Published writer of historical and paranormal romance and Southern gothic horror since the dawn of time. Married to an Australian artist/game designer/computer systems analyst. Editor for Falstaff Books. https://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mtu72uqm2c2mIf you like books like Life of M or you're watching stuff like Shards, it's a pretty fair bet you'd enjoy this. #moviestarsinlove https://www.amazon.com/American-Starlet-Lucy-Blue/dp/1645540081/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HHKBUWW70196&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mxEhUhc3XVUnek0Qz_NNzdWB2E7U6Dq5dMYeevvg2vfbL-y3vbth4pg6NDRkYOis.-GmG-VwWdF8C3tS4DJ1Wmzg3mxV7P7a-k_sh8Bk7y8c&dib_tag=se&keywords=american+starlet+by+lucy+blue&qid=1787604954&sprefix=american+starlet+by+lucy+blue%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-124 Aug 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu72uqm2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mttvxdzsic2bIf you're a writer who hasn't been published yet, I know it's hard and stressful, and I wish you every success. But also, please, savor the freedom of this time. Right now, you literally can write anything; your storytelling belongs entirely to you. And that is magical and impossible to reclaim.24 Aug 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttvxdzsic2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mth7foimo22sNo matter what else happens, today is book club day, and that's always an awesome thing.19 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7foimo22shttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mt4yve4tys2hWhere are the moderate Democrats already in Congress who've been b!tching about the radical left, saying they got this? Shouldn't they be drafting legislation to make electric shock gloves illegal for law enforcement? "Yeah, the world did end, but technically, we were on summer break, so . . . "15 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4yve4tys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mt4yjncqi22hMe and the hubs are sharing workspace today - y'all keep us in your thoughts. :D #amwriting #ampainting15 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4yjncqi22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3msbu7ic4fc2hY'all, I am so sick of being taken "inside the mind of a killer." I could not give less of a f*ck why or how this serial killer or that rage killer or whichever disconnected asshole with no sense of empathy decided to take somebody else's life away. It's boring; the market is glutted. Move on.04 Aug 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbu7ic4fc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3msbgpoaht22sParents and grandparents of children who attend the charter school across the street from me line up 2 hours early for pickup every day. The line moves fast when it starts; that's not why. They want those two hours to sit in the car and stare at their phones. All of them. Sooo creepy. #america202604 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbgpoaht22shttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mrnjylwphs2pHaving a pretty good writing day--transcribing, actually. I write first in longhand then transcribe into a Word document, chapter by chapter. Anywho, today is all about spiders ... #amwriting27 Jul 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnjylwphs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mrdchmahrc2lTFW you know the editing project you have on deck is going to be an excellent read, but you're still so trifling you can't seem to make yourself get started. #amediting #seriouslyIpromise23 Jul 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdchmahrc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mqmkiklgwk26I used to wonder why people who had time & space to write at home would pack up their stuff & move to a coffee shop. Now, trying to write in the house with two loud & anxious terriers, a clingy cat, a washing machine, & a year-round grammar school across the street, I absolutely get it. #amwriting14 Jul 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmkiklgwk26https://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mq7x7zjuhk2wSnagged from @natania.bsky.social , and all I can say is same, my dear one, same. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7x7zjuhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mq7x4me4ns2wStarting a new editing project this morning--sci fi this time from an author I know as a human but not as a writer. Initial pages look really promising! #amediting09 Jul 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7x4me4ns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mq2yp2cbb22nHaving watched two parents waste away slowly in a morphine-induced nightmare between life and death (one in a facility owned by one of McConnell's biggest campaign donors), I know wherever he is, his spirit is in agony. I wish I didn't think it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I wanna be better.07 Jul 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2yp2cbb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mpywnjdiw22yI made the happy mistake of opening up Joe Abercrombie’s The Devils while reorganizing my TBR pile. Now it’s got me and won’t let go. Sorry, book(s) I was already reading. https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/d5/08/KCfzdGhYeVosSlU.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=5VbOFZ5WiHLa&webm=ZcGdo8bDnWw1zQit1706 Jul 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpywnjdiw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mpn35k2x4k2tWednesday night is book club night, so that always helps. Amazing books, amazing people who read them. And usually cake! It’s a great way to survive at midweek.02 Jul 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpn35k2x4k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mpjcu7kr3c2uPray a moment's silence for the harvest gold toilet my mother chose in 1973. It has finally and irreparably cracked and will be replaced today with a generic, white, low flow thing with no personality. But it is survived by its avocado green sibling, still hanging in there in the back bathroom.30 Jun 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjcu7kr3c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mpgtd7cdy22gIt's hot, y'all. Stay inside in the air conditioning and read a lovely, engrossing, 1920s-Paris-set murder mystery. And while you're reading this one, I'll be working on the next one.29 Jun 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgtd7cdy22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mp7k2r3nn22mSometimes love is just standing there listening to your Best Beloved explain why the roof rack isn't fastening properly until he figures out for himself why the roof rack isn't fastening properly. You're not fixing the problem; you're providing extra brain space for them to park data and processing.26 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7k2r3nn22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mp5hkljnn22rLuxury would be an environment out of reach of any kind of electronic or mechanical beep, buzz, rumble, or bong. No alarms, no alerts, no background grind.25 Jun 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5hkljnn22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mp54hd2eds2rEditing other people's work today, much good stuff. But has anyone else noticed everything taking so much longer to get done lately? Reading I used to do in a day now takes a week; writing my own stuff takes forever. Just getting the dishwasher loaded has become a full-on project. Is it just me?25 Jun 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp54hd2eds2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3mp2b4tnn2s2lFinally reading James by Percival Everett. On the one hand, I'm irritated that it took me so long. On the other, I get to read it for the first time NOW. My fellow former lit majors, if you haven't read it yet, paperback copies are cheap and readily available, and trust me, you want one.24 Jun 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2b4tnn2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucybluewriter.bsky.social/post/3moyeslrv6226About to get up and make an old school tuna noodle casserole with shredded cheddar and soups from cans. Does anybody else still eat this stuff?23 Jun 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:dns2e3nclgc4s5g4vutfhm6v/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyeslrv6226