Laura Lauda
@laural.bsky.social
SFF Writer, bassist, hiker, nerd, techie, equestrian, nature lover, animal lover, obsessed with tea. Bugs are cool. Liberal. Owned by a large orange lump that claims he’s a cat. she/her
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Today I've discovered an animal called "Skeleton panda sea squirt" exists. A sessile, filter feeding tunicat.
February 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I've discovered an animal called "Skeleton panda sea squirt" exists. A sessile, filter feeding tunicat.
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Encyclopedia Mythica, for all of your mythological and folkloric needs.
I am instructing myself *not* to dive into rabbit holes tonight. pantheon.org #myth #mythology #folklore
I am instructing myself *not* to dive into rabbit holes tonight. pantheon.org #myth #mythology #folklore
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica is the premier encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and religion. Instant mythology since 1995.
pantheon.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Encyclopedia Mythica, for all of your mythological and folkloric needs.
I am instructing myself *not* to dive into rabbit holes tonight. pantheon.org #myth #mythology #folklore
I am instructing myself *not* to dive into rabbit holes tonight. pantheon.org #myth #mythology #folklore
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coming home in the dark
December 4, 2024 at 3:41 AM
coming home in the dark
Ran across this breathing mass of fur on my daily walk. I think it’s a cat. I considered poking it but decided to err on the side of potentially not getting bit.
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Ran across this breathing mass of fur on my daily walk. I think it’s a cat. I considered poking it but decided to err on the side of potentially not getting bit.
Anyone who plays in person D&D know of a good app to record and summarize games? There’s lots of new AI software like copilot but everything I’ve found all seems like it’s only for online meetings like zoom. #dnd
January 26, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Anyone who plays in person D&D know of a good app to record and summarize games? There’s lots of new AI software like copilot but everything I’ve found all seems like it’s only for online meetings like zoom. #dnd
Cyborgs becoming reality. Eventually our dishwashers will be run by brain organoids. www.npr.org/sections/hea...
November 29, 2023 at 12:12 AM
Cyborgs becoming reality. Eventually our dishwashers will be run by brain organoids. www.npr.org/sections/hea...
Haven't been on here much lately, been underwater with work and a DIY bathroom remodel. Someone please remind me that demo-ing a bathroom and laying new penny tile takes 10x longer than I think it will next time I decide to do a DIY home project.
November 7, 2023 at 4:01 AM
Haven't been on here much lately, been underwater with work and a DIY bathroom remodel. Someone please remind me that demo-ing a bathroom and laying new penny tile takes 10x longer than I think it will next time I decide to do a DIY home project.
As a woman in tech for the last 25 years, I have dealt a lot of crap from men in the space. And when I’m finally feeling like women are maybe making up an inch of ground, dudes go and do this. Come on guys. You can do better.
Come the fuck on, dudes. Get your shit together
Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.
www.wired.com
October 6, 2023 at 2:35 PM
As a woman in tech for the last 25 years, I have dealt a lot of crap from men in the space. And when I’m finally feeling like women are maybe making up an inch of ground, dudes go and do this. Come on guys. You can do better.
Darkling beetle in a hole in a kiva at Mesa Verde Balcony House.
October 3, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Darkling beetle in a hole in a kiva at Mesa Verde Balcony House.
Is this a nice cover or what? Excited to see this book in print. It’s been a while coming for Thomas to get this released. #writingcommuntiy
Time for a #scifi #coverart reveal for Starborn Vendetta. Still grateful to @laural.bsky.social for her help with this.
thomaswrightson.co.uk/2023/10/01/c...
thomaswrightson.co.uk/2023/10/01/c...
Cover reveal – Starborn Vendetta
It's time to reveal a cover art. Yay!
thomaswrightson.co.uk
October 2, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Is this a nice cover or what? Excited to see this book in print. It’s been a while coming for Thomas to get this released. #writingcommuntiy
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Bagworms can upgrade their armor with thorn twigs to deal 1d4 damage whenever an enemy succeeds in a melee attack roll against them
September 23, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Bagworms can upgrade their armor with thorn twigs to deal 1d4 damage whenever an enemy succeeds in a melee attack roll against them
I edited this book coming out this fall. So excited to see it in print. Space opera, vengeance, plot twists, alien races. @thomaswrightson.bsky.social crafted a fabulous world and characters.
Current project: Starborn Vendetta.
Scheduled for release late 2023.
Genre: Scifi/Space Opera.
Scheduled for release late 2023.
Genre: Scifi/Space Opera.
September 19, 2023 at 11:06 PM
I edited this book coming out this fall. So excited to see it in print. Space opera, vengeance, plot twists, alien races. @thomaswrightson.bsky.social crafted a fabulous world and characters.
Bass face anyone? 😂 Always cracks me up when I see myself playing.
September 17, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Bass face anyone? 😂 Always cracks me up when I see myself playing.
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Being a creative is really bad right now and getting worse.
RE: Successful authors; it's not uncommon these days for those who get big advances to get paid in 4ths, 5ths, or 6ths. Essentially, trad pub gets a payment plan.
When they have all the power and money.
Freelancer brain says this is predatory as fuck.
When they have all the power and money.
Freelancer brain says this is predatory as fuck.
I think it's already happening to some extent, in most creative professions. It's basically impossible to make a living in many of them. I think all but the most successful authors don't write as their full time job.
September 15, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Being a creative is really bad right now and getting worse.
Interesting blog post from Kevin Hearne on book tours and their profitability (or lack thereof) but why we still need to do them and support them. (BTW if you haven’t read his stuff, his Iron Druid series is a blast) #writingcommunity
Performing book tour sums as supplemental reading to the excellent post on bookstore signings by @chuckwendig.bsky.social
kevinhearne.com/tour-math
kevinhearne.com/tour-math
Kevin Hearne | Tour math
Piggybacking here on an excellent post by Chuck Wendig about why we gotta have bookstore events. It’s a great dive into the whys and wherefores and you should definitely give it a read—I nodde...
kevinhearne.com
September 15, 2023 at 9:17 PM
Interesting blog post from Kevin Hearne on book tours and their profitability (or lack thereof) but why we still need to do them and support them. (BTW if you haven’t read his stuff, his Iron Druid series is a blast) #writingcommunity
Now these are cool birds.
Extant dinosaurs
The most marvelous muppets. Ok, actually they're young Yellow-crowned Night Herons. But they totally look like they came out of Jim Henson's studio.
#birds 🌿
#birds 🌿
September 15, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Now these are cool birds.
Lady beetle larvae.
September 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM
Lady beetle larvae.
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Alert from Writer Beware: There seems to be a lot of book piracy on Soundcloud; I just found two of my books there, listed by several obviously fake accounts. Definitely worth checking out. SFWA provides this handy DMCA notice generator: www.sfwa.org/2010/07/27/s...
Sample DMCA generator for authors - SFWA
This sample DMCA form generates an email which authors may use as a model when sending a DMCA notice to a site infringing upon their copyrighted material.
www.sfwa.org
September 11, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Alert from Writer Beware: There seems to be a lot of book piracy on Soundcloud; I just found two of my books there, listed by several obviously fake accounts. Definitely worth checking out. SFWA provides this handy DMCA notice generator: www.sfwa.org/2010/07/27/s...
I totally should have been born British. Or Irish. Or Scottish. They have tea for all times of the day. And they know how to do it right. It’s a sad state of affairs in the US when it comes to tea.
September 11, 2023 at 6:46 PM
I totally should have been born British. Or Irish. Or Scottish. They have tea for all times of the day. And they know how to do it right. It’s a sad state of affairs in the US when it comes to tea.
And it's a wrap. Got 8k words over to my awesome writer's group. Hoping critique on Wednesday is not a total evisceration. #amwriting #writingcommunity
September 11, 2023 at 1:52 AM
And it's a wrap. Got 8k words over to my awesome writer's group. Hoping critique on Wednesday is not a total evisceration. #amwriting #writingcommunity
There’s a lot of cool words in the English language. Some of my favorites:
Bifurcated
Miasma
Ephemeral
Incendiary
eosinophilic esophagitis (thanks @kateandnate.bsky.social for teaching me this one)
Bifurcated
Miasma
Ephemeral
Incendiary
eosinophilic esophagitis (thanks @kateandnate.bsky.social for teaching me this one)
September 10, 2023 at 3:38 AM
There’s a lot of cool words in the English language. Some of my favorites:
Bifurcated
Miasma
Ephemeral
Incendiary
eosinophilic esophagitis (thanks @kateandnate.bsky.social for teaching me this one)
Bifurcated
Miasma
Ephemeral
Incendiary
eosinophilic esophagitis (thanks @kateandnate.bsky.social for teaching me this one)
Just got myself some new dice for my moon elf death monk. #dnd
September 10, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Just got myself some new dice for my moon elf death monk. #dnd
Zombie ant.
Hottest summer lashes look: The Ophiocordyceps
Letting zombie fungus grow from your face is a bold beauty hack. It works tho? I mean I like it.
🌿🐜
9/9/23
Letting zombie fungus grow from your face is a bold beauty hack. It works tho? I mean I like it.
🌿🐜
9/9/23
September 10, 2023 at 3:20 AM
Zombie ant.
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in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
September 7, 2023 at 9:40 PM
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing