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The Strings Are A Lie

By Li Posted on 09/26/2020 Posted in blog Tagged with growth, writing

“The sooner you accept that it was all a lie, the better off you’ll be. You can’t make sense of something so irrational.” Those words stung like hell the first time I’d heard them. In early 2018, in the throes …

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Coming Undone

By Li Posted on 09/14/2020 Posted in blog, memoir, writing Tagged with grief, legacy, loss, memoir, writing

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

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The Heavy Lifting

By Li Posted on 07/17/2020 Posted in memoir, writing Tagged with author, complex trauma, Lisa Mauro, memoir, narcissism, narcissist, sociopath, trauma, trauma bonds, writer, writing
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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Reviewing Other Authors

By Li Posted on 08/29/2015 Posted in indie authors, indie publishers, rants, writing Tagged with reviewing, reviews, writing
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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Author Interview – S M Spencer

By Li Posted on 03/06/2015 Posted in writing Tagged with blog, indie authors, novel, writing
Author Interview – S M Spencer

Some of you may remember a few weeks ago when I bombarded your Facebook news feeds with how much I was enjoying a new series I’d discovered. Over the course of a single weekend, I read every single word of …

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Harassment in the Least Expected of Places

By Li Posted on 02/25/2015 Posted in blog, business, community, rants Tagged with blog, boston, career, hate, rants, writing
Harassment in the Least Expected of Places

I’ve been working a long time.  A lot longer than most people I know in my age range.  Part of that was due to a strong penchant for disliking boredom and work kept me busy.  When I was a kid, …

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Tap Tap…Is This Thing On?

By Li Posted on 02/20/2015 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with blog, novel, projects, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing
Tap Tap…Is This Thing On?

After years of stopping and starting stories and playing around with structures in my brain, at the end of 2013, I finally sat down and wrote.  I wish I could say that once I started, I couldn’t stop, but that’s …

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The Place We Went to Yesterday – Reader Q&A

By Li Posted on 11/13/2014 Posted in family, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing Tagged with novel, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing
The Place We Went to Yesterday – Reader Q&A

If you’ve been following along this week, then you’ve learned quite a bit about The Place We Went to Yesterday, and more about our main character – Ella Santia.  What you might still be wondering is whether this poor young woman …

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The Place We Went to Yesterday – Reader Q&A

By Li Posted on 11/12/2014 Posted in community, LBGT, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing Tagged with LGBT, novel, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing
The Place We Went to Yesterday – Reader Q&A

Anyone that knows me knows that there is a soft spot in my heart for the LGBTQ community.  Not only because I have many gay friends and family, but because I’ve identified as bisexual for as long as I can …

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The Place We Went to Yesterday – Reader Q&A

By Li Posted on 11/11/2014 Posted in cooking, diet, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing Tagged with novel, The Place We Went to Yesterday, writing

“What doesn’t kill you, makes you fat” – Esmerelda Santiago, When I Was Puerto Rican   Food is something that is important in a lot of cultures and it is no less important in the various Latino communities.  In The Place We …

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