entries, but for now, I've rediscovered the beauty of thoughts flowing through a writing implement - just like we experienced as kids.

Don't forget, if you have something dark to share, consider submitting it to Bleeding Ink - a Collection of Dark Tales I'm having a blast reading through recent submissions. Looking forward to reading yours.

May your Muse inspire you....

Lisa
aka
One third of The InkBabes

Daily Flash 2012 - the Leap Year Edition!

Woohoo! It's finally here! I'm thrilled to be a contributor of this anthology. My pieces are entitled: Reclaimed, Thief, Ascension, and The Whispers.

I'm in some mighty fine company as many of my online writing group friends have contributed as well!

Tammy Crosby ~ Pat Hollett ~ Anne C Michaud ~ JD Waye ~ to name a few...

Daily Flash 2012 can be purchased at Pill Hill Press and on Amazon.

I can't wait to get my hard copy of this anthology and have "the gang" sign it!

While I'm on the subject of anthologies, I'd like to remind you about my collaboration with Pat Hollett and Tammy Crosby compiling wonderfully dark and delicious stories from 6 words to 5K for Bleeding Ink - a collection of dark tales. For those of you who love writing dark tales, please check out our INKBABES site for all the juicy info regarding submission guidelines and specifics. We are Ever Yours...

May your Muse inspire....
Lisa

A Thrilling New Creative Collaboration - Bleeding Ink - A Collection of Dark Tales

I was right into the throes of NaNoWriMo when along came an opportunity...to collaborate with two talented writers -  Patricia Hollett and Tammy Crosby  - compiling deliciously dark, sinfully sinister, eerily evocative, frighteningly funny and though-provoking tales.

The creative collaboration proved incredibly tempting.  The idea of giving writers an opportunity to share their unique voice in a collection I helped create thrilled me to no end.

How could I refuse?

I gently closed the file containing the nano story I'd been working on, "The Guardian of Secrets" - not to be abandoned but to tuck it away for safekeeping for a few days - and began an inspired and impassioned dialogue with my collaborators.

Astonished by their enthusiasm and talent - I have never had the pleasure of working with people so passionate  - those few days produced a wonderful and worthwhile project I'm proud to be part of...

Bleeding Ink Anthology

If you love to write and have tales to share with lovers of all-things-dark, please visit our site and submit to Bleeding Ink. Patricia, Tammy and I - aka the InkBabes - would love to hear from you!

Submissions are open!

May your dark Muse inspire you!

Lisa