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Lori Alden Holuta

Lori Alden Holuta lives between the cornfields of mid-Michigan, where she grows vegetables, teas and herbs, when she’s not playing games with a cat named Chives. Find her book reviews, recipes, and other surprises at ceejaywriter.com

The Writing Life

March 17, 2026•1 min read

Can You Gift an Author ISBN Numbers?

From time to time someone might ask an independent author, “What would you like as a gift?” What that author doesn’t dare say, but might really want and need is ISBN numbers.

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Lori Alden Holuta

Authors

January 22, 2026•3 min read

Scam Alert: The Book Marketing Grifters Have Crossed A Line

If you’re a writer with published books, you’ve likely heard of the book marketing grifters that are flooding email, setting up social media accounts to pitch their scams in private messages, and no doubt trying other methods.

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Lori Alden Holuta

Flight to Brassbright

December 29, 2025•2 min read

The Flight to Brassbright’s Tenth Anniversary Celebration Edition

On February 17, 2026, which happens to be Random Acts of Kindness Day, I’m releasing this Tenth Anniversary Celebration Edition.

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Lori Alden Holuta

Authors

November 30, 2025•1 min read

Author Friends… Need Reviews?

Attention authors! Who needs book reviews? We ALL do.

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Lori Alden Holuta

Flight to Brassbright

November 20, 2025•1 min read

Out with the Old, In with the New

It took a while, but finally, the old brightly colored circus-themed cover has now been obliterated from every legit site on the internet.

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Lori Alden Holuta

Parlor Poetry

October 3, 2025•4 min read

Guest Blogger BG Thomas Talks About Parlor Poetry

Today’s guest blogger is a writing colleague whom I’ve known what feels like forever, and I mean that in a good way! Though our writing styles and settings are wildly different, we always somehow seem to be in tune with each other. While I lean hard into YA Victorian era-ish adventures, Ben’s contemporary books are […]

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Lori Alden Holuta