L.L. Madrid

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Leigh (she/her) Horror writer | Everything reader Forever daydreaming | Member of HWA | Odyssey ‘24 Rep: Ellen Goff at HG Literary llmadridwrites.com https://linktr.ee/LLMadrid MY LIPS, HER VOICE (Out 10/14/25 from Creature Publishing) 💖💜💙

Cover of the book My Lips, Her Voice and photo of LL Madrid.
Graphic that has a curtain backdrop and the book cover for My Lips, Her Voice. The picture says: Vote My Lips, Her Voice for Best Local Author. SBC 2025 Stacksies Tucson's best in Book Awards
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3 months until My Lips, Her Voice 10.14.25
Upside down US flag. The text reads “I challenge her faults because I believe in her promise.”
Text messages that read: Dude Imma need to touch grass that’s some creepy shit you wrote
Graphic of the desert with the words: Street Team sign up, link in bio. A green envelope has the words “Join the lip readers” written on it.
Barnes and Noble preorder sale featuring the book My Lips, Her Voice!
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Haunted books by 2025 debut Authors. A sheeted ghost in sunglasses reads a book.
Cover of the book, My Lips, Her Voice by LL Madrid. The design features tears of paintings with eyes, mouth, desert scene and an owl.
A gift bag with multiple crossed off names written on it before a final not crossed off name.
Book: My Lips, Her Voice on top of a prickly pear cactus
Orange tabby laying on a shelf
Book cover for My Lips, Her Voice by LL Madrid. The cover is made of images torn from paintings included an owl and hand missing a thin, lips and blank eyes.
Blank book cover with a tear across it where you can see the word “Her”. The background is inside a cave. Text reads “My Lips, Her Voice” cover reveal coming 2/6
Dedication page of book that reads: For Elora, may you always find your way.
Desert at dawn the moon is full and is over a saguaro cactus that’s missing its top.
Ira Glass quote on a poster. The text is: Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.
Gray cat with his front paws around an orange tabby on an unmade bed.
Balcony overlooking a southwest style courtyard
An orange cat peering down from a shelf
Image is of and audiobook status page showing 90% complete
An orange cat under a raised laptop stand in front of a keyboard. The laptop reads: my writing process: I type. Vincent attacks.
Stack of 15 teen and middle grade graphic novels from the library
Publishing announcement for MY LIPS, HER VOICE. Background of a tree.
Illustration of a brunette woman holding a black journal.
Cinnamon sugar and curry powder in similar bottles.
Orange tabby in a grey sling.
Biosphere 2
Mason jar full of amber liquid in front of green pine branches.
Annie Wilkes from Misery holding a mallet.
Western diamondback rattlesnake in a tarp.