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Livia’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Livia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Livia Blackburne
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Midnight Thief (Midnight Thief, #1)
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2014
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11 editions
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Rosemarked (Rosemarked, #1)
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2017
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Daughter of Dusk (Midnight Thief, #2)
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2015
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10 editions
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Umbertouched (Rosemarked, #2)
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2018
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7 editions
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Feather and Flame (The Queen's Council, #2)
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2022
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13 editions
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Poison Dance (Midnight Thief, #0.5)
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2013
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I Dream of Popo
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2021
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Clementine and Danny Save the World
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2023
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From Words to Brain
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2010
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Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre
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How to Personalize a Query in 10 Minutes
Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted here. But I've been giving a lot of the same writing advice lately, and I recently compiled it in a twitter thread. I'm reprinting it here for later access.
Every so often, I’ll meet a querying writer who’s burnt out because she’s taking hours to personalize her query letters. When I queried for Midnight Thief, I spent a long time perfecting the query it
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“The process doesn’t end there. Stories are more than just images. As you continue in the tale, you get to know the characters, motivations and conflicts that make up the core of the story. This requires more parts of the brain. Some parts process emotion. Others infer the thoughts of others, letting us empathize with their experiences. Yet other parts package the experience into memories for future reflection”
― Dalle parole al cervello
― Dalle parole al cervello
“Risk is everywhere. Only the nobles have the luxury of a long easy life. Justice, vengeance, the ability to carve out your own fate instead of being herded like an animal. Sometimes it’s worth dying for.”
― Poison Dance
― Poison Dance
“It is better to die honorably and render yourself immortal than live to old age and fade to dust.”
― Daughter of Dusk
― Daughter of Dusk
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| 40k Book Club: Friday To Friday: Can neuroscience teach you to be a better writer? | 1 | 15 | Jan 30, 2011 01:06AM | |
| 40k Book Club: How to Write Science Fiction Giveaway! | 1 | 13 | Jul 11, 2011 12:51AM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: 2014 New Releases Reading Challenge | 268 | 849 | Dec 30, 2014 05:11PM | |
| Urban Fantasy Afi...: New Author Challenge (2014 Year Long Challenge) | 27 | 58 | Jan 03, 2015 09:08PM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: New 2 U Authors: 2014 | 345 | 755 | Jan 11, 2015 09:29AM | |
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| The Challenge Fac...: TCF's Summer Seasonal Challenge | 56 | 98 | Sep 25, 2017 02:59PM | |
| The Lost Challenges: * 2017 A-Z Series Names | 33 | 66 | Dec 28, 2017 03:48AM |
“The process doesn’t end there. Stories are more than just images. As you continue in the tale, you get to know the characters, motivations and conflicts that make up the core of the story. This requires more parts of the brain. Some parts process emotion. Others infer the thoughts of others, letting us empathize with their experiences. Yet other parts package the experience into memories for future reflection”
― Dalle parole al cervello
― Dalle parole al cervello
“Someday, Locke Lamora,â€� he said, “someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.â€�
“Oh please,â€� said Locke. “It’ll never happen.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“Oh please,â€� said Locke. “It’ll never happen.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“I can't wait to have words with the Gray King when this shit is all finished," Locke whispered. "There's a few things I want to ask him. Philosophical questions. Like, 'How does it feel to be dangled out a window by a rope tied around your balls, motherfucker?”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
Q&A with Livia Blackburne on Neuroscience of Reading and Writing
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What is it that transforms a page of words into something that moves us and leaves us changed? From February 13, 2011 to March 15, 2011, Livia Blackbu ...more
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Thankyou for accepting my friend request. I love your books. They're one of my favorite. Can't wait to read more books by you! :)
Check out my new book By me Tanea Hill entitled Pajama Stories Volume 1 The Jewelry Store it is a mixture of local events in New York , urbaness, and a spice of mischief.My book is located on amazon,lulu. Pajama Stories Volume 2 Providence The lady Dj is coming thiss month
Iain Read my first authored book free! It uses a Creative Commons 3.0 license.Can I have a review please?
Hi Livia- thanks for becoming a friend!Please take a moment and stop at our website to subscribe to our newsletter and like us on Facebook- we would love to have you.
You might want to join our group- indieBRAG here on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
Hi Livia, thanks for acceptance......have a nice day
My Memoir - Includes details of my Martin Luther King Jr. assassination investigation -TO LIVE OR MAYBE NOT at SCRIBD -
Twilight fanfiction is up. 'No Apologies' edition >http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...
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Wow you do have an interesting collection! Just wanted to say hi. take care.
You have quite an interesting collection of books- Jay
Steve wrote: "Hi Livia. I've been watching with interest the books you have been adding to your lists recently, and I am amazed at how much we have in common. Expecially the David Eddings series. I had forgotte..."Hi Steve,
I read a whole lot of fantasy back in high school. I've actually read the Mallorean and a few triologies in his other world too, but don't remember them well enough to rate them.
Hi Livia. I've been watching with interest the books you have been adding to your lists recently, and I am amazed at how much we have in common. Expecially the David Eddings series. I had forgotten those almost completely, but I enjoyed them so much. There are quite a few others I've read that you have reminded me about. I need to update my list. Hope you are having a fabulous weekend. Talk to you soon.Steve
Sambath wrote: "Hi, Livia. Thank you for the request. I checked out your blog. It's very insightful. Keep up the good work.Sambath"
Thanks for checking out the blog, Sambath :-)
Hi, Livia. Thank you for the request. I checked out your blog. It's very insightful. Keep up the good work.Sambath
LINCOLN wrote: "Hi, Livia!I am completely stoked to be your friend! Neuroscience -- hmmm? There's no science to the fact that most writers are a bit crazy LOL :D (I sure am!)"
Neuroscientists are just as crazy...
Hi, Livia!I am completely stoked to be your friend! Neuroscience -- hmmm? There's no science to the fact that most writers are a bit crazy LOL :D (I sure am!)
Thanks Livia for the Friend Request. I'm honored to have you as friend and fellow reader. Best wishes in your advanced pursuits.
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