Lisa Lang Blakeney

There’s a mean girl in my head telling me that my story is boring. Telling me that my characters are flat. Asking me who the hell do I think I am trying to write a book that readers will love much less like. She’s a real bitch and I’m sick of her. For the first

When you grow up in dysfunctional home (and many of us can identify with that), a way that many of us cope is to escape. For some the escape can be negative. For example, some kids physically escape. They run away. They always stay at a friend’s house. They run the streets. Other kids emotionally escape