Lucy Blue

One of the first times I realized my little southern Baptist Mama was not crippled by her upbringing was when this happened and she said, “it couldn’t happen to a nicer woman—good for him!”

Somehow I’m twice as busy now as I was working a day job. I have a book of mine with an editor;I’m editing someone else’s. And oh yeah they’re rebuilding my kitchen. And I’m writing the beloved new thing. #writerlife

Disruptive Intent An anthology that challenges expectations, subverts tropes, and fights the power.

Not only am I in this anthology, if you scroll down thru the rewards, you'll see a Tuckerization in my story. So if you've ever wanted to unleash a cosmic horror on the Beautiful South, this could be your chance! #kickstarter #southerngothichorror www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

So sorry - what a sweet girl!

Happy Friday, kids! Has everybody filed their claim in Bartz v Anthropic? The search list and claim forms are now live at anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Disruptive Intent An anthology that challenges expectations, subverts tropes, and fights the power.

If you wanted to back our Kickstarter, we would think you're amazing, and you would do that here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

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So hey, y'all, I'm going to be in this! Short fiction by a bunch of writers who are ready to fight the darkness with their own kind of light. #truthtopower #artcansaveus #anthology

Thank you so much!

It’s #FridayReads time and Hispanic/Latine Heritage month! Let’s boost all signals. This month is great, but I write with an accent every month. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of sazón and magic, waves and monsters, storms and revenge, crime and friendship.

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My last Friday at the day job I've had for two decades. Gonna be a full-time writer for a bit, something I've never allowed myself to do before. Y'all wish me luck, 'cause this feels really, really weird. #writerlife

My mom used to tell me, "their just punishment is, they gotta be them, and they can't ever stop." Not sure that helps, but it is true.

Exactly. And this is a classic example of not having to dance with the first one who asks. As with any other issue, there will be a publisher who will respect your reasonable boundary, even if the first one won't. Trust your judgment; trust your book.

That explains an alarming percentage of my dating life in college, too . . .

The Dragon's Wife Ebook Layla is the daughter of an ancient wizard whose greatest enemy, pure evil in a monster’sshape, means to devour her alive and plunge the whole world into darkness.Adam is a scholar knight who has come...

Want to lose touch with reality for a bit? Let me help:

No doubt - the Snappy Blazer Coalition of Doing The Same Shit That Hasn't Worked for Decades Only Harder.

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Oh look, it's that day again! And it's my turn to set you some mind-stretching questions.

Four questions about you and your horror work, coming at you 7pm UK time. That's 2pm Eastern for North America.

#HorrorWritersChat

Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi are beautiful people & wonderful actors. But Cathy & Heathcliff weren't beautiful adults playing 50 Shades of Bridgerton; they were abused, twisted children acting out physical attraction & patterns of abuse. Their story is sexy in a broken way, but it isn't pretty.

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and not for nothing, I've been invited to submit a story to this.

yeah, that's pretty much an every day given around the old homestead these days.

Top reasons to get the ebook of House of Bone and Rain today:
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism

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Right?!?!?! How do you even talk to that?

The ebook of House of Bone and Rain is only $3.99 everywhere for a limited time! A Stoker, Locus, and Goodreads finalist. Glowing reviews in the NYT and NPR. Friendship, grief, magic, vengeance, and monsters. A cheap, weird date!

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I await its publication with much anticipation. :)

Lucy Blue Edits Need an editor for your masterpiece? I’m an editor who needs clients–it’s kismet! Contact me at lucybluecastle@outlook.com

If anybody's looking for an editor, I've got slots open for September and October: lucybluecastle.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/l...

Hey, if you haven’t read this yet, now would be a great time to get it. It is so, so good—scary and heartfelt and real.

I finished Below the Grand Hotel by Cat Scully earlier in the week, so today I bought The Reformatory.

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Finished another chapter this morning. So getting out of bed was the right decision after all.

Good morning, friends.

Be glorious.

Be ungovernable.

Be wicked.

And don’t forget to hydrate.

YouTube video by Andrew (AJ) Hartley 【新発売】受賞作『ヒデキ・スミスと日本の妖怪』(日本語版)をA. J. ハートリーとニワ・マサユキが発刊！HIDEKI SMITH is now available in Japanese!

Sticking my head out from DragonCon for a sec to say that as of 2 hours ago, HIDEKI is LIVE in Japan and, most importantly, in Japanese! 2時間前の時点で、HIDEKIが日本で、しかも最も重要なことに、日本語で出版されました。

youtu.be/9u6xqQkIrpI

IMHO, you didn't miss a thing. :D