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J.C. Lillis
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J.C. Lillis lives in Baltimore with her patient family and a ragtag band of tropical fish, some of which will be dead by the time you read this. She loves thrift store art, dollhouses, koi ponds, retrofuturism, and peanut butter and banana sandwiches. She hates writing bios.

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When do you think you'll be able to publish the sequel to You First, if there's actually going to be one? P.S. I love love loved it. It made laugh and cry and smile and frown and it was simply breathtaking. Just wow.
J.C. Lillis Hi--thanks so much for the message! I'm sorry for the late reply; I'm hardly ever on GR. :-) I'm so so glad you liked YOU FIRST--thank you for reading…moreHi--thanks so much for the message! I'm sorry for the late reply; I'm hardly ever on GR. :-) I'm so so glad you liked YOU FIRST--thank you for reading it! I'm working steadily on the sequel and hope to have it out by the end of the year, but I'm a slow writer and have pandemic brain, so I can't make hard and fast promises about the release date. I'll be making announcements on Twitter and my website when the release date gets closer, so please stay tuned! Hopefully it'll be worth the wait. :-) (less)
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I hate to bother you, but will 'How to Repair a Mechanical Heart' be available as a paperback at some point? -Z
J.C. Lillis Hi there! So sorry for the late reply. Yes, I'm working on making the paperback version of HTRAMH available by late spring through Createspace. I'll b…moreHi there! So sorry for the late reply. Yes, I'm working on making the paperback version of HTRAMH available by late spring through Createspace. I'll be posting updates on my blog and Twitter. Thanks for asking (and thanks for your patience!) :-)(less)
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A&B now a thing made of paper! With pages you can turn! And also hello, it’s been a while!


 


*removes 87 layers of cobwebs from blog*


 


*hires Big Bad Wolf to disperse dust*


 


*hits “New Post” button; hears sinister creeeeaaaaaaaaaaak like an attic door being pried open after eight months of the Trump administration, which is 97.6 years in regular human time*


 


*considers posting an Honest Post about how depression, panic attacks, news addiction, health anxiety, and frantic bibliot

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How to Repair a Mechanical ... A&B
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“Pretentious."
"So? I love pretentious people!"
"Why?"
"They try so hard to be interesting, you don't have to do any work.”
― J.C. Lillis, How to Repair a Mechanical Heart
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“Well, who doesn't love a good mpreg?"
"A what?"
"Sim gets man-pregnant? Gives birth to twins during a tornado?"
"I'll pretend I never heard that."
"Here, I'll read you the wedding one -"
"NO.”
― J.C. Lillis, How to Repair a Mechanical Heart
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“I am one man with a laptop. When I give the world my characters, it's because I don't want to keep them for myself. You don't like what I made them do? Fucking tell me I'm wrong! Rewrite the story. Throw in a new plot twist. Make up your own ending.”
― J.C. Lillis, How to Repair a Mechanical Heart
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message 6: by Jyanx
Jun 24, 2013 04:08PM

Jyanx J.C. wrote: "MLE wrote: "Thank you for accepting my request."

Thanks for asking me! I've been a Goodreads slacker -- trying to make up for it now. :-)"

It's an interesting place.


message 5: by J.C.
Jun 24, 2013 04:02PM

J.C. Lillis MLE wrote: "Thank you for accepting my request."

Thanks for asking me! I've been a Goodreads slacker -- trying to make up for it now. :-)


message 4: by Jyanx
Jun 24, 2013 12:08PM

Jyanx Thank you for accepting my request.


message 3: by M
Jun 24, 2013 06:34AM

M J.C. wrote: "Thank you so much! Book #2 is in the works -- stay tuned. :-)"

Whaaat? No! That is beyond awesome. Cannot wait.


message 2: by J.C.
Jun 24, 2013 04:47AM

J.C. Lillis M wrote: "Thanks for the invite! I am huge fan. No pressure, but I'm so looking forward to whatever you come up with next. :)"

Thank you so much! Book #2 is in the works -- stay tuned. :-)


message 1: by M
Jun 23, 2013 10:32PM

M Thanks for the invite! I am huge fan. No pressure, but I'm so looking forward to whatever you come up with next. :)


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