Lizzi grew up riding wild in the Santa Cruz Mountain redwoods, became an equine veterinarian at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and practiced in the Gold and Pony Express Country of California before emigrating to New Zealand. She is the proud mother of two boys in that sea of green. When she's not writing, she's swinging a rapier or shooting a bow in medieval garb, riding or driving a carriage, playing in the garden on her hobby farm, singing, cooking, being an equine veterinarian or high school science teacher. She is multiply published and awarded in special interest magazines and veterinary periodicals.
With her debut novel, A Long Trail Rolling, she was Finalist 2013 RWNZ Great Beginnings; Winner 2014 RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award for the unpublished full manuscript; Winner 2015 RWNZ Koru Award for Best First Novel and third in Koru Long Novel section; and finalist in the 2015 Best Indie Book Award.
Starting, and finishing, a novel can be a daunting prospect, but you can do it if you’re willing to be a little disciplined and try a few different ways of doing things. I’ve compiled a few of the tips that have made the biggest difference to me in my journey as a writer. I …
Hi everyone! To go into a competition to win a digital copy of A Long Trail Rolling or a $10.00 USD Amazon /Barnes & Noble gift card, visit the website of Dee Ann Palmer at http://deeannpalmer.com/ where she’s hosting me today! …
Hello there! Today I’m guest-blogging over at The Romance Studio! Come on by, I’m talking about the Pony Express and how it ran, and still runs today! That’s over at The Romance Studio! Ride on by and take a look! There’s an interesting little excerpt at the end, about a rather stroppy, in-heat mare, and how she makes …
It’s an exciting time for independent and self-publishing writers who want to exercise control of their ideas, their stories, and their books. This festival brings together New Zealand authors, writers, books and readers together in a way never before possible! At the festival you’ll have the opportunity to talk with authors behind the stories. If you’re a writer, …
I have indeed been remiss! I posted on FB but not on to here! At the annual 2015 RWNZ Conference a few weeks ago, A Long Trail Rolling placed in two sections of the Koru Award for Excellence, winning the Best First Novel and placing third in the Best Long Novel. I’m especially pleased because …
Hi All, I’m blogging today over at The Romance Studio! Come on over to The Romance Studio hear a little about the Secession Menace in California in the 1860’s, A Long Trail Rolling and The Hills of Gold Unchanging! See you there! XXX Lizzi
Just for a bit of fun, here’s one of the blog posts I’m posting on the 21st of this month on The Romance Studio’s End of Summer Bash… Hello All! Welcome back! Here’s another excerpt… with Scotty, horses and sparks flying between Aleksandra and Xavier… ~ ~ ~ ‘Oh no, the Furs! And …
Hello All! I’m posting ALL WEEK on The Romance Studio’s End of Summer Bash! Come on by to see what my book is all about, and a bit of background about A Long Trail Rolling, its author (me!) and the in-progress sequels in @The Long Trails Quadrilogy, The Hills of Gold Unchanging, A Sea of …
Hi everyone! I was invited to an interview with Cynthia Wolf, Historical Romance author extraordinaire! Click Here! Here’s the header on her lovely page! Come on by and learn a little about where I got interested in writing, how the series began, and some things about me you might not have known! Leave a comment …
Hi All! Just wanted you to know A Long Trail Rolling is featured on the front page of The Romance Studio today! http://www.theromancestudio.com/ Come on by and have a look! Take care! Back to writing Book Two! Regards, Lizzi
Hello everyone! Today I’m blogging at not one, but two other sites, about New Zealand and a BEAUTIFUL place there, and how it happened that seeing the sign, and then the place, radically changed the ending of my third novel, A Sea of Green Unfolding! The first (because it was really yesterday) is at The Romance …
Great blog on bringing the world into your home…with coffee table books. 🙂 Thanks E.! Lizzi
Great post, thanks Bob! Reposted here. 🙂
Nice, Bob! Thanks! L
Hi all, A recent FB post made me sit down and write a little about some of the teachers in High School who made a huge difference to my life… Pescadero High School, Pescadero, CA… a huge place, with all of a hundred students from 9-12 grade. Some of us came from nearly Woodside, some …