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Lillian Csernica

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Born

in San Diego, CA

December 29

Website

http://lillian888.wordpress.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance

Influences

Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Tanith Lee, Dorothy Parker, Elliott Bake ...more

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March 2013

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At age 5, Lillian Csernica discovered the Little Golden Books fairy tales. From there she moved on to the works of Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Tanith Lee, and Terry Pratchett. Her very first short story sale, "Fallen Idol," appeared in After Hours and was later reprinted in DAW'S YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES XX. Ms. Csernica has gone on to publish stories in DAW'S Year's Best Horror Stories XXI, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, and HORRORS! 365 Scary Stories. Her Christmas ghost story “The Family Spirit” appeared in Weird Tales #322 and “Maeve” appeared in #333. Ms. Csernica has also published an historical romance novel, SHIP OF DREAMS.
Ms. Csernica has written a considerable amount of nonfiction in the field of science fiction, fantasy, ...more

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	100 Wicked Little Witch Stories by Martin H. Greenberg (editor/contributor), Robert Weinberg (Editor), Martin Mundt (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Citadels of Darkover by Deborah J. Ross (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Evey Brett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Steven Harper (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World by Bob Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.W. Cook (Goodreads Author), Irene Radford (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Largely Deceased by Julie Frost, Lillian Csernica (Goodreads Author), Steve Nagy (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Happily Ever After: a collection of fractured fairy tales by Anthony S. Buoni (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alisha Costanzo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ed Cooke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writer's Spellbook: Creating Magic Systems For Fantasy 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Im Bann des Piraten 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fright Factory: Build Better Horror 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fallen Idol really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Family Spirit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lillian Csernica's Blog: Brainstorms

The Finish Line is in Sight

Hi there. I've been pushing hard on the major edit for the Japanese romance novel. I cut it back quite a bit and changed a lot of the last third of the novel, so it was intense work. Now I'm going through for the "consistency edit" to make sure everything lines up properly from beginning to end. I still have to do some editing to bring the manuscript under the 400 page limit.

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Change of Fortune (Miss Fortune Mystery, #11)

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The Only Secret Left to Keep (Detective Ngaire Blakes Book 3)

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Talion (DI Munro & DS West #6)

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“There is no normal. There is only undiagnosed.”
― Lillian Csernica

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Lillian’s Quotes

“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well.”
― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

tags: commitment, creative-process, professionalism, writing

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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Mark Twain

tags: greatness

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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

tags: writing

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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It

tags: travel

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“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”
― Dorothy Parker