In my last post, I wrote about the editorial process and why it takes so long, and I promised that the next one would be suggestions and strategies writers can use to make that process go more smoothly and, hopefully, a little bit faster. In the interim, I have finished up edits on one bigContinue reading “Help Me Help You (The Editorial Process Part 2)”
Author Archives: Lucy
What Is Your Editor Doing?
… when she’s not editing your book? Like every writer I’ve ever known or heard tell of, I’m a fretful ball of nerves every time I send in a manuscript. Back in days of yore when I was writing my first books on stone tablets and had never edited anyone else in my life, IContinue reading “What Is Your Editor Doing?”
Happy Midsummer Night!
In honor of the shortest night of the year, a little snippet from my story “Midwinter” from Eat the Peach. And oh yeah, it’s pretty racy stuff, so consider yourself warned. from “Midwinter” In the cold, dark night before the shortest day, the priestess Alena dreamed of summer. She was a maiden again, one ofContinue reading “Happy Midsummer Night!”
I don’t even know what to title this …
I wrote this story way back in 2012 the day after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. I was a different writer then and a different person–younger, more hopeful, less angry, more easily bruised. Writing it gave me comfort, and I hope reading it can still comfort someone else. But every time this happens, IContinue reading “I don’t even know what to title this …”
The Princess and the Peonies – sneak peek!
So you know how Stella has been engaged to George Barrington since the end of Guinevere’s Revenge? Well, in Stella 4, The Princess and the Peonies, they finally cross the finish line. In more ways than one. But don’t let me spoil it for you. How about a sneak peek at Chapter 1? _____________________________________________________ StellaContinue reading “The Princess and the Peonies – sneak peek!”
10 Great Romances from 31 Days of Oscar
All I want to do these days is stay home and watch Turner Classic Movies – it’s 31 Days of Oscar month! As you could probably guess even if I didn’t talk about it all the time, I am an absolute sucker for old movies. And looking over this year’s schedule, I’m realizing just howContinue reading “10 Great Romances from 31 Days of Oscar”
Brown Butter Ginger Snaps
‘Tis the season for sharing time-honored family recipes, and I have a bunch of those–my grandmother’s fruitcake, my mom’s snowball cookies, the obligatory Southern woman’s cheese straws. But this year I’ve decided I’m not going to bake as much. I’ve got so much else to do, and frankly, y’all, I’m tired. So I tried toContinue reading “Brown Butter Ginger Snaps”
A sneak peek at The Devil Makes Three
The action of my new Southern gothic horror novel, The Devil Makes Three, kicks off on Indigenous People’s Day. And the book officially releases this week, October 14. So I thought now would be a good time to show off a sample chapter. xoxo Lucy Serena had come home to Saxon County two years beforeContinue reading “A sneak peek at The Devil Makes Three”
It’s Peach Season, Y’all
This week’s update from The Bitter Southerner is all about peaches. (Do y’all read The Bitter Southerner? If you don’t, you should – it’s the best overview of the best things about the so-called New South I’ve seen; I like it way better than the Oxford American.) August is prime peach season, and I amContinue reading “It’s Peach Season, Y’all”
Beach Breakfast (Sausage gravy recipe)
Last week the whole HeeHaw gang went to the beach for our annual beach trip—me, my darling Thunder, both my gorgeous sisters and their incomparably handsome husbands, my niece (aka the Most Perfect Teenager on the Planet), and my beloved bestie. And yes, it was weird being there without either of my parents. Lots ofContinue reading “Beach Breakfast (Sausage gravy recipe)”
Lucy Blue Writes 