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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I use Novlr for drafting version one and maybe version two, but then I move to Scrivener for my deep edits. Also, the fact that Novlr isn't blocked on my work computer is a big plus...

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I love being a narrator, and then having my character's inner narration subtly challenging my own narration. Me, the narrator: everything had gone wrong Diana: *Everything's gone to shit*

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Belinda, my office plant. She's been with me since 2012, and this week, decided to start a new leaf. Several, actually.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mia, with a gun: "You have no idea how hard it is as a trans woman in Utah!!" Police: "Yeah. That honestly sounds is really unfair. I'm sorry ma'am."

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I watched a few clips of Mia Bailey's arrest for murdering her parents last night. And, I gotta say, shout out to the Utah police who never once (that I heard in the clips) misgendered her. We are making progress as a society when even murderers are getting their pronouns right.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Waiting for someone to come to my cubicle and ask why I'm erasing. Because I work in a world where owning a pencil, and using both ends is an audible oddity.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had trouble writing choreography in my novel's scenes. So I drew the blueprint. Now I have trouble writing choreography AND I have a cool little blueprint of Diana's lodge.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lesson learned: mulch at the base of a pot does not help drain, it grows mushrooms.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You know. Just casually curious about building homes in cold climates (everything these days is research for thr novel), and stumbled on a new reason why pirating books might be okay:

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And, as a treat, there will probably be even more of this markety/self-promoting language that makes everyone feel snuggly inside.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Guess what? If you set up an LLC to publish your book out of, set the address of said LLC to your home, set up a mailerlite newsletter, and then send out the first newsletter to dozens of people. It will have your home address on the footer.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's 2026, and I'm so fortunate to be caught up in trying to be a better wife to my wife, that I forgot legalizing same-sex marriage was going to be on the ballot.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Growing up as a threadbearer in the shadow of her mother was like growing up near a mountain that could see into souls. And not like the normal mountains who have that uncanny feel of being intrusive. Actual soul. Laid bare."

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When "just a few hundred words before bed" turns into five, and Novlr is the first one to know it.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In the mood for some Sapphic Biopunk Speculative Fiction? This is not the official cover, but after licensing this, I wanted to see it with a title Then it needed a colophon and an entire day of breakdowns over how hard it is to write a blurb If you hold your phone at arms length, it looks great

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm not sponsored by them, but if you want a referral code, DM me. :) I think it's important to rally around those organizations who are pushing back.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have been a part of Novlr since 2015, came in on the triumphant NaNoWriMo (RIP) victory and paid for a lifetime subscription. It's been the backbone of my drafting for 10 years, And I'm so grateful they're still anti-AI.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My dumbass had never seen this sculpture before and thought it was some strange man trying to give himself a blow job.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last night at writers group, our exercise was an ekphrasis piece inspired by this:

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Striving for Mediocracy Ascending Mt Okay Half my Hopes, all my Dreams Brief Canker Sore .Fine. Lost in the Sauce Middle Third

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week's 3x5 marketing features Cypress Moon. The women who belong to this moon are the Motherhood's rangers, special ops, & trackers In the very first chapter: "The Commander" we see Diana MariasDatter inherit command of Squad Fourteen by receiving four "rank pips" from the previous leader.

CYPRESS MOON RANK PIP DIAGRAM.

Roughly sketched by Lisa on a 3x5 card.

four diamond shaped belt pins (or pips) with round "new moon" silhouettes in their center.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

She was not as impressed as I think she should have been. But she's right. In DC the bar is LOOOOOW.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

BUT, Uber in my area just started this scoring system of rating how safe their drivers are, and it really appeals to my pride. I went to my wife last night to show off:

A screen shot showing a meter measuring driving safety metrics. From 0 to 100, I score at a 97!

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I drive Uber to put money aside for a good editor. My goal is 50-100 bucks a week after expenses, which is difficult, especially when only about 10% of people tip anymore.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Contemplating completely sabotaging any hope of my book's success by only making it available in print. Thereby making it extraordinarily difficult for readers to feed to the machine. Pirate *that* MFers! AI can pull my story out of my cold dead hands!

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Them: How's your manuscript rewrite going? Me: (Credit: Matt Tarply)

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm trying to get pregnant with my wife's embryo, which involves taking a sh*t ton of progesterone. Me from the bathroom this morning: "Why do they make the intravaginal pills orange?? My discharge is... autumnal."

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Working with feds who refer to DoD as the department of war. 🤮🤮

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I gotta finish this manuscript so I can start working on the sapphic retelling of Ladyhawke. Matthew Broderick's character is just begging to be a little, adorable, non-binary thief. And Michelle Pfeiffer's character was made for a butch lady knight to love it.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Writers Group gems from tonight's session: "Either make the rat dream weirder, or put more diety." "And yeah. That poem was deep and cool." "I disagree with that suggestion" "No!! I reject your disagreement!" "That's not how this works!"

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My dog's been dead for two years, I guess it's okay to throw away her vaccination records.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I know I'm queer, but I'm so comfortably so that I forget. And then I'm sitting in a fertility clinic waiting room surrounded by 6 women who are there for the same thing as me, and I'm like. "Oh, I am so different today."

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Starting my novel re-write today!!! Mapped out some new chapters to give my MC a bit more development and to strengthen her love interest ❤️ 💕

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Any good publishing/author/writing podcasts out there?

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

RimWorld. Thank goodness I last played without Randy Random.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There's something incredibly liberating in writing something you know is only for yourself.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So I made "The Steward Republic of the Thirteen Sylvan Moons" which currently sits at 33,342 words, and includes the penal code, the citizen guarantees, the financial checks and balances, and a festival for each of the 13 Moons.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Halfway through writing my novel, I realized I needed a more concrete source document for my speculative matriarchal nation.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Silly goose, you're already doing great! Stop worrying and start writing!! You are amazing and you *can* and *are* doing the thing!

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨 AUTHORS: IF YOU AREN'T DOING THESE SEVEN THINGS SIX MONTHS BEFORE LAUNCH YOUR BOOK WILL FAIL 🚨

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Me: "I'm capable. I can navigate this self publishing journey. The worst thing that could happen is I lose money and people hate my book." *opens up social media* Me: "maybe tomorrow"

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm putting that dusty 20 year old computer science degree to some use, and I figured out Mailerlite! (Kindof) Here's my newsletter sign up!! lisajophillipsauthor.com/newsletter-s...

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Tuesday is a day of abundant opportunities and favorable circumstances.

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Lisa Jo Phillips Author @lisajophillipsauth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

You know that feeling when you walk into Costco wearing only Kirtland clothes?

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