Monday, November 8, 2010

Monday Madness - Lydia Kang!

First of all, a very important contest!! The whole point is to help out with a good cause. My friend is doing the Susan G. Komen walk for Breast Cancer Research and she has a goal to meet! So here's the deal, I'll give away:

First Prize: Your choice of one of any of the books I've reviewed/interviewed/guest posted on this blog including the upcoming The Replacement. AND a ten page manuscript critique.

Second Prize: Either a book (see above) OR a critique - your choice!

All you have to do is comment with an entry total. 1 for commenting. 1 for Tweeting. 2 for blogging about it. AND OF COURSE 1 for each $1 you donate to my friend. Just click the link on my sidebar (where it says clicky clicky) to donate. Entries open to US residents only though - sorry guys!! The contest is open until Sunday November 14th at noon EST. I'll announce the winners next Monday!! Please help us out in supporting this incredible cause!!

NOW to Monday Madness:

Lydia Kang is not only a sweet and amazing blogging buddy, she's also an actual doctor! One of my favorite posts of the week is reading Lydia's answers to medical questions for writers on her blog. It's fascinating! And who doesn't have a character with some medical issue or another?

This is what Lydia has to say about herself:

I'm the mother of three kids who exercised my parental muscle (you must read this!) to get my son addicted to Harry Potter. I work part time as an internal medicine doc, and am an unabashed geek about sciencey stuff.
I can cook a fantastic spaghetti puttanesca, knit, crochet, garden, draw, play piano, and used to be in a feminist a capella group in college. No, I won't sing those songs for you, because my family will go into hiding from embarrassment. I grew up in Maryland but spent most of my adult life in New York City until I moved to Omaha five years ago. And now...I'm a happy midwestern Asian gal. Go figure!
Writing is my therapy. I love writing poetry, creative non-fiction (usually related to patient care) and YA fiction. Within YA fiction, I love to read just about anything but horror (I'm a scaredy-cat) and outside of YA, I read just about anything but non-fiction (because I fall asleep) and horror (because it wakes me back up, but not in a good way).
I love my blogging writing community. They rock!
Now obviously Lydia is not just a "jack" of all trades. She's a master of all trades. And what kind of creature can do everything? One that took a special concoction laboriously constructed in the lair of a MAD SCIENTIST, that's who. At least that's my suspicion. Super smart, super everything. There you have it folks. Lucky for us though, I don't think Lydia is the kind of Mad Scientist that tries to destroy the world - just make it better.

34 comments:

  1. I love Lydia Kang's blog. Her Medical Mondays are interesting and helpful.

    How nice of you to try to raise $ for your friend.

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  2. I've seen Lydia around for some time and somehow I always miss following her blog. Guess I must go correct that error right now. Thanks. I'll be back to tweet, etc...

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  3. Love Lydia's blog posts, especially the Medical Mondays.

    Good luck helping to raise money for your friend!

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  4. Hello!

    Thanks for hosting the incredible Lynda Kang Paranormal Point of View! Lynda Kang is AMAZING!

    Take care
    x

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  5. It is great that you are helping your friend in this way. And Lydia Kang is a bright spot in my day whether I read her blog or see her comments on my own. Have a great new week.

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  6. Just don't go looking for the big Frankenstein-like pegs sticking out the side of my neck. I'm very sensitive about those.

    I'm going to go donate now, but no need to enter me into the drawing. Your post today is reward enough!

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  7. Wow such a wonderful and supportive group of commenters! That's the best way to show how wonderful Lydia really is. And thank you for helping out Lydia!

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  8. Wow such a wonderful and supportive group of commenters! That's the best way to show how wonderful Lydia really is. And thank you for helping out Lydia!

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  9. Yay for Lydia! I love reading her medical advice, and it's so clever the way she related her medical background to writing.

    You don't need to enter me in the contest, but I'll click over and donate to the cause.

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  10. Julie - you're always too sweet! Thank you.

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  11. "I'm a happy midwestern Asian gal" - It's wild where life takes you. It was nice getting to know more about you.

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  12. Hi Lydia!! *waves*

    Nice interview. What a wonderful contest!!! :D

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  13. Great blog here, new follower. Nice ta meet ya!

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  14. A mad scientist, that's perfect for Lydia! LOL! I love it! Lydia is awesome, and of course you are too!

    You don't have to enter me in the contest but I will definitely check out your friend's link!

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  15. I am an instant Lydia Kang uber-fan, and blog subscriber. Love your blog Lydia! I'll be launching questions your way immediately. Thank you Lisa for the opportunity to discover Lydia.

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  16. Wow you guys are awesome! Again, just goes to show how great Lydia is. Thanks to everyone who has donated.. It is greatly appreciated.

    Matthew - So glad you joined up!! It'll be nice to get to know you.

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  17. Lydia is one amazing multifaceted girl!

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  18. Anyone who can knit AND crochet is automatically upgraded to a very creative and crafty sort of person so kudos! But from New York to Nebraska -- wow, bit of a change in scenery! :)

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  19. Kelly - You know it!

    Notes - I'm telling you it's the potion she made in her secret laboratory!

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  20. Lydia's blog is great--she offers insights to writers that you certainly won't find everywhere.

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  21. Ha! I love Lydia's reference to getting her kid addicted to Harry Potter. I also deliberately addicted my daughter, not only to books but also to horses. Horses are a great anti-boy device. :-)

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  22. Slamdunk - VERY unique for sure!

    Rosslyn - I am also guilty of the HP thing. I'll have to think about the horses..

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  23. Cool contest! Count me in! 1 for tweeting and 1 for commenting! Gonna pop over to Lydia's blog, I haven't visited in awhile..Shame on me!

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  24. Slushpile - Yeah! Thank you for tweeting. Good luck!

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  25. Lydia must secretly be VERy mad, but she's a doc- they're all a tiny bit mad. I am going to check out her blog!! I am def going donate, too.

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  26. GAH! How did I lose track of this? You are both so great for doing this!

    Off to tweet it right now.

    Hugs,

    Martina

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  27. Bekah and Martina - Thanks, Sweeties! Love ya!

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  28. I've been following Lydia's blog for a long time and I just love her. And how sweet of her to answer our questions on Medical Mondays!

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  29. Susan - She is awesome! Thanks for stopping by.

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  30. Happy to have found you!

    I wandered over from Lydia's to read her interview, which I enjoyed very much :)

    Cheers!
    Jen

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  31. I enjoy Lydia's blog also! What a great way to help a friend, Lisa! I'll tweet it tomorrow am when more people are reading.

    Laura

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  32. Laura - thank you so much! I appreciate all the word of mouth we can get!

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  33. I'm not a US resident! "I come from the land downunder." I'll tweet!

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