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COLD TRAIL: Available to preorder on Amazon

By lifstrand | May 11, 2026 - 12:31 am |May 11, 2026 Writing Business

Wahoo – progress! COLD TRAIL is availble to preorder right now on Amazon (Kindle)!

New author blurb – what do you think?

By lifstrand | March 12, 2026 - 4:43 pm |March 12, 2026 Upcoming book

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I updated my Goodreads author blurb, because the next book in my Mangas County Mysteries series is still on track for late April/early May release. I’m pretty sure the final cover is good to go, but I’ll share only when it’s absolutely for sure! Lif Strand’s first novel, Evolution Device,… Continue reading →

Critter update – Sadie

By lifstrand | January 3, 2026 - 7:00 pm |January 3, 2026 Writing Business

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01/03/25 Saturday Sadie has been here for one week today. Tedi, from Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary texted me yesterday to ask how it was going with the new adoption, and that reminded me that she might not be the only person curious to know. Read more at https://www.lifstrand.com/stories-stuff/critters/

I’m not in love

By lifstrand | October 14, 2025 - 8:04 pm |October 14, 2025 Critters, Writing Business

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Prepare to be outraged. I am just going to put it right out there: I am not in love with two kittens in my house right now. This isn’t my first kitten rodeo. At one point in the last twenty-five years I accidentally had something like a dozen kittens of… Continue reading →

Thoughts on research, by a person who loves researching

By lifstrand | September 12, 2025 - 12:05 am |September 12, 2025 Writing Business

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There’s research for a specific purpose and there’s research for the sheer joy of learning something new. Those of us who love both kinds get lost down the rabbit hole of links leading to anywhere and everywhere. Start with one little factoid, end up on the other side of the… Continue reading →

I don’t care if it’s a dry heat

By lifstrand | August 10, 2025 - 9:38 pm |August 10, 2025 Weather, Writing Business

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It’s been so damn hot for far too long. I know, I know, it’s a dry heat. I don’t care – any heat sucks the energy right out of me. Makes me long to take a siesta, though if I dare do that I won’t sleep that night. Makes it hard… Continue reading →

Delinquent? GUILTY!

By lifstrand | May 15, 2025 - 7:00 pm |May 15, 2025 Critters, Writing Business

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I’m kinda old to be an actual juvenile delinquent, but I am guilty of ignoring my blog for too long. SORRY! In my defense I can only say I’ve been crazy busy, and that’s the truth [more on this another time]. Thank goodness for my critters because they keep me… Continue reading →

Just a selfie shadow

By lifstrand | May 4, 2025 - 9:29 pm |May 4, 2025 Writing Business

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STOLEN SISTERS preorder info as of 03/09/25

By lifstrand | March 9, 2025 - 10:33 pm |March 10, 2025 Books, Stolen Sisters

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Here is preorder information for STOLEN SISTERS, the second book in the Mangas Mysteries series. Preorder starting March 1, 2025 Publication date March 18, 2025 https://square.link/u/U4LWkZ8E paperback from Green Avenue Books https://www.greenavenuebooksshop.com/ paperback on Green Avenue Books sales page https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYWPJR43 eBook from Amazon Paperback is not available as a preorder… Continue reading →

STOLEN SISTERS

By lifstrand | March 1, 2025 - 6:31 pm |March 1, 2025 Writing Business

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Here is ordering information for STOLEN SISTERS, the second book in the Mangas Mysteries series. Preorder starting March 1, 2025 Publication date March 18, 2025 https://square.link/u/U4LWkZ8E Green Avenue Books https://www.greenavenuebooksshop.com/ Green Avenue Books sales page https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYWPJR43 eBook For personalized autographed copies of STOLEN SISTERS, comment below with “Sign it” and… Continue reading →