Lisa Troy

Just wrote the first 1,000 words in book 2 in my paranormal cozy mystery series. Only about 65,000 to go, but who's counting? #writingcommunity #authorsky

RIP
A man that didn't care about the surface of things/people.

"𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠... 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑇𝑉 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒."

Does anyone have trouble waiting until it's time to do the thing and is just biting nails and counting seconds?
Asking for a friend...

An important distinction...

Writers more than anyone know that words are powerful and we must wield that power carefully.

anna from frozen is smiling and holding her hair while standing in front of a body of water . ALT: anna from frozen is smiling and holding her hair while standing in front of a body of water .

245 consecutive days of #writing or editing. Some days it was 15 minutes, others 2 hours, but the sum is forward momentum and progress.

I'm not a Swiftie but this resonated with me because that's my goal—to make my readers feel something. If only I had the same success... #authorsky #writingcommunity

Worldshift: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit 2025 Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit

I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 worldshift.manyworldswriting.com

Some days, I wonder why I'm hip-deep in this industry where getting trad-published is so darn hard. Then I remember I'm not a professional, but a lover of the arts (as we Greeks call an amateur) and my soul is content again. #writingcommunity #authorsky #writer #fiction

Oooh, sounds delicious!

It used to be for me too, but now I'm a bit obsessed. It's like fitting together puzzle pieces.

If you're wondering where I've been, I spent 52 hours editing this past month. So that's where I was, #writingcommunity #authorsky

My very first detailed outline (over 1300 words) is finished.
I feel so accomplished! #writingcommunity #authorsky

Passed the 10K mark for April. My goal initially was to write 30K but I've accepted that's not possible so I'm happy with what I've got so far. #writingcommunity #authorsky

100 days of #writing
A great streak for me.
I'm off to break new personal records!

Now I feel like I should celebrate my trust issues...

May this month be full of great books and lots of writing! #writingcommunity #authorsky

Hidden in Plain Sight: Women Who Couldn't Be Erased from History Part One

Hidden in Plain Sight: Women Who Couldn't Be Erased from History #womensday
open.substack.com/pub/eltroy/p...

I'm so sad to hear of Susan DeFreitas' passing. She was a wonderful teacher and a lovely person and the ( #writing ) world will be less bright without her...

Only writers will get this: the moment when something clicks *just* right and you know where your story is going. #authorsky #writingcommunity #writerslife

Hey! Remember me? From a time long, long ago...

New #Substack post! Full disclosure: it's been a while... Stop by, have a read, leave a comment if you feel like it.
bit.ly/43hE9v4
#authorsky #writingcommunity #writinglife

Yay! I finished going over a partly written first draft of 3 years ago. Kept/lightly reworked 45K, cut about 9K, and now I'm going to finish Thalia's story one page at a time. #writingcommunity #authorsky #drafting

Octavia E. Butler became the first science-fiction writer, and one of the first Black women, to receive a MacArthur Fellowship award in 1995. She also won Nebula and Hugo awards. #booksky #BlackHistoryMonth

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So many books.
So little time! #booksky

Everyone seemed to have secrets and motives they didn’t disclose.
No one was sincere.
If she wanted to survive through this, Thalia needed to act like the rest.
She gave him a reluctant smile. “Yes, what I claimed sounds outlandish.”
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What's your writing process? #authorsky #booksky

1️⃣ Plotter
2️⃣ Pantser/Discovery writer
3️⃣ Plantser
4️⃣ Unicorn (comment to explain if you want)

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Helloooo. I'd like to be included!

I try to remember this when I'm writing or editing a story. #booksky #authorsky