Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!!

guys there’s a scene in my book where i talk about six and seven (re: tarot cards) and last night i went NOOOOOOOO and changed it 🤦🏻‍♀️

So very much this.

I remember cringing before a Board member when I was staff for an esteemed writers conference when she insisted, without malice - just ignorance, that writers should be willing to pay the (too high for me) fees because we all "need to invest in our work."

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100%. And again, most of us cannot even imagine what that entails—because the system is built so we can’t!! When I tell you that I had to do “parking duty” and greet the families in the morning—only to see cars with doors that opened UP for the first and only time irl. That’s just one example

I still haven’t been to a writers’ conference because of the fees (the last one I checked out was about $350, which is incredible…)

Things You Can Make ChatGPT Write for You - Hayley DeRoche Your last words But before them What to murmur to a lover in bed What to say in the group chat when someone's Sister mother brother is dead and The apology you could never quite get right for a friend And hell why not make the robot compose your proposal Your wedding toast, too Your best friend's birthday roast You could ask it to write a custom lullaby For the baby snuffling at your breast. You can cradle to grave away Every warm human word You could ever have said And when they chisel your gravestone For your final rest We can ask ChatGPT Because it knew you best

Love it 🙌

Wealth, Access, and Writing or, we need to talk about socioeconomic privilege

I wrote about how wealth isn’t just “more time to write,” but resource-having in a way most of us can’t even imagine

lillyluwrites.substack.com/p/wealth-acc...

Thank you!! Can’t wait to announce!!!

Thank you I am so excited to share!!

roundtablementor hopefuls, pls check your emails for full requests! we are so keen to read your beautiful books!

this is why, as a literature teacher, i mask. My livelihood depends on it and my students’ wellbeing too 😭

Constant systemic gaslighting!!

4 books on sub…so much heartache, but finally…..!!!

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Omg thank you, it’s mooncat! They have amazing and long-lasting colors hehe

A gift pouch and a letter saying to lilly from taylor

my @roundtablementor.bsky.social 2025 mentee @taylorkowens.bsky.social sent me a thank-you gift 🥹 so lucky to have had such wonderful mentees turn into such wonderful friends in this wild wild industry. really lucky to be part of your journey, honored to be in each other’s lives 💗
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these @roundtablementor.bsky.social apps look SOOO GOOD!!! I cannot wait to dive in #writingcommunity

psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨

#thecelestialseas #scifibooks

The cover for Danai’s debut novel, VILE VILLAINS illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen

It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤

#amquerying #writingcommunity, Round Table Mentor apps are now open! I cannot wait to read your manuscripts 😍

The only spell I have against hopelessness at the moment is to help community. So if you would like to support Marylanders in need (we have so many federal workers) here's my MD Food Bank fundraiser

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✨ COMMISSIONS OPEN (kind of!)

I’m auctioning a rare #commission spot for @geekgirlcon ‘s virtual silent auction! GGC is a nonprofit, 100% volunteer-run convention in Seattle that has been a safe space for marginalized fandom folks for the past 10+ years.

➡️visit givebutter.com/c/KKmh5b/auc...

Contact I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
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No problem at all!

Our AMA is live!!! Let me know in comments below if you have questions about my MSWL or the program :))

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And finally! For the apps & the actual program, I highly recommend communicating your preferred collaboration style/ any accessibility needs so that your mentor can best match and serve you!

Read the MSWLs but don’t get too stressed about absolute fit—all apps go into a pool and we talk amongst each other and recommend reads to one another :)

I would also say make sure the synopsis isn’t a huge dump of all things that happen. I have specific synopsis advice on my sub/stack

Hi Nikki! I have pretty wide-ranging tastes, but I am really drawn to character-driven, genre-blendy stories. So an MC with built-in contradictions they’re trying to work out, or a flip of tropes, or unexpected narrative combos (like a gothic turn to a cozy story) are my jam!

Advice…+

Today’s the day!

Have a question about the program, application process, or our mentors? Ask it below!

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Hello! It is expected that mentees will pull their ms from querying if selected so we can work on revisions together, but manuscripts already queried but not offered on are fine otherwise.

“Ready” for me is a full draft that you’re prepared to collaboratively work on to make it query-ready :)!

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Agents!!! I was soooo lucky to mentor Taylor and read this beautiful, genre-bendy book!!!