Liza Dora is an author, illustrator, writer, entrepreneur, designer, mother, wife, Owner of the eponymous Liza Dora Books, and the Founder of adhdesign.co. Her writing has been in publications around the world and her books have been featured in both media and print. She’s sold books in over ten different countries and her titles have been both Amazon Hot New Releases and Amazon Bestsellers in their respective categories.

So Where’s The Blog?

My blog lives over at Substack now for a few reasons:

 

  1. I write about really personal stuff and as my kids get older I worry more and more for their safety. You’ll also not get to see their cute little faces on the internet anymore, because I think at some point anonymity will actually become a privilege and a currency. 
  2. This keeps away trolls and spam bots. To read what I’m currently writing, you can subscribe for $5/mo and have emails with my pieces sent straight to your inbox. As a creativey person I really appreciate being compensated for my work that people appreciate and that resonates with them. Another reason why I dig Substack—paid subscribers can leave comments. ❤️ (Also, I’m a pretty good writer now so…charging doesn’t feel as gross as it used to. 🙃)
  3. You can also subscribe for FREE and read some of my older posts and also new posts that are set to free. Bots and trolls aren’t willing to spend the $5/mo and this paywall seems to be the best strategy for now, but I really appreciate the free option especially for internet friends I don’t know as well, yet! 

 

Feel free to swing through to this new space on Substack and take a look around! And, as always, thank you so much for your support over the past few years and now. 

 

I’ve missed you guys so much and appreciate you understanding why I needed a break. The internet got really mean and I have never marched in lockstep with anything, so it was really uncomfortable to watch as my words were used to inflame and hurt and further agendas. I also was unnerved at the amount of women who were bloggers like me who turned on some of their most core beliefs in order to “join” a certain political team. That’s just not me and it won’t ever be. I won’t ever be a “cool girl” or the most popular person at a table, but I’m proud that my heart beats loud. And I believe what I believe and I act accordingly. 

Also, it seems silly it took me so long to realize, but if all the “nicer” voices leave the internet that only leaves the mean ones left. I don’t like that–for us or for our kids.

A friend I really admire says “You do you” genuinely to her readers and that resonates with me. (I’m obviously one of her readers!) 

So I’m going to keep “doing me” and I hope you guys like it. At this point, I don’t think I know how to do anything else. 🙃

-liza