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The word 'LOVE' with the letters 'L', 'O', and 'V' in black and the 'E' in pink, along with the website 'iLOVEcv.com' beneath it.

I’m Oro Valley’s featured citizen!

Check out the article, Bringing Desert Magic to the Literary World, here.

Book promotion poster with text details about preorder for a book titled "My Lips, Her Voice" by L. L. Madrid, featuring a collage cover image of a face with parts rearranged and a background with wooden letter blocks and a yellow pickaxe icon. The poster mentions a preorder deadline of October 13-25 and a chance to win a PR box by ordering through a link in the author's bio.

Claim your preorder goodies here!

A magazine page featuring a headline for a deal report about audio rights titled "MY LIPS, HER VOICE" by L.L. Madrid, published on May 14, 2025. The page displays a large illustration of black and yellow headphones next to a smartphone mockup with the book cover for "My Lips, Her Voice," which has a collage of various faces and landscapes, with the title in yellow text.

My Lips, Her Voice is going to be an audiobook produced by Dreamscape Publishing!

A promotional poster for the book "My Lips, Her Voice" by L. L. Madrid, featuring collage-style artwork of a woman's eyes and lips, with a desert landscape at the bottom, surrounded by tarot cards and illustrations of a scorpion, a crane, and a telescopic device.

Request My Lips, Her Voice on NetGalley!

Book cover titled 'Writing When the World Feels Broken' by L.L. Madrid and Lora Durance, featuring two Polaroid-style photographs of women, one smiling with dark hair and another outdoors in a blue jacket with a scenic background, set against a stormy ocean backdrop.

My long time writing partner and amazing friend, Lora Durance, and I took over Vickie Lan’s Speculative Sandbox Podcast for an episode. Despite the heavy topic, we had a blast recording, and we got in a few good giggles in as well. Have a listen!

I started a newsletter on Substack. Take a gander.

Cover of Flash Fiction Online magazine, September 2024 issue, featuring a vintage illustration of a tornado with dark clouds and lightning, and the titles of four flash fiction stories with authors' names: "Tornado Breakers Don't Cry" by Stefan Alcalá Slater, "The Hanging of Billy Crabtree" by H. A. Eugene, "To Harvest a Cloud" by Rich Larson, and "Nosebleed Weather" by Marilyn Hope.

My flash fiction piece, The Ruby Level, is in the September issue of Flash Fiction Online!

Book cover for 'MY LIPS, HER VOICE' by L.L. Madrid, presented as a deal report for a publisher's marketplace. The cover includes publisher details, a brief book description, author information, and publication date of May 17, 2024.

I’m thrilled to announce that my debut speculative thriller, MY LIPS, HER VOICE, will be coming out in the fall of 2025. I’m so grateful to my agent Ellen Goff and to Amanda Manns at Creature Publishing for enabling me to share my creepy, misfit girls with the world..