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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I was this comfy

Siamese cat curled up on his side with front feet in the air

Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 3d

It's that time of year where I have to decide what gets put away as Halloween decor and what stays out as year round spooky decor. It's difficult!

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Snagged Halloween deals today and found this fun game that's like pictionary but you use a ghost like a planchette to draw on a whiteboard.

Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for the super professional response option to my novel rejection, Gmail! "Bummer!" with no additions is totally the right move here.
#amquerying #writesky

Novel rejection email with "bummer!" given as a response option

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Same! My commute this morning was pitch black with rain and clouds, but it's nice once I've arrived at work.

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Gloomy days are so pretty in the mountains, especially during autumn

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Started a wendigo/monster romance audiobook out of morbid curiosity and rage quit when I heard "conversate." Made it only 2 hours in out of 18.

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 9d

That'll be cute! I've meant to do that with my leftover Halloween fabric.

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Love the fabric! What are you making?

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 10d

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is phenomenal. The audience gasped, cried, and clapped. It's beautiful; no movie can bring forth such emotion in me like a del Toro movie.

Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 11d

I feel like we're connected now for having our first rejections on the same day, haha! I was given the advice to make rejection nachos for each rejection to celebrate.

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much! I'm still waiting to hear from a few other publishers, so fingers crossed one of them will take it!

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 11d

Got my first rejection letter for my book! They said it was "very enjoyable to read" twice and invited me to submit more works again next year, so that's a good sign I guess!

If anyone's looking to publish a horror novel about a black metal band, I'm your girl! #amquerying #writesky

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 12d

I had two of my literature students visit me during office hours to discuss Poe's "The Black Cat" and how much they liked it! Absolutely made my day!

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 13d

I literally stopped in my tracks to get a picture of this pretty praying mantis on these little lavender flowers!

Praying mantis among small purple flowers

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 14d

Every once and a while I question my career choice, but then I have weeks like this one where I'm getting paid to ramble about Edgar Allan Poe. I always love hearing from my college students about how they felt misled about his life in high school, haha!

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 16d

I know I've married the right person because without prompting, he rolls down the car window on my side so I can say hi to a flock of sheep and goats at a stop sign.

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 17d

That's a 10/10 loaf if I ever did see one

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 18d

Doctors' offices in the south are like yeah, why wouldn't we have a bible on every side table in the waiting room?

Bible on a side table in a doctor's office

Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 19d

This is Woo with his blue. We aren't sure what he considers blue because he'll kick it and then carry it around to carefully place it with us like a gift. And sometimes he'll be a silly little guy with it like this time!

Siamese cat perching on top of a chair with a blue fuzzy toy in his mouth.

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 24d

It makes me so happy to see a Moomin sign outside of Barnes and Noble! I hope more Americans discover the Moomins because of this.

Moomin sign outside of a Barnes and Noble

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 25d

I just passed by a student sitting cross-legged against a wall, looking at their phone, with a whole pumpkin on their head. My college has pumpkin carving today, and this person decided that they'd wear theirs which I totally respect!

Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 26d

I'm so glad it worked out and it was interesting! That's great of the lawyers asking for feedback afterwards. Is that typical? I wouldn't think so because it shows the truly care about their jobs, haha!

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Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 28d

There's a quote misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson across the hall from my classroom where I teach . . . Ralph Waldo Emerson. It's a good conversation starter for my students at least!

Quote from not Emerson: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us"

Laura @lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social · 29d

My coworker has the track list for Taylor Swift's new album written on the whiteboard on her door, and it got me thinking. If I wrote Orbit Culture's new album track list on my door, that probably wouldn't be received the same way. As a metalhead, why can't I also feel "safe" to share my music?

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