Lacy
@lacylu42.bsky.social
Reader, writer, resister. Interested in writing community, urban food forests, community care, low-impact living and more.
Question for #skywriters: besides the actual act of writing on your project, how do you do the deliberate practice of becoming a better writer? Do you have things you study? Ways you practice?
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Question for #skywriters: besides the actual act of writing on your project, how do you do the deliberate practice of becoming a better writer? Do you have things you study? Ways you practice?
Why doesn't Google Docs have a way to export the entire contents of a file with tabs at once? This seems like a thing lots of people would want to do?
August 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why doesn't Google Docs have a way to export the entire contents of a file with tabs at once? This seems like a thing lots of people would want to do?
Cassie just wanted to take pictures. Instead: a fae mall full of glamor, glitter, and gaslighting. Her BFF’s brainwashed, her crush is cursed, and her only weapon is her ability to cut the crap. Labyrinth meets Twin Peaks in the food court.
The Crystal Court: Mallrats of Destiny #QuestPit #WIP #F
The Crystal Court: Mallrats of Destiny #QuestPit #WIP #F
August 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
She just wanted a story. Now she's the headline.
Cursed, crashing (and crushing?) with a half-fae detective, being hunted by vampires & magical union thugs, and possibly unraveling reality.
At least the coffee’s good.
Noir mystery + urban fantasy. October Daye + The Dresden Files. #QuestPit #Q
Cursed, crashing (and crushing?) with a half-fae detective, being hunted by vampires & magical union thugs, and possibly unraveling reality.
At least the coffee’s good.
Noir mystery + urban fantasy. October Daye + The Dresden Files. #QuestPit #Q
August 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'd be a great storm chaser meteorologist. If I could wrap my brain around the math.
What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at?
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
July 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'd be a great storm chaser meteorologist. If I could wrap my brain around the math.
July 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I just wrote this line that's making me cackle:
“That’s it?” she said hoarsely. She coughed and cleared her throat. “That’s all it took? This is some Wizard of Oz, ‘You’ve always had the power to go home,’ crap.”
#booksky #amwriting #WIP
“That’s it?” she said hoarsely. She coughed and cleared her throat. “That’s all it took? This is some Wizard of Oz, ‘You’ve always had the power to go home,’ crap.”
#booksky #amwriting #WIP
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I just wrote this line that's making me cackle:
“That’s it?” she said hoarsely. She coughed and cleared her throat. “That’s all it took? This is some Wizard of Oz, ‘You’ve always had the power to go home,’ crap.”
#booksky #amwriting #WIP
“That’s it?” she said hoarsely. She coughed and cleared her throat. “That’s all it took? This is some Wizard of Oz, ‘You’ve always had the power to go home,’ crap.”
#booksky #amwriting #WIP
Oh god. My ceiling is crackling. We think it might be wasps in the walls. Being a homeowner is so fun...
July 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oh god. My ceiling is crackling. We think it might be wasps in the walls. Being a homeowner is so fun...
July 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#booksky a tip from your friendly digital marketer: If you are marketing your book, you MUST include a link somewhere — in the post, a comment on the post, or AT MINIMUM in your bio. People are lazy and forgetful. Make it easy for them to purchase.
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#booksky a tip from your friendly digital marketer: If you are marketing your book, you MUST include a link somewhere — in the post, a comment on the post, or AT MINIMUM in your bio. People are lazy and forgetful. Make it easy for them to purchase.
Even if none of these recent query requests turn into anything more, the feeling of being wanted is SO VITAL to keeping one's spirits up as a writer.
July 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Even if none of these recent query requests turn into anything more, the feeling of being wanted is SO VITAL to keeping one's spirits up as a writer.
* quietly hyperventilates *
July 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
* quietly hyperventilates *
I (m/527) gave free bloodwork to a cursed journalist w/ unstable magic, maybe flirted, definitely didn’t drain her (I'm a VEGAN FFS), and gave her vital magical insight in exchange for a vial of blood I technically now own, but her bf is pissed. AITA? #unhingedpit #f #m #a #VincenzotheVeganVampire
July 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I (m/527) gave free bloodwork to a cursed journalist w/ unstable magic, maybe flirted, definitely didn’t drain her (I'm a VEGAN FFS), and gave her vital magical insight in exchange for a vial of blood I technically now own, but her bf is pissed. AITA? #unhingedpit #f #m #a #VincenzotheVeganVampire
HOLY SHIRTBALLS I got a query request from #SmallPit for my noir fantasy mystery!!!
a woman says " we 're in the good place " while wearing a pink sweater
ALT: a woman says " we 're in the good place " while wearing a pink sweater
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July 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
HOLY SHIRTBALLS I got a query request from #SmallPit for my noir fantasy mystery!!!
Her BFF's been brainwashed. Her maybe-crush is definitely cursed. And her only weapon is her ability to cut through the crap. It's like "Labyrinth" hit the food court with "Twin Peaks" in this creepy fae portal fantasy set in 1987. #unhingedpit #ya #WIP
July 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Her BFF's been brainwashed. Her maybe-crush is definitely cursed. And her only weapon is her ability to cut through the crap. It's like "Labyrinth" hit the food court with "Twin Peaks" in this creepy fae portal fantasy set in 1987. #unhingedpit #ya #WIP
I'm Lacy and I write about the thin line between the "real" world and the supernatural (at least, that tends to be the theme in my work!). I have a finished noir fantasy mystery and a WIP fae portal fantasy set in a 1980s mall. I've been writing stories since I could hold a pencil.
#BluePitHype
#BluePitHype
Welcome to the first day of #BluePitHype!
It's only 5 days to #BluePit on July 13th! So, join us for our Q&A.
Today is Introduction Day! Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!
We can't wait to meet you and your stories!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #AmQuerying
It's only 5 days to #BluePit on July 13th! So, join us for our Q&A.
Today is Introduction Day! Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!
We can't wait to meet you and your stories!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #AmQuerying
July 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm Lacy and I write about the thin line between the "real" world and the supernatural (at least, that tends to be the theme in my work!). I have a finished noir fantasy mystery and a WIP fae portal fantasy set in a 1980s mall. I've been writing stories since I could hold a pencil.
#BluePitHype
#BluePitHype
Just submitted my pitch for #SmallPitch: Cassie just wanted to take some Polaroids at the mall. Now she’s trapped in the Crystal Court: a fae funhouse of cursed couture, mirror doppelgängers, and glitter that bites. Her BFF's been brainwashed. Her maybe-crush is definitely cursed.
July 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just submitted my pitch for #SmallPitch: Cassie just wanted to take some Polaroids at the mall. Now she’s trapped in the Crystal Court: a fae funhouse of cursed couture, mirror doppelgängers, and glitter that bites. Her BFF's been brainwashed. Her maybe-crush is definitely cursed.
I've just realized that my fae fantasy set in a mall in the 1980s is a horror...
June 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I've just realized that my fae fantasy set in a mall in the 1980s is a horror...
Whoo! Topped 10k on my #80sfaemallfantasy novel today! And I registered for the Colorado Gold writer's conference in September — my reward for finishing the rewrite on my #noirfantasymystery novel in May!
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Whoo! Topped 10k on my #80sfaemallfantasy novel today! And I registered for the Colorado Gold writer's conference in September — my reward for finishing the rewrite on my #noirfantasymystery novel in May!
Shirley McClain came into the kitchen store in Santa Fe where I worked and the owner sent me to get her a big salad, which I then handed to her.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Shirley McClain came into the kitchen store in Santa Fe where I worked and the owner sent me to get her a big salad, which I then handed to her.
I had several, but the one I remember was about a military squad that had mech suits. Pretty sure I never came up with an antagonist or WHY they had mech suits, but I was deeply invested in their interpersonal relationships.
so, to the writers... what was the terrible novel you wrote at 14? Mine was about a redhaired freedom fighter called Eleanor Sunstripe
June 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I had several, but the one I remember was about a military squad that had mech suits. Pretty sure I never came up with an antagonist or WHY they had mech suits, but I was deeply invested in their interpersonal relationships.
June 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
June 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1486/2788 words today. #amwriting #80smallfantasy
June 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
1486/2788 words today. #amwriting #80smallfantasy
NEW PROJECT! I'm starting a new book — a YA fae portal fantasy set in a mall in the late 1980s! And today I started drafting. Goal is a finished draft by September. LET'S GO! 1329/1329 words today. #80smallfantasy
June 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
NEW PROJECT! I'm starting a new book — a YA fae portal fantasy set in a mall in the late 1980s! And today I started drafting. Goal is a finished draft by September. LET'S GO! 1329/1329 words today. #80smallfantasy