currently revising
Voya Calling
YA Urban Fantasy
sci-fi & fantasy writer + book blogger
Liselle Sambury
Hello!
I’m a science fiction and fantasy writer represented by Kristy Hunter of The Knight Agency. On this site, I share information about my writing projects and blog posts of all sorts of craft advice, bookish discussions, and more.
I’ve been writing since I was thirteen as a hobby, always leaning towards the fantastic and fictitious. Once I got into my teen years I became more serious about my writing and finished my first, albeit not great, novel when I was eighteen. Since then, I’ve written two more full-length novels, my latest being VOYA CALLING, a YA Urban Fantasy.
I started my book blog under the name Lunch-Time Librarian in 2015 as a way to connect to the reading and writing community. Since then, I’ve made amazing long-lasting friendships that were monumental in my continue to write regularly. All those blog posts are now hosted here along with new content, so be sure to check it out!
Recent Posts
How to Find a Literary Agent – 5 Tips To Help Query Trenchers
Get 5 tips on how to find a literary agent from the pre-querying phase all the way to the final decision after an offer from someone who’s been through it
The Other Side of #OwnVoices: Is the term being twisted into something harmful?
A candid discussion of how the #ownvoices term is being twisted by some into a marketing ploy or way to pressure marginalized writers + how we can help return to the term to its original purpose of helping those creators
How to Navigate the Query Trenches Without Drowning in Sorrow
The route to being a published author definitely isn't something easy. In 2015, I wrote a NaNoWriMo novel that I hope to someday see on a shelf in a bookstore. The traditional route is to submit queries to literary agents, eventually sign with an agent, have the agent...
I bring the intention. They bring the blood.
We both pay for the gift of magic.
– excerpt from voya calling
Upcoming Projects
drafting in progress
Not the Chosen One
YA Caribbean-Inspired High Fantasy
When Zane Blacktip was bitten by the shark God her family takes their name after, she’s marked by more than a bite. It’s considered a rejection by the Gods. Her dreams of being a jewelry maker mean nothing because who would purchase goods from a cursed girl? But when her Moko Jumbie prophetess friend tells a lie to the Crown Prince Bakari, Zane has an opportunity to take advantage of the fib. Drawn into a tangle of increasingly risky tall tales, she’s willing to say anything to get into the royal family’s good graces and shed her cursed status. But to be clear, she is absolutely NOT the chosen one.
plotting in progress
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