by Lisa Marlin | May 23, 2019 | Featured, Penny Story Blog
On Thursday, May 23, 2019, a notification popped up in a news feed that I follow: It’s National Lucky Penny Day! What?! How did I not know this? I am The Penny Lady. THE. Or so I used to be, once upon a lifetime ago. Along about 2008, I wrote a novel about the...
by Lisa Marlin | Jul 20, 2013 | Featured, Penny Story Blog
Maybe it started with me teasing my daughter about joining me in a Zombie 5k next weekend. Feeling pretty good after improving my own time during a 3.1 mile run earlier in the morning, I’d begun Googling runs in Denver that I might try. My oldest daughter...
by Lisa Marlin | Jul 8, 2013 | Penny Story Blog
“Look like you’re having fun,” I call out to my kids as I snap picture number 387 on day 8 of our Texas vacation. They are, of course, having a blast escaping the menial daily chores back home in Colorado as they enjoy amusement parks, lake ventures...
by Lisa Marlin | Jun 9, 2013 | Featured, Penny Story Blog
I debated buying the $5.99 magazine or just browsing through a copy, but then I thought that if I’m serious about this writing thing, I needed to make the small investment. With tax, the July/August issue of Writer’s Digest magazine came to $6.47. I handed the Barnes...
by Lisa Marlin | Jun 9, 2013 | Featured, Penny Story Blog
If I had a penny for every day that has passed since my last blog posting, I’d have enough money for a movie ticket, maybe. But not in 3D or for popcorn and a coke. Needless to say (but I’m saying it anyway), a lot of time has gone by, so much in fact,...
by Lisa Marlin | Jun 9, 2013 | Penny Story Blog
I am going to take a bold step and share a draft of the first page of my second novel here. At all the writing conferences I have attended, there is always a session where editors read the first page of a writer’s manuscript and comment as to whether they would...
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