Bad Location: How Dark Settings Make For Memorable Stories

I have always been a sucker for big, scary settings… places with personality problems, dark agendas, and haunting ghosts. So, I especially enjoyed writing this piece for Weekly Lizard… If character is king (which it is), and plot flows from character (which it does), then what about setting? Well, it doesn’t often get the same kind…

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Booklist Hostile Questions | Lisa Unger’s Heartbroken

Happy on-sale day, HEARTBROKEN mass market! This is one of my all time favorite interviews from the hardcover release last year. Enjoy these Hostile Questions from Daniel Kraus in the Booklist Hostile Questions interview with Lisa Unger.  

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Book Club on a Yacht!

Last night, I had the pleasure to join a wonderful group of women from Palm Harbor, Florida for a book club discussion of  HEARTBROKEN — aboard a beautiful 60 ft yacht. Over the years, I have joined many book groups in person or online for discussions of my work, and I have always had a great…

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Pre-Pub – The Days Before a New Release!

The days before a new release are so super-charged!  I’m doing lots of interviews, guest blogs, posts and getting ready to go on the road.  Meanwhile, I’m knee deep in revisions on the next book.  Crazy times!  I’m excited and nervous all at once!  You’d think after so many years of doing this, I would…

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