Six Reasons You’re Not as Creative as You Could Be

Years ago, I attended a writers’ conference. After my speech was over, I sat in on a talk given by a writing professor. And what she said has stayed with me ever since. A woman in the audience lamented that she wanted to write, really wanted to, but could never find the time. The professor’s…

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Chris Pavone and Lisa Unger, in Conversation

Inhabiting Character, Art Imitating Life, and What Publishing Jobs Taught Us about Writing Most of the time, authors are alone. To complete a novel, one must be comfortable with solitude. In fact, one must even be happy to log hours with head bent in silence, fingers to the keyboard. But on the other side of…

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Strand Magazine Interview with Lisa Unger

The following is my in-depth interview with The Strand Magazine, published in the Strand Magazine Issue 42: Spring 2014: STRAND MAGAZINE: So what is new from Lisa Unger this year? This year, my twelfth novel IN THE BLOOD released on January 7th. I have been on the road visiting with booksellers and fans from Key West…

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BookExpo America 2013

Come join me at BookExpo America 2013!  I will be at the Simon & Schuster booth (#2639) this Friday at 10 am!  Touchstone is giving away ARCs of my brand new release  IN THE BLOOD (Jan 2014) and I’ll be signing them.  Can’t wait to connect with my bookseller, librarian, blogger, media, author and publishing pals! BookExpo…

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So You Want to be a Writer …

I spent this past weekend at Sleuthfest, one of Florida’s best writers conferences.  It was a dynamic gathering of writers, professional and aspiring, as well as some of the most important agents and editors in the business.  I was struck that it’s probably one of the best things you can do as an aspiring writer, spend…

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