Monday, April 27, 2009

Lisa J. Lickel and "The Gold Standard"

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School teacher Judy Winters sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her only living relative’s murder on the cross-state farm where Aunt Louise grew up. Judy will inherit the farm—if she agrees to stay there...

Healing Grace, an adult fiction/intrigue, a haunting tale of love and sacrifice, coming in May from Zumaya Books



Brought to you in part by:
WOOF: Women Only Over Fifty , Wendel Wordsworth, Cynthia's Attic


11 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great mystery. All the best, Lisa!

    Mary

    http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com
    http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.com

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  2. We're so happy decided to visit Bookland Heights! Both books sounds like great reads!

    Diana

    http://www.basicblackblog.blogspot.com
    http://www.tpwresources.com

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  3. I'm grateful for your support. Thank you for inviting me here. GS has a double mystery/romance - one is a couple that would fit into the WOOF club. :)
    I really have to change my "follow" picture, don't I?
    Lisa

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  4. Lisa, who or what most influenced your writing?

    Diana

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  5. Influences....hmmm, how I write? Probably the bad side is my favorite early authors from the 40s, 50s and 70s who never had to worry about POV! The upside is the characterization of Ray Bradbury, the settings of Anne McCaffrey's dragonriders, the imagery of Zane Grey, the angst of Mary Stewart, the lushness of Thomas Costain, some of the humor of Garrison Keillor. I'm quite eclectic, as you see. I also write and perform radio theater, which is a whole different smorgasboard of an audience, who has to know what's going on by listening.

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  6. Eclectic is right, Lisa! I didn't know you also performed! Very different audience to entertain and keep engaged.

    Mary

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  7. Love learning this about you, Lisa!

    From what I can gather about most creative expression is that, somewhere along the line, it requires listening.

    Listening to other actors, listening to what our audience wants, listening to voices inside our heads (!)...and eventually our hearts.

    Thanks, Lisa, for sharing your talents with us on so many levels...

    Diana
    http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.com
    http://www.basicblackblog.blobspot.com

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  8. Yeah, that listening to your head thing can go a lot of ways.... (VERY BIG GRIN)
    Thanks again for letting me play here.
    Lisa

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  9. Lisa,

    Is that a petoskey stone on the cover of your book? How does it play into the story? A friend of mine from Michigan gave me one several years ago and I still have it.

    Pam/Anne
    http://beacon-street.blogspot.com

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  10. Hi, Pam/Anne,
    Yes, that's a Petoskey stone. I won't be mean and say 'you'll just to read it,' but the stone has a part in describing the strength and fragility of life and nature as the theme of Healing Grace. Even if we try to deny our God-given talent/nature and try to become something else, God uses us and reminds us that he is in control. The characters in the book talk about it at one point, and the idea took on a lot of meaning for the story. The editor and cover artist liked the theme, as did I, so were able to incorporate it.
    Now, I still hope you'll want to read it. :)
    Lisa

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  11. That's beautiful, Lisa...And again, it comes back to listening, doesn't it?

    Best,
    Diana

    http://www.basicblackblog.blogspot.com

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