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PAPERBACK of Right Back Where We Started From!

PAPERBACKS of Right Back Where We Started From! Here I am opening the box of paperbacks of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From! They're coming out August 16! I'm almost more excited about the paperback than I was…

The Bookshop Podcast interview of Joy Lanzendorfer

Interview on The Bookshop Podcast

I had the pleasure to speak to Mandy Jackson-Beverly on The Bookshop Podcast about my novel, Right Back Where We Started From. Listen Here.

Interview In The Rumpus

I was interviewed by the fabulous Frances Badalamenti in The Rumpus! We talked about greed, ambition, and the “unlikable” female characters in my novel Right Back Where We Started From. Read the interview here.

Joy Lanzendorfer's writing chair

One Year Birthday of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM

Today is the one-year anniversary of the publication of my novel, RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. And in honor of that anniversary, I want to show you my office chair. Yes. I need a new office chair. I show…

Mug with Writer. on it

I’m A Writer But… Podcast

I was on the I’m A Writer But… podcast! I had a great time talking about RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM, ambition, and my crazy path to publication. Listen Here

KALW’s New Arrivals Podcast

I read an excerpt of my novel, RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM, today on KALW’s New Arrivals Podcast. Listen here!

Interview On C. P. Lesley’s Blog

I was interviewed about RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM on C. P. Lesley’s Blog. She asked a lot of in-depth questions about the plot, so you can get my inside take on the characters. Read it here.

Opening My Book!

I’m writing this on June 8th. Right Back Where We Started From came out on May 4th. It has been over a month now, and I can finally breathe a little after this whirlwind. Promoting and publishing a debut novel…

LitHub Essay: All in the Timing

For Literary Hub, I wrote an essay called All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It. It’s the publishing story of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, which I finished way…