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)”
Category Archives: Books
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?”
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!”
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”
The Hips of the Eel – Slang in the 1920s
One of the most fun things about writing Stella Hart is her dialogue. She’s a classic, F. Scott Fitzgerald-style New York flapper working in Hollywood as a silent movie actress and running around the globe solving murders with her hunky love interest, George Barrington, 13th Baronet of Kingsley-on-Pike. And she talks like a party girlContinue reading “The Hips of the Eel – Slang in the 1920s”
Sneak peek – Chapter 1 of The Baronet Unleashed
The third Stella Hart mystery is available now for pre-order from Falstaff Crush. This is the one that takes place in Hollywood in the 1920s, and it’s an absolute scream. You’ll love it, I promise. Click the cover to … oh. You want a sample before you’re ready to commit. Fine then. Have a lookContinue reading “Sneak peek – Chapter 1 of The Baronet Unleashed”
The Passion of Miss Cuthbert
I have a new book out. It’s called The Passion of Miss Cuthbert, and it’s the second in my series of romantic mysteries starring amateur detective Stella Hart. Stella is a silent movie actress in the 1920s whose stepfather owns an English manor house. Her fiancé and partner in crime-solving is George Barrington, Thirteenth BaronetContinue reading “The Passion of Miss Cuthbert”
Black Romance Matters
I have a book of my own coming out this week, and trust me, I’ll be telling you all about it. But watching the news and talking to my friends and reading the internet this week, I feel like it’s more important to shine my little spotlight on books from some of the amazing BlackContinue reading “Black Romance Matters”
Losing My Grip
Heya Kittens. I’ve missed you. I haven’t been around so much the past few months, mostly because I haven’t really known what to write. The fall my dad took on November 4, 2019, the little spill in his bedroom we thought was no big deal, has turned out to be a very big deal indeed.Continue reading “Losing My Grip”
Lucy Blue Writes 