Happy UK Heated Rivalry Day! Enjoy the journey.

Over on Patreon, I'm having an AMA for patrons. Craft stuff, industry questions, whatever question strikes your fancy. Longer responses might end up as their own posts. www.patreon.com/posts/q-1478...

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?

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.

In 2026, I'll still be lightly on social media, but I'm prioritising being regular with my n3wsletter and my Patr3on. First n3wsletter is going out this week, and you can get a free F/F romance short story for signing up!

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.

I'm taking the rest of the year off social media to sink my teeth into drafting my next project, and to rest and relax. I'm wintering. I might send another newsletter, and I'll still be updating Patreon, but otherwise, I'll see you next year! L x

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. 🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨

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!

I'm being much more consistent with my Patreon, so a reminder if you want more behind-the-scenes glimpses of what I'm up to, adventures around Scotland, and the general writing life, it's a thing I have!

Emberclaw, Shadowplay, and Masquerade all have lil recaps at the start to remind the reader what happened in the previous volume. As someone with the memory of a goldfish, I figured it might be appreciated by others, too!

I'm finally watching Broadchurch and damn, this cast is stacked. I knew about Olivia Coleman and David Tennant, of course, but Jonathan Bailey and Jacob Anderson were surprises.

🚨Giveaway Alert!🚨Pantomime by L.R. Lam is keeping its circus doors open, and you can enter to win a copy of the first book of the Micah Grey trilogy on Storygraph! Open US only, ends 12/18. buff.ly/G67a5Hj

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.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨

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.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨

Masquerade by @lrlam.bsky.social "This is now the second series I’ve finished by L and I gotta say, they love a bit of grave robbing in their stories." Read the full review from @justairythings.bsky.social grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m...

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.

This has been a hard week. But tomorrow, I might go to the woods and look at mushrooms and remember that it's better to live than decay.

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.

Today is Shadowplay's UK launch date. Significantly revised, this sequel to Pantomime takes to the magician's stage. The Micah Grey trilogy stars a n0nb1nary, 1nters3x lead. It's a whimsical gaslamp fantasy with the undercurrent of danger. hodderscape.co.uk/products/sha...

Hello! I'll be sending out a n3wsletter later today with a roundup of Shadowplay's launch etc. My 2026 goal is to be a lot more consistent building this up since social media is so fragmented. I'd love for you to sign up if you'd like monthly updates! mailchi.mp/57c27def8d62...

We're always delighted to see new books from our chum @lrlam.bsky.social hitting shelves. Shadowplay, the second Micah Grey novel, just arrived from @hodderbooks.bsky.social #books #livres #fantasy #romantasy

Something straight out of Goldilocks.

Shadowplay by @lrlam.bsky.social I cannot overstate the love I am coming to have, in quite frankly worrying amounts, for this series. Read @justairythings.bsky.social's full review grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/s...

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🃏

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!

I will be at WFC in Brighton and rooming with my con wife, Sophie. Not on official programming since I'm still recovering from health things, but say hi if you see us!

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💜

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!🎠💜

I will be at WFC in Brighton and rooming with my con wife, Sophie. Not on official programming since I'm still recovering from health things, but say hi if you see us!

Check out this guest post featuring L.R. Lam, author of the Micah Grey trilogy! Read all 7 things that they learned during the work of the author's preferred text of Pantomime, Shadowplay, and Masquerade! Article: buff.ly/fo03uMs Trilogy: buff.ly/AoPq9DU

I really, really love getting messages from actual readers, but I might soon be another person to have to take my contact form off my website, because these AI marketing emails are getting out of hand.

💜🎪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!

It's true, it's true! Ariana is now a friend.

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! 🍂🕯️

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

Whoever recommended me for this extremely exciting writer's room I might join next year, may your pillow always be cool.

Dragonfall by @lrlam.bsky.social "Inject this series into my veins, immediately!" Read the full review from @justairythings.bsky.social grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/d...

I don't want to jinx it but...I'm having fun with this new project. The prose is very sketched out, but I'm making good forward momentum and feel like I have the pulse on the story. A long way to go, and I'm sure it won't all go this smoothly, but so far, so good.

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?✨

💜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🃏

LR Lam is one of our Guests of Honour at Unconfined - @eastercon2027.org - read all their work then come primed with thoughts and questions!

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🃏🎪

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.

A little glance at just a few of the amazing SFF releases coming out this month! Which are you most looking forward to? (Part 1 of 2)

I have so many more ideas for stories set in the world and characters, but it all depends on if the series finds more of its people or not. I've been open I've found the mixed reception of book one painful for what is such a personal and exposing series. But if you build it, I will come. <3