by Liselle | Mar 2, 2018 | Discussion Posts, Series
#Ownvoices *as Twitter is a public platform, I’ve inserted tweets here that are readily available to the public. But if you see your tweet here and do not want it in the post, please contact me at liselle@ltlibrarian.com, and I will remove it Recently,...
by Liselle | Oct 22, 2017 | Discussion Posts, Series
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...
by Liselle | Dec 10, 2016 | Discussion Posts, Series
As a relatively new book blogger, I had only heard about BEA (Book Expo America now being called Book Expo) last year. For bloggers, the event seemed to be a great place to meet face-to-face with other book bloggers, mingle with authors, and get ARCs of anticipated...
by Liselle | Sep 29, 2016 | Discussion Posts, Series
Litsy is a new app created by the same people who run the Out of Print bookish clothing company. Which I can say makes great looking products, and I’ve definitely shared some of their stuff on my Facebook page. But their app is most commonly referred to as the...
by Liselle | Aug 18, 2016 | Discussion Posts, Series
Girls with Low Self-Esteem: Overdone Trope or Realism? I don’t have any childhood memories of women or girls in books or movies that I aspired to be like. Sure, I had a favourite Spice Girl, but I didn’t want to be her. I was more jealous of the kids in...
by Liselle | Jul 14, 2016 | Discussion Posts, Series
Backlist vs. ARCs: The Good and Bad… When I first started blogging about a couple weeks in, I heard about Advanced Reading Copies (ARCs) and thought it was an amazing concept. How exclusive would it be to read a book before release? Once I got my blog up in...
