Natalie Lucy
@natalielucy.bsky.social
Former lawyer, now love writing, PhD in English Literature and folklore, mother of two teenagers
Thank you! Thanks so much for your support too.
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thank you! Thanks so much for your support too.
Thank you so much! It’s been great and thank you all for listening and commenting. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank you so much! It’s been great and thank you all for listening and commenting. #ukteenchat
But also be a bit thick skinned, tenacious and join some writing groups - the solidarity and feedback is important! #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
But also be a bit thick skinned, tenacious and join some writing groups - the solidarity and feedback is important! #ukteenchat
I think just keep trying. As you’ve just said Emma - hopefully if you love a story it will eventually find a home. I was glad my publisher saw what I was trying to do in this one and am grateful #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I think just keep trying. As you’ve just said Emma - hopefully if you love a story it will eventually find a home. I was glad my publisher saw what I was trying to do in this one and am grateful #ukteenchat
Also a dystopian in the wake of a climate crisis. It’s a bit about the difficulty of being put in constraining boxes and the expectations and pressures on young people ( and the problems with the climate!). It’s early stages but I’m enjoying it. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Also a dystopian in the wake of a climate crisis. It’s a bit about the difficulty of being put in constraining boxes and the expectations and pressures on young people ( and the problems with the climate!). It’s early stages but I’m enjoying it. #ukteenchat
I’m trying to rehash a book I did ages ago. Also historical. Also two perspectives. I had an agent but not a publisher at the time but I love the story. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I’m trying to rehash a book I did ages ago. Also historical. Also two perspectives. I had an agent but not a publisher at the time but I love the story. #ukteenchat
Thank you - I definitely tried to do that. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thank you - I definitely tried to do that. #ukteenchat
And discovery writing is a good thing!
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And discovery writing is a good thing!
Yes I definitely waste a lot of time… but I also enjoy it more . #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Yes I definitely waste a lot of time… but I also enjoy it more . #ukteenchat
But I definitely like writing in cafes. I don’t know why but I prefer being somewhere else. I do look around and get distracted a lot but it also helps! #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
But I definitely like writing in cafes. I don’t know why but I prefer being somewhere else. I do look around and get distracted a lot but it also helps! #ukteenchat
I don’t know about rituals exactly.. I’ve got better at being more consistent and many of the great writing groups I’m part of eg Writemagic are great at instilling that discipline - and giving support! #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I don’t know about rituals exactly.. I’ve got better at being more consistent and many of the great writing groups I’m part of eg Writemagic are great at instilling that discipline - and giving support! #ukteenchat
I’m actually glad I did. She seemed much more developed as a result. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m actually glad I did. She seemed much more developed as a result. #ukteenchat
Yes it was quite difficult. I thought I was immersed and was getting it right but my publisher thought that Ruby wasn’t right. I think she was right actually. In my head she was believable.. but I went back to Little Women and various other books that I’d loved and tried to reinvent her in a way.
September 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yes it was quite difficult. I thought I was immersed and was getting it right but my publisher thought that Ruby wasn’t right. I think she was right actually. In my head she was believable.. but I went back to Little Women and various other books that I’d loved and tried to reinvent her in a way.
Definitely a pantser!! But I don’t think that’s the best idea.. it took a lot of rethinking and rewriting. But I am a bit stubborn and was enjoying writing it so just carried on! #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Definitely a pantser!! But I don’t think that’s the best idea.. it took a lot of rethinking and rewriting. But I am a bit stubborn and was enjoying writing it so just carried on! #ukteenchat
Thank you! It took a lot of time and a lot of rewrites… #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thank you! It took a lot of time and a lot of rewrites… #ukteenchat
I also liked writing the letters - Ruby was a bit frustrating in her blindness to the world but I also liked her. It was also sort of enjoyable to try to write like a slightly repressed 1850s girl who is also very limited in her opportunities.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I also liked writing the letters - Ruby was a bit frustrating in her blindness to the world but I also liked her. It was also sort of enjoyable to try to write like a slightly repressed 1850s girl who is also very limited in her opportunities.
But I suppose I really liked writing the later parts when things are more hopeful. It felt freer in a way #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
But I suppose I really liked writing the later parts when things are more hopeful. It felt freer in a way #ukteenchat
I liked all the characters. Clover took me longer to develop but I always liked to chance to be a bit more lyrical with Mary. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I liked all the characters. Clover took me longer to develop but I always liked to chance to be a bit more lyrical with Mary. #ukteenchat
Yes - I started writing this years ago but it almost seems most pressing now. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yes - I started writing this years ago but it almost seems most pressing now. #ukteenchat
Yes I think the folklore and oral tradition especially highlight that. It’s literally a history through stories which also connects to a past. #ukteenchat
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yes I think the folklore and oral tradition especially highlight that. It’s literally a history through stories which also connects to a past. #ukteenchat