L.R. Lam
@lrlam.bsky.social
USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry.
A few others. Full set over on insta & threads.
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
A few others. Full set over on insta & threads.
2016 was quite a transition year, so I thought I'd look back. Career-wise, life-wise. World politics wise, too, of course. Here's a glimpse of my life 10 years ago. Gotta say, I'm tempted to dye my hair pink again after walking down memory lane.
#2016trend
#2016trend
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
2016 was quite a transition year, so I thought I'd look back. Career-wise, life-wise. World politics wise, too, of course. Here's a glimpse of my life 10 years ago. Gotta say, I'm tempted to dye my hair pink again after walking down memory lane.
#2016trend
#2016trend
This week, on Paired Reads . . .
Still catching up on books I read last year, we have The Tarot Reader of Versailles by my beloved @anyabergmanwriter, a historical fiction with a dash of magic set during the French Revolution, and Most Ardently, a trans retelling of P&P by @thegabecole.
Still catching up on books I read last year, we have The Tarot Reader of Versailles by my beloved @anyabergmanwriter, a historical fiction with a dash of magic set during the French Revolution, and Most Ardently, a trans retelling of P&P by @thegabecole.
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This week, on Paired Reads . . .
Still catching up on books I read last year, we have The Tarot Reader of Versailles by my beloved @anyabergmanwriter, a historical fiction with a dash of magic set during the French Revolution, and Most Ardently, a trans retelling of P&P by @thegabecole.
Still catching up on books I read last year, we have The Tarot Reader of Versailles by my beloved @anyabergmanwriter, a historical fiction with a dash of magic set during the French Revolution, and Most Ardently, a trans retelling of P&P by @thegabecole.
Here's a snippet of my corkboard in my office with my tentative 2026 goals! A few things are up in the air, hence the question marks. At the bottom of the corkboard are my mantras:
- Have fun
- It's okay to say no
- Give fewer f*cks
- Average is not failure
- Failure is temporary (as is success)
- Have fun
- It's okay to say no
- Give fewer f*cks
- Average is not failure
- Failure is temporary (as is success)
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Here's a snippet of my corkboard in my office with my tentative 2026 goals! A few things are up in the air, hence the question marks. At the bottom of the corkboard are my mantras:
- Have fun
- It's okay to say no
- Give fewer f*cks
- Average is not failure
- Failure is temporary (as is success)
- Have fun
- It's okay to say no
- Give fewer f*cks
- Average is not failure
- Failure is temporary (as is success)
Happy UK Heated Rivalry Day! Enjoy the journey.
January 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Happy UK Heated Rivalry Day! Enjoy the journey.
It's 2026, and I'm coming back to Paired Reads.
First up, I read all three of the Emily Wilde books by Heather Fawcett last year & adored them. This series pairs perfectly with A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
What other books or series are similar to these two that you'd recommend?
First up, I read all three of the Emily Wilde books by Heather Fawcett last year & adored them. This series pairs perfectly with A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
What other books or series are similar to these two that you'd recommend?
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It's 2026, and I'm coming back to Paired Reads.
First up, I read all three of the Emily Wilde books by Heather Fawcett last year & adored them. This series pairs perfectly with A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
What other books or series are similar to these two that you'd recommend?
First up, I read all three of the Emily Wilde books by Heather Fawcett last year & adored them. This series pairs perfectly with A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
What other books or series are similar to these two that you'd recommend?
Hello! The other day I mentioned my newsletter (l!nk in b!o).
I also have a completely optional Patreon. I update it about once a week, and it's where I go more behind the scenes into my process, my progress, and my personal and creative life.
I also have a completely optional Patreon. I update it about once a week, and it's where I go more behind the scenes into my process, my progress, and my personal and creative life.
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hello! The other day I mentioned my newsletter (l!nk in b!o).
I also have a completely optional Patreon. I update it about once a week, and it's where I go more behind the scenes into my process, my progress, and my personal and creative life.
I also have a completely optional Patreon. I update it about once a week, and it's where I go more behind the scenes into my process, my progress, and my personal and creative life.
...all set in a queernorm world with a nonbinary lead. Grab 'em; tell a friend. The sprayed edges for Micah Grey are available at all retailers, too.
December 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
...all set in a queernorm world with a nonbinary lead. Grab 'em; tell a friend. The sprayed edges for Micah Grey are available at all retailers, too.
Hello hello, I'm not quite back on socials yet, but I'd be remiss not to mention the @barnesandnoble pre-order sale. Masquerade, the third book in the Micah Grey trilogy, is eligible, and I believe Emberclaw's paperback, the sequel to Dragonfall, also applies.
December 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hello hello, I'm not quite back on socials yet, but I'd be remiss not to mention the @barnesandnoble pre-order sale. Masquerade, the third book in the Micah Grey trilogy, is eligible, and I believe Emberclaw's paperback, the sequel to Dragonfall, also applies.
It's been three months of tracking time + output on Pacemaker. Interestingly, without really trying, I worked almost exactly the same number of hours each month, though output varied depending on what was going on.
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's been three months of tracking time + output on Pacemaker. Interestingly, without really trying, I worked almost exactly the same number of hours each month, though output varied depending on what was going on.
SHADOWPLAY, the sequel to the award-winning PANTOMIME, is out now. Here are some nice things people are saying about it.
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage. 🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage. 🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
SHADOWPLAY, the sequel to the award-winning PANTOMIME, is out now. Here are some nice things people are saying about it.
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage. 🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage. 🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
Howdy! @kingdomofthreads have let me know there's a Black Friday sale on for all their merch, including the Dragonfall goodies! 30% off until Dec 1st. I really love what they cooked up & that they hired long-time reader/fan artist @layahimalaya to bring Arcady, Everen, Sorin, and Jaculus to life!
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Howdy! @kingdomofthreads have let me know there's a Black Friday sale on for all their merch, including the Dragonfall goodies! 30% off until Dec 1st. I really love what they cooked up & that they hired long-time reader/fan artist @layahimalaya to bring Arcady, Everen, Sorin, and Jaculus to life!
SHADOWPLAY, the sequel to the award-winning PANTOMIME, is out now. I had a friend go in and send me some nice things people are saying about it.
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
SHADOWPLAY, the sequel to the award-winning PANTOMIME, is out now. I had a friend go in and send me some nice things people are saying about it.
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨
PANTOMIME & SHADOWPLAY (El's Version) are out now (SHADOWPLAY released this week!), and MASQUERADE will be out in 2026. Would you like to read a whimsical, cosy-adjacent gaslamp fantasy? An inters3x, nonbinary lead joins a circus of magic and later takes to the magician's stage. Found family.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
PANTOMIME & SHADOWPLAY (El's Version) are out now (SHADOWPLAY released this week!), and MASQUERADE will be out in 2026. Would you like to read a whimsical, cosy-adjacent gaslamp fantasy? An inters3x, nonbinary lead joins a circus of magic and later takes to the magician's stage. Found family.
A giant author (gasp)
The teeny tiny social media assistant and the skyscraper author. We will forever joke about our height difference, and forever tell you to read the Micah Grey trilogy.
PANTOMIME IS OUT NOW🎪
PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
The teeny tiny social media assistant and the skyscraper author. We will forever joke about our height difference, and forever tell you to read the Micah Grey trilogy.
PANTOMIME IS OUT NOW🎪
PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A giant author (gasp)
The teeny tiny social media assistant and the skyscraper author. We will forever joke about our height difference, and forever tell you to read the Micah Grey trilogy.
PANTOMIME IS OUT NOW🎪
PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
The teeny tiny social media assistant and the skyscraper author. We will forever joke about our height difference, and forever tell you to read the Micah Grey trilogy.
PANTOMIME IS OUT NOW🎪
PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
Happy Intersex Awareness Week!
The Micah Grey trilogy, following the wonderful intersex main character Micah, is a series about learning to live and love fully, without shame💛 💜
PANTOMIME is out now!
Preorder the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE now!
The Micah Grey trilogy, following the wonderful intersex main character Micah, is a series about learning to live and love fully, without shame💛 💜
PANTOMIME is out now!
Preorder the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE now!
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy Intersex Awareness Week!
The Micah Grey trilogy, following the wonderful intersex main character Micah, is a series about learning to live and love fully, without shame💛 💜
PANTOMIME is out now!
Preorder the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE now!
The Micah Grey trilogy, following the wonderful intersex main character Micah, is a series about learning to live and love fully, without shame💛 💜
PANTOMIME is out now!
Preorder the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE now!
I’m in Brighton! I’m having a delightful writing retreat with @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social
If you’re in town for World Fantasy Con you might catch me there! I’ve no events planned, but I’ll be wandering around if you want to say hi💜
If you’re in town for World Fantasy Con you might catch me there! I’ve no events planned, but I’ll be wandering around if you want to say hi💜
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’m in Brighton! I’m having a delightful writing retreat with @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social
If you’re in town for World Fantasy Con you might catch me there! I’ve no events planned, but I’ll be wandering around if you want to say hi💜
If you’re in town for World Fantasy Con you might catch me there! I’ve no events planned, but I’ll be wandering around if you want to say hi💜
Like what you see? PANTOMIME IS OUT NOW🎪
SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE, books two and three in the trilogy, are available to preorder NOW🃏
💜🎠Step right up! Let the show begin!🎠💜
SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE, books two and three in the trilogy, are available to preorder NOW🃏
💜🎠Step right up! Let the show begin!🎠💜
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Like what you see? PANTOMIME IS OUT NOW🎪
SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE, books two and three in the trilogy, are available to preorder NOW🃏
💜🎠Step right up! Let the show begin!🎠💜
SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE, books two and three in the trilogy, are available to preorder NOW🃏
💜🎠Step right up! Let the show begin!🎠💜
💜🎪Step right up! Let the show begin🎪💜
A little peek into Pantomime🎠
Like what you hear? PANTOMIME is OUT NOW, with the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE available to preorder!
A little peek into Pantomime🎠
Like what you hear? PANTOMIME is OUT NOW, with the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE available to preorder!
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
💜🎪Step right up! Let the show begin🎪💜
A little peek into Pantomime🎠
Like what you hear? PANTOMIME is OUT NOW, with the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE available to preorder!
A little peek into Pantomime🎠
Like what you hear? PANTOMIME is OUT NOW, with the sequels SHADOWPLAY and MASQUERADE available to preorder!
The bookshop and library videos are making a return! This week we’re exploring the incredible Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A dark academia wonderland for autumn! 🍂🕯️
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The bookshop and library videos are making a return! This week we’re exploring the incredible Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A dark academia wonderland for autumn! 🍂🕯️
MASQUERADE, the third and final instalment in the MICAH GREY TRILOGY is now available to request on US NetGalley and Edelweiss!
You can also request SHADOWPLAY, the second in the trilogy!
Less than a month to go until SHADOWPLAY is on the shelves! Are you excited to step back in Imachara?✨
You can also request SHADOWPLAY, the second in the trilogy!
Less than a month to go until SHADOWPLAY is on the shelves! Are you excited to step back in Imachara?✨
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
MASQUERADE, the third and final instalment in the MICAH GREY TRILOGY is now available to request on US NetGalley and Edelweiss!
You can also request SHADOWPLAY, the second in the trilogy!
Less than a month to go until SHADOWPLAY is on the shelves! Are you excited to step back in Imachara?✨
You can also request SHADOWPLAY, the second in the trilogy!
Less than a month to go until SHADOWPLAY is on the shelves! Are you excited to step back in Imachara?✨
💜CONVINCING YOU TO READ THE MICAH GREY TRILOGY💜
PANTOMIME, the first in the lovingly re-edited trilogy is OUT NOW
🃏PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
PANTOMIME, the first in the lovingly re-edited trilogy is OUT NOW
🃏PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
💜CONVINCING YOU TO READ THE MICAH GREY TRILOGY💜
PANTOMIME, the first in the lovingly re-edited trilogy is OUT NOW
🃏PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
PANTOMIME, the first in the lovingly re-edited trilogy is OUT NOW
🃏PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏
MASQUERADE, the third instalment in the MICAH GREY trilogy, is now 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social
Use the discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout!
The MICAH GREY trilogy is a story of found family, queer joy, and self discovery, wrapped in a whimsical gaslamp fantasy🃏🎪
Use the discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout!
The MICAH GREY trilogy is a story of found family, queer joy, and self discovery, wrapped in a whimsical gaslamp fantasy🃏🎪
October 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
MASQUERADE, the third instalment in the MICAH GREY trilogy, is now 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social
Use the discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout!
The MICAH GREY trilogy is a story of found family, queer joy, and self discovery, wrapped in a whimsical gaslamp fantasy🃏🎪
Use the discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout!
The MICAH GREY trilogy is a story of found family, queer joy, and self discovery, wrapped in a whimsical gaslamp fantasy🃏🎪
The perfect day learning more about fungus and exploring Edinburgh’s outdoors @erisyoung.bsky.social and a very happy Golden Retriever🍄🟫
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The perfect day learning more about fungus and exploring Edinburgh’s outdoors @erisyoung.bsky.social and a very happy Golden Retriever🍄🟫
I’m delighted to announce that I am now represented by the absolutely lovely agent Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary Agency for UK and all subsidiary rights.
For future projects, I’ll also be co-agented by the incredible Stuti Telidevara & Peter Knapp at Parker, Fine & Brower in the US.
For future projects, I’ll also be co-agented by the incredible Stuti Telidevara & Peter Knapp at Parker, Fine & Brower in the US.
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’m delighted to announce that I am now represented by the absolutely lovely agent Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary Agency for UK and all subsidiary rights.
For future projects, I’ll also be co-agented by the incredible Stuti Telidevara & Peter Knapp at Parker, Fine & Brower in the US.
For future projects, I’ll also be co-agented by the incredible Stuti Telidevara & Peter Knapp at Parker, Fine & Brower in the US.