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Coming Undone

By Li Posted on 09/14/2020 Posted in blog, memoir, writing No Comments

“Sometimes the death of who we used to be is necessary to become who we were meant to be.”

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Tagged with: grief, legacy, loss, memoir, writing

The Heavy Lifting

By Li Posted on 07/17/2020 Posted in memoir, writing No Comments
The Heavy Lifting

I didn’t expect the layers of the onion to be so fucking heavy. I figured I’d been staring at it long enough. I carefully selected the knife, holding various ones in my palm and feeling the weight of it. Putting it …

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Tagged with: author, complex trauma, Lisa Mauro, memoir, narcissism, narcissist, sociopath, trauma, trauma bonds, writer, writing

The Gift of Time

By Li Posted on 03/28/2020 Posted in blog, community, writing No Comments

A few weeks ago, when it became apparent that I’d be self-isolating, self-quarantining, social distancing or whatever it’s being called in this particular news cycle, I realized that maybe the struggles of the previous year had been a training ground. …

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The Sunday Seven

By Li Posted on 03/22/2020 Posted in blog, gratitude, writing No Comments

Sometimes the world you thought you knew just crumbles and you’re left staring behind the curtain wondering what the hell just happened.

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Tagged with: boulder, coaching, Colorado, denver, gratitude, health, life coach, Lisa Mauro, writer, yoga

Homesick

By Li Posted on 07/04/2017 Posted in blog, cooking, travel, writing No Comments
Homesick

There is a certain amount of humility that comes along with moving almost 2,000 miles away from the part of the country you’ve lived most of your life. Packing up what you think are the essentials and driving cross-country, perhaps …

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Return of The Friday Five (Grats)

By Li Posted on 06/16/2017 Posted in gratitude, writing 3 Comments
Return of The Friday Five (Grats)

Some of you have been keeping better track of how long it’s been since I’ve written anything of substance.  I know you have because I haven’t been ignoring the Facebook and text messages asking me when my next novel will …

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Tagged with: Colorado, gratitude, Lisa Mauro, Lisa Mauro writer, Longmont, move to Colorado, writer

Reviewing Other Authors

By Li Posted on 08/29/2015 Posted in indie authors, indie publishers, rants, writing 1 Comment
Reviewing Other Authors

I had created a fairly lofty goal for myself this year:  Read one book a week.  Some folks are probably calling me an underachiever while others are asking themselves why the hell I’d even attempt it.  See, in the “real …

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Tagged with: reviewing, reviews, writing

Blog Tour – SM Spencer

By Li Posted on 08/13/2015 Posted in blog, indie authors, indie publishers, writing 19 Comments

I want to preface this entire post with the fact that from the very first line of SM Spencer’s Absent Shadows Trilogy, I was hooked.  I mean, I devoured the entire three-book series in a matter of as many days.  And …

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Legend of the Walking Dead by Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko

By Li Posted on 08/11/2015 Posted in blog, writing 8 Comments

Two months ago, I succeeded in getting my publishing house to not only lower the cost of the Kindle edition of my book: Legend of the Walking Dead: Igbo Mythologies, but this was possible because I had to re-do the …

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Blog Tour – Jan Hawke

By Li Posted on 07/03/2015 Posted in blog, indie authors, writing 6 Comments

For those of you who have known me for a while, you know that there is a special place in my heart for Africa.  When I was working on my undergraduate degree, everyone asked me what the heck I’d even …

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