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Read more about the article Armchair Traveler Through Time: An Interview with Amber Lough

Armchair Traveler Through Time: An Interview with Amber Lough

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:April 7, 2020
  • Post category:Blog/International/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Interview with the author of new YA historical novel Open Fire, set in Russia in 1917, at a time of war and revolution.

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Read more about the article Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19: Guest Post by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19: Guest Post by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:March 26, 2020
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Nora Shalaway Carpenter, author of The Edge of Anything, discusses her novel, OCD, and helpful resources to get us through the current pandemic.

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Read more about the article We Are the Collective Protagonist

We Are the Collective Protagonist

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:March 20, 2020
  • Post category:Blog/International/Writing
  • Post comments:3 Comments

How our actions as a collectivity raise or lower our chances of surviving the Covid-19 pandemic, thus making all of us a collective protagonist.

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Read more about the article Armchair Traveler
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Armchair Traveler

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:February 3, 2020
  • Post category:Blog/International/Lego/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Because of my broken ankle, I missed this year's New York Times Travel Show and that opportunity to plan my summer trip, which will -- ankle permitting -- take us…

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Read more about the article Scooped!

Scooped!

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:January 10, 2020
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:5 Comments

What do you do when someone comes out with a book eerily similar to your unpublished project? How to survive being "scooped."

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Read more about the article Punch Up, Punch Down, Punch Sideways

Punch Up, Punch Down, Punch Sideways

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:November 5, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Germany/Serialized Fiction/Writing
  • Post comments:7 Comments

Reviews and an excerpt from unpublished work to illustrate different types of humor and to call for more that punches up.

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Read more about the article Proud of My “Students”

Proud of My “Students”

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:September 23, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

The launch event for the contemporary Jewish American anthology It's a Whole Spiel, highlighting the diversity of Millennial and Gen Z Jewish experiences.

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Read more about the article Talking Verse Novels at GetLitBeacon

Talking Verse Novels at GetLitBeacon

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:September 10, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:4 Comments

Expanding on my presentation about verse novels at GetLitBeacon, along with the reading list I promised.

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Read more about the article An Interview with Author, Publisher, and Activist J.L. Powers

An Interview with Author, Publisher, and Activist J.L. Powers

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:June 21, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/International/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Interview with JL Powers, author of Under Water, the sequel to her award winning This Thing Called the Future, set in modern-day South Africa.

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Read more about the article YA Trends and Boomlets

YA Trends and Boomlets

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:May 15, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/International/Languages/Writing
  • Post comments:1 Comment

A discussion of several new YA novels set in Russia and Eastern Europe during and after the fall of Communism. Is this a new trend?

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