Lisa Jackson is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and she, just like every other author, has a first sale story because every bestselling career has to start somewhere. Lisa’s started at the urging of her sister and she’s been successfully killing people every since. Her last release was “Lost Souls” published in hardcover by Kensington and is in stores now. Left to Die will be out in stores in August 2009.
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Okay, folks, we are talking ancient history here. I actually began writing in 1981 when my sons were 2 and 1 and I was totally and horribly broke.
My sister, Nancy Bush, said to me, “Hey, have you read that article in Time magazine, the new one with Reagan being shot on the cover? There’s a story about young mothers who write. After the last diaper is washed (yes, they were cloth) and the bottles in the dishwasher (glass, yep) and the kids are in bed, they pull out typewriters (again, pre-computers) and begin writing romance novels. Then they sell them and make …



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