Watch the latest from Planet Alissa on YouTube
Alissa shares some of her reselling adventures on her YouTube channel Planet Alissa. Here’s some videos from the past week: A thrift haul followup report: A new thrift store haul: And the weekly Etsy...
View ArticleAlissa turned 40 and made this video
Alissa’s nostalgia on her 40th birthday led her to make this video with an incomplete list of some of the things she remembers from her you that simply don’t exist anymore. You can watch it here.
View ArticleAlissa doesn’t have time to post this link . . .
. . . to this blog post at YA Outside Lines on the subject of time, but she’s doing it anyway, because she’s like some sort of super hero or something.
View ArticleAlissa announces her 2016 goals in a new Awkward Author video
Each year Alissa makes a list of goals, most of which she will fall short of actually meeting. She insists she’s going to do better this year, but it’s only January 10th, and experience has shown that...
View ArticleA New Year Means New Adventures
Happy New Year! Beginning at the end of last year Alissa relaunched her email newsletter as The Adventure Continues. Last month she covered the topic of reinvention. You can read the December...
View ArticleAlissa tells a story about that time she went to a science fiction convention
The theme this month at YA Outside the Lines was supposed to be Under the Radar Authors, which Alissa didn’t quite stick to in her long and rambling post, which you can read here.
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Alissa’s Talking About Her Favorite Word
This month at YA Outside the Lines Alissa shares with readers her favorite word, or her one-time favorite word. She also does a lot of rambling on a variety of topics including movies, Stephen King and...
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The Weeklyish Update for March 21, 2016
It’s been awhile since Alissa has posted an Awkward Author video, but now she’s back with promises to post more videos. She doesn’t have such a good track record where that’s concerned, but we’ll see...
View ArticleAlissa shares some authorly advice
In her latest Awkward Author video Alissa talks about jacket flap copy, or if we’re talking about paperback books the back cover copy, and why you probably shouldn’t employ the book report skills you...
View ArticleA New Edition of The Adventure Continues is out now
In “this month’s” issue Alissa attempts to explain why it’s been months since she has sent out a monthly newsletter. What it all boils down to is that she is sorely lacking in time management skills....
View ArticleA new Awkward Author video is up
In a rare move Alissa managed to stay on top of things this week, and has posted her second Awkard Author Weeklyish Update. In this one she chronicles her adventures of living in an old building with...
View ArticleAlissa interviewed by Thrifty Theresa
Learn more about Alissa and her vintage Etsy shop in this YouTube interview conducted by fellow Etsy seller Thrifty Theresa
View ArticleAlissa dispenses some more authorly advice
The question of whether or not authors earn royalties on the books they purchase at a discount from their publisher came up recently in a group Alissa is a member of, so she decided to make an Awkward...
View ArticleAlissa is ranting about a power outage and more in this week’s Weeklyish Update
Alissa’s latest Weeklyish Update video on her Awkward Author channel is now up. In this vlog dealing with and mostly complaining about an electrical outage. There’s also a quick update on her writing...
View ArticleAlissa received a royalty statement
and you can learn all about it and more in this week’s Awkward Author weeklyish update, in which she also dramatically impersonates the behavior of her dog at the vet and explains what happened to that...
View ArticleAlissa’s talking about a really awesome birthday gift
The theme this month at YA Outside the Lines was fools, pranks and jokes, and so Alissa wrote about a cheap little gift that turned out being quite popular with her 11 year-old nephew. You can read all...
View ArticleWatch the latest Awkward Author Video
Alissa’s dishing out some authorly advice in her latest Awkward Author video:
View ArticleWatch the latest Awkward Author video
This week Alissa explains why it’s been over two weeks since she’s put out a weekly update video, her problem with schedules and organization in general and drops some hints about her father’s upcoming...
View Article7 Ways Becoming and Author Didn’t Live up to Alissa’s Expectations
This month over at YA Outside the Lines, the topic is dreams and expectations versus reality. Alissa shares her list of 7 ways (well, really it’s 6, if you want to get technical) of how authordom has...
View ArticleAlissa shares some thoughts on algorithm based publishing
In her latest Awkward Author video, Alissa is sharing her opinion on the concept of algorithm based publishing, and what she sees as the issues with this new approach to book publishing:
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