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Elizabeth Kaida

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Elizabeth's 2022 debut novel Searching for Sun is available now in ebook, and hardback editions. While writing she has been a bookstore loiterer, musician, poetry archivist, English second language tutor, and architecture administrative assistant.

She is inspired by the weird—decayed railroad tracks running into and at the bottom of lakes—music and strangers on public transportation—and by what she reads.

Copious amounts of tea graduated Elizabeth from San Francisco State University with her MA and MFA in Creative Writing. Her poetry has been published in The Bohemian at NDNU and her first novel in progress won runner-up for the Clark-Gross Novel award. She currently resides and writes in LA California drinking tea and typing words.
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Elizabeth Kaida When I get writer's block I read as much as I can, as long as I want. Then, soon the bug to be productive pops back up and I find I can write again.…moreWhen I get writer's block I read as much as I can, as long as I want. Then, soon the bug to be productive pops back up and I find I can write again.(less)
Elizabeth Kaida I began writing Searching for Sun in 2012 when a discussion over the existence of planet Gliese 581g was written about. At the time, all anyone knew w…moreI began writing Searching for Sun in 2012 when a discussion over the existence of planet Gliese 581g was written about. At the time, all anyone knew was that Gliese 581g was a Goldilocks planet. Meaning a planet the correct distance from its sun--not too hot and not too cold for life and for liquid water. It was also believed to be tidally locked so that half the planet faces its sun all the time, and half doesn't. Humans could technically live along the habitable zone between the light and dark sides of the planet. I loved the idea of a hot desert side of a planet contrasted with a frozen side and basically time losing meaning when it came to day cycles.

This setting was the first inspiration for me. It felt exciting, and it influenced themes in the novel of natural contrast. Human evolution through nature versus through technology--both achieving similar things but struggling to co-exist together.(less)
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The Tea Post 26: Japan, Literary Agent, and new Projects!

  Literary Agent Update!

Sorry I haven’t posted for a while! Too many awesome things have been happening!

I began prepping to query AFTER LOVELIFE after the holiday season...

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Got to read an ARC! So much heart in this book! And as someone whose grandmother ran a small farm, all my love to the struggle <3 The bond between Felicity and Alex is so sweet--and their pranks are legendary. I devoured this in two sittings.
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