Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense)

Currently editing/querying LOVE YA, KID. 92k Upmarket Suspense/Thriller novel set in rural Missouri.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

Stella Stanley's dad was murdered... she doesn't care what the police say. What she doesn't expect when she starts looking, is 35 years of dead bodies that no one else seems to care about. LOVE YA, KID is upmarket domestic suspense, rooted in the Missouri Ozarks where I grew up.

@harlancoben @bbcmaestro
#harlancobenbbcmaestro #amquerying

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

Meet Stella Stanley... She's got a smart mouth, a short fuse, and a zero-tolerance policy for wandering hands.
#loveyakid #stellastanley #wip #querying

[this & 🦇 @strawberrysvng]

yet another reminder that writers don’t write like ai, ai writes like US. thousands upon thousands of my words have been stolen.

if you use genai to write fics I have zero respect for you, just as you have zero respect for real writers and the craft you pretend to take part in

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

Everyone needs fans... lol. I'm lucky enough to have at least 2!

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

Love Ya, Kid is a character-driven mystery/suspense that will appeal to readers of small-town investigations, amateur sleuths, wrongful-conviction stakes, and strong family dynamics with procedural details grounded in grief and personal loss.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@vickyweberbooks You don't know how much I needed this smile today! Thank you.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@JasPhoenix_Rise Lol

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@vickyweberbooks The voices in my head (my characters... lol) won't shut up until I do.

[ark @et_ark]

the thing is if you use ai to generate fic your writing skills will never evolve. the only way to become a compelling writer is to read widely and write a lot of stuff that embarrasses you later. don’t outsource this magical human experience to the slop machine

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@JstWhomever Someone I personally know just "wrote" a whole novel is 2 weeks with AI, and is unhappy that I will not share the link or support it. (It is utter slop). The worst part is, they don't understand why I'm angry. Like, seriously... I have spent the last year of my life writing LYK.

[You @JstWhomever]

FYI, AI detected a paragraph from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein as 100% AI. So, write however tf you want and ignore the accisations, the readers will be able to recognise what a writer poured their soul into vs what was written by a word spitting machine.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

Of all the days to have a migraine...ugh. I didn't get much writing done today, maybe 1200 words, but tomorrow will be much better.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@DNicholsAuthor

[E.C.L CHRISTY is Querying @ECLChristy]

Dear book promoters/book marketeers/fake semi-famous authors, I have no interest in your services, or the editors you know. I do not want to talk about my WIP with you, or my previous work.

I am a poor unpublished writer and have no money to give you.

Please, move along.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@paulbiagi @Mac_Kill_i_can And now I must watch it... lol.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@paulbiagi @Mac_Kill_i_can My actual favorite scene is the vicious rabbit, followed closely by: Its not a matter of where he grips it. It's a simple question of weight ratios: a 5-ounce bird could not carry a 1-pound coconut.

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@paulbiagi @Mac_Kill_i_can I couldn't agree more. I quote it frequently, along with "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries."

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@paulbiagi @Mac_Kill_i_can I got better...

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

@Mac_Kill_i_can I hear the ellipsis is the new em dash and I am panicking because I ... the hell out of everything... even my texts and social media posts. Lol

[Lisa French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @LFrench_Author]

Rewrote chapter 1, and 2 of Stella Stanley book 2, then read 3 and 4 and started on 5. 😁 wrote nearly 6k words... thankfully only 1000 of those are by hand (pen and paper), the rest were on the computer.