FANTASY TALES FOR TEENS & ADULTS

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Liz Griffin started writing magical stories in the hallway of her ballet studio in 8th grade. A brain-surgery survivor and an environmental engineer, she lives in Tennessee with her extensive collection of coffee mugs and her rescue cat, Tux. The Sorcerer and the Swan is her debut novel. She’s an alum of Maggie Stiefvater’s writing retreats and Adrienne Young’s Writing with the Soul program.

  • The Sorcerer and the Swan

    In this YA retelling of Swan Lake, the sorcerer’s daughter must unravel her father’s schemes when she discovers he has turned the princess into a swan.

  • Adult Romantic Fantasy

    Current work in progress.

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What’s the publication year for the book you’re currently reading? 📚 Thanks to friends like @live_1000_lives and @queenjapprox and @itsemilyexploring , I’m finally reading some classical/early YA authors like Robin McKinley and Su
📖 What are you using as a bookmark? If you’re not currently reading any physical books, what is bringing you joy right now? In both my (main) current reads, I have a bookmark from the bookstore where I purchased the book, which helps remind m
🧊🦌 There were live reindeer at my church’s volunteer Christmas party. Only about 20 people know why this meant a lot to me. It’s hitting me anew that publishing is an excruciating slow gamble. You might spend 2+ years writing something
Mon(daze) Have you read any books recently? (It’s ok if the answer is is no.) I felt seen in this book (for the burnout and self-worth-tied-to-career-output, if that wasn’t obvious). The energy for an effusive, elegant review is just no
Tuxedo doesn’t seem to appreciate how sweaty I got sitting in bright sunlight during Maggie’s bootcamp class, having a crisis over my darkest moment being too predictable. #writingproblems
Sometimes writing is hard and winter SAD is insurmountable. Every word, sentence, paragraph feels like unreadable garbage. Maybe I’ll look back on posts like this 10 years from now and nothing will be different. But I have to hope that 2034 Li
Here’s what I read in November, but more importantly, have you seen the US cover for MAGGIE STIEFVATER’S THE LISTENERS yet??? I so enjoyed the Scorpio Races readalong and wanted to shoutout my friends who joined for my various lives: @mc
DECEMBER ✨ Do you have any reading or writing plans for this month? The first book I’m reading is Nettle & Bone. I’m wishing you as many moments of peace as possible, in a month that can often become hectic and stressful. As always,
Have you ever done a closet purge? 🖤 Contrary to what some of you may have expected, my entire wardrobe is not black. But there are so many clothes I never reach for, and it’s time for them to go. Inspired by @gingersnark , I’ll be taki