I have this habit… I guess it’s a bad habit?… of starting new projects when I get stuck or bored with the one I’m working on. So I haven’t been working much on Reverie, although to throw you a bone, here’s a recent little excerpt: “Me?” the girl says. There’s Read more…
I’m excited to have found a great narrator for my upcoming novel, Reverie. Liz Saydah has read for LGBTQ books, romance, AND has a believable / not cheesy southern accent. A rare find! I asked her to record Chapter 4 for me as an audition piece, and I think it Read more…
Coming November / December 2017: Reverie — Small town love isn’t always quaint. Learn more at https://authorelizaandrews.com Referenced in the video: Chapter 1 (note that it was originally titled Apart) Excerpt from Chapter 2 “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor “A Rose for Emily” by William Read more…
A while back — a *long* while back — I accidentally wrote a first chapter to a novel I didn’t realize I wanted to write. I posted it here, and at the time I called the book Apart, but now I’m calling it Reverie. Now I am actively working on Read more…
I’ve just finished up the last few revisions for Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain. To give you a little taste, here’s a random chapter from the first third of the book. — Chapter 15: Things you don’t reminisce about over lunch. Preamble We end up having Read more…
A day late and a dollar short — story of my life. I’m nearly ready to publish Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain. The final revisions are done, the beta readers have had their say, and I’m just updating my website and back matter for my other Read more…
Guess what. I finished Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain! I can’t wait to share it with you. I say “I finished,” but that’s not the same as saying “I’m done,” of course. I’m entering the editing phase at this point, but at least the draft is Read more…
Now that Paradise is complete and published (yay!), I’m ready to get back to Anika takes the long way home. I should’ve finished it MONTHS ago, seriously! Months. But better late than never, right? Anyway, while I wrote Anika, I was living in a fairly noisy place in Washington, DC. As Read more…
Hello, friends. How have you been? …Pretty good?… I’m glad! Oh — how have *I* been?? Well, funny you should ask, actually, because there’s a LOT going on in my life right now. While I suppose we are all busy all the time these days, last Sunday, I completed a Read more…
Well, guys, I did it — the reason you didn’t hear from me last Wednesday is that I was hard at work finishing Paradise. (Click here if you missed the long excerpt I posted.) The good news is, it’s done and it’s off to its beta readers. With a little Read more…