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Laura Rueckert

@laurarueckert.bsky.social

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Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American in Germany. Proud 🏳️‍⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her https://linktr.ee/LauraRueckert

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi, new followers! 👋I grew up in the US but immigrated to Germany and have lived here over half my life. I write scifi & fantasy, love to travel, am passionate about trans rights, and have a cuddly, fluffy reading buddy who helps me shout about awesome books! #booksky #travelsky

The ruined wall of an old stone church in Germany, including an arched window. The roof is missing. Inside, a tree grows taller than the church probably ever stood. It's fall and leaves have turned red, gold, and brown.

Author Laura Rueckert, smiling and sitting at a picnic table in front of the beach in Denmark at sunset.

Cover of the YA fantasy/murder mystery, A Dragonbird in the Fern. Details are called out: dyslexic princess, arranged marriage with no common language, treacherous translations, forbidden live, empowering female friendships, bloodthirsty ghost.

A fluffy black dog on a white surface. The book Fall of the Iron Gods is next to him. At the right side, we see the leg of a robot. Artificial bees fly in the air around the dog.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 13h

Just got ANOTHER complaint from an author with Lori Perkins's Riverdale Avenue Books about royalties not paid for over a year. I wrote about this problem in 2021 and it appears to still be ongoing--just amazing how pubs like this stay in business. writerbeware.blog/2021/03/02/p...

Publisher Cautions: Riverdale Avenue Books, Breaking Rules Publishing, Adelaide Books - Writer Beware

Riverdale Avenue Books was founded in 2012 by literary agent Lori Perkins of the L. Perkins Agency. Riverdale, which describes itself as a “hybrid” publisher even though, as far as I know, it does not...

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Nicole Bross @brossypants.nicolebross.com · 6h

Pub day is here! (It was actually yesterday, I’m so bad at social media lol) There was CAKE and #1 BEST SELLER BANNERS and MUCH SCREAMING

If you or someone you know is a neurospicy writer who wants to ACTUALLY WRITE THAT BOOK, grab your copy of A Novel Approach today!

books2read.com/anovelapproach

A photo showing a rectangular sheet cake with white icing piped around the edges. On top is an edible image of the front cover of the new nonfiction book A Novel Approach: Strategies for ADHD Writers. The cover is red, with an image of a black scribbled line that straightens out to trace the shape of an open book and pen. The text is white for the title and author names, and yellow for the subtitle.

A screenshot of the Amazon sale page for the new nonfiction book A Novel Approach: Strategies for ADHD Writers. The page features the #1 Best Seller banner for the Authorship category.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 20h

A man digging for worms in southeastern Sweden discovered a medieval hoard containing pearls, pendants, silver rings, and an estimated 20,000 coins. Archaeologists determined that most of the silver coins date to the 12th century.

Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm

A man digging for worms at his summer house in Sweden has unearthed a stupendous treasure: a silver hoard of up to 20,000 coins from the Early Middle Ages.

www.livescience.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 1d

I remember loving this movie as a kid. I tried to watch it once as an adult - it was a totally different movie than in my memory!

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Beyond Resistance Pod @beyondresistance.bsky.social · 2d

Our Blueprint is live! If you’re a Blue Dot in a Red Sea you may be wondering what you can do to make a difference. This Blueprint is for you! Midland built Blue Power & we used it! Check out the Blueprint, our Resistance Tool Belt and the pod!

beyondresistancepod.com/the-blueprin...

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 2d

That's surprising! I'd think my kids assume we learned exactly the same stuff as they are, and then are surprised when I can only do math how I was taught and don't understand their new way!

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed. That's why pumpkin pie is also a breakfast food. It's bread, eggs, milk, and vegetables. 🙂

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Amanda MacGregor @amandamacgregor.bsky.social · 3d

The Stressed-Out Hero’s Journey: Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a post by Caroline Carlson

What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?

teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/13/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social @carolinecarlson.bsky.social

The Stressed-Out Hero’s Journey: Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a guest post by Caroline Carlson

What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?

teenlibrariantoolbox.com

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 5d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 24d

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 5d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 6d

The best!

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 8d

Wow! What a tempting offer! #authorsky

Facebook notification with text: Lazra Rueckert - Author has 94 new views. Spend €10 more on your ad to get up to 0 more reach.

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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 7d

One of the easiest decisions ever 😆

Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 8d

Wow! What a tempting offer! #authorsky

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 9d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 9d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social · 9d

#TimeTravelAuthors Day 7
Lots of weird things when you live alternately in the 21st century and at a Renaissance king's court, but the weirdest must have been when that Italian explorer, Giovanni da Verrazzano, talked about the "New World" and got it all wrong.
(Charlotte)

#TimeTravelAuthors
October 2025
Answer as a character!

1. Introduce yourself and the story
3. Your first appearance and/or line of dialogue in the story
5. Why are you important to the story?
7. Something odd/weird you've experienced
9. Favorite person
11. Saturday excerpt (optional word: most)
13. What does someone else in the story think of you?
15. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: give/gave)
17. What life advice would you give?
19. Proudest moment
21. If you got to write the story, what would you change?
23. Tell us about your enemies
25. Saturday excerpt (optional word: back)
27. How do you feel about time travel?
29. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: now)
31. Character's choice/promo

All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome!
To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors
On even days, post what you like!
Questions? @juliebihn@bsky.social

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 10d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 10d

The October edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here!

Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/10/06/s...

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 12d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

Trivia on 'trivia'

In ancient Rome, a trivium was an intersection of three roads (tri, "three" + vium, road).

According to the Romans, when people met at a trivium, they would discuss trivialis ("inconsequential things") - which eventually helped give trivia its modern meaning.

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