Laura VanArendonk Baugh
@lauravab.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and non-fiction, shaper of animal behavior, eater of fair trade dark chocolate. https://sleek.bio/LauraVAB
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November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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2 winners will take home ALL featured ebooks! Others will win individual ebooks or paperbacks (randomly selected). Put your name in the reading hat today!
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October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
2 winners will take home ALL featured ebooks! Others will win individual ebooks or paperbacks (randomly selected). Put your name in the reading hat today!
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Want stories with girls exercising prowess in science, math, and engineering while also supporting girls in science, math, and engineering? The Brave New Girls anthologies support scholarships in STEM. Get it! books2read.com/bravenewgirls9
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#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #writersky
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Want stories with girls exercising prowess in science, math, and engineering while also supporting girls in science, math, and engineering? The Brave New Girls anthologies support scholarships in STEM. Get it! books2read.com/bravenewgirls9
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#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #writersky
I'll be at the Realm Makers Expo with book, comic, game, animation, and film/TV creators! Join for fun panels, interactive sessions, and loads of cool stuff to take home.
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#RealmMakers #RealmMakers2025 #GrandRapidsMI #FantasyWriters #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity
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June 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'll be at the Realm Makers Expo with book, comic, game, animation, and film/TV creators! Join for fun panels, interactive sessions, and loads of cool stuff to take home.
www.realmmakers.com/realm-m...
#RealmMakers #RealmMakers2025 #GrandRapidsMI #FantasyWriters #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity
www.realmmakers.com/realm-m...
#RealmMakers #RealmMakers2025 #GrandRapidsMI #FantasyWriters #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity
It's been a week since I visited the offices of Sen Young, Sen Banks, and Rep Shreve (none here) to personally deliver letters with my concerns. In each I requested a response to acknowledge they saw it. None has bothered to even look at a hand-delivered letter, any more than to answer their phones.
February 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's been a week since I visited the offices of Sen Young, Sen Banks, and Rep Shreve (none here) to personally deliver letters with my concerns. In each I requested a response to acknowledge they saw it. None has bothered to even look at a hand-delivered letter, any more than to answer their phones.
It's NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY! How great is that?
And y'know, I'm <$13 short of this month's sales goal, so let's do this: use FAIRTRADE to get 10% off any regularly priced ebook on my website store, today. Now excuse me, I'm off to make a mug of cocoa.
LauraVAB.com
And y'know, I'm <$13 short of this month's sales goal, so let's do this: use FAIRTRADE to get 10% off any regularly priced ebook on my website store, today. Now excuse me, I'm off to make a mug of cocoa.
LauraVAB.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY! How great is that?
And y'know, I'm <$13 short of this month's sales goal, so let's do this: use FAIRTRADE to get 10% off any regularly priced ebook on my website store, today. Now excuse me, I'm off to make a mug of cocoa.
LauraVAB.com
And y'know, I'm <$13 short of this month's sales goal, so let's do this: use FAIRTRADE to get 10% off any regularly priced ebook on my website store, today. Now excuse me, I'm off to make a mug of cocoa.
LauraVAB.com
Happy Spring Festival and Multi-Asiatic and Beyond Lunisolar New Year! 😂 Huzzah, Sneks!
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Happy Spring Festival and Multi-Asiatic and Beyond Lunisolar New Year! 😂 Huzzah, Sneks!
Newest anthology is out sleighing! 😉This collection of dark fantasy and gothic winter stories has been drawing good industry reviews (we could use a few more on Amazon, please!), and my story was called out as a "delightful yarn" so there's that. Please check it out!
go.lauravab.com/hoarfrost
go.lauravab.com/hoarfrost
January 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Newest anthology is out sleighing! 😉This collection of dark fantasy and gothic winter stories has been drawing good industry reviews (we could use a few more on Amazon, please!), and my story was called out as a "delightful yarn" so there's that. Please check it out!
go.lauravab.com/hoarfrost
go.lauravab.com/hoarfrost
It's time! Our #Pintopia project has launched!
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
January 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's time! Our #Pintopia project has launched!
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
It's time! Our #Pintopia project has launched!
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
January 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's time! Our #Pintopia project has launched!
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
www.backerkit.com/c/project...
#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
It's coming! Check out our gorgeous yōkai carousel enamel pins, plus stickers, prints, books and comics, and more.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/laura-vanarendonk-baugh/yokai-rousel-pins-japanese-yokai-in-classic-carousel-form/launch_party
##pintopia ##enamelpins ##pins ##yokai
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/laura-vanarendonk-baugh/yokai-rousel-pins-japanese-yokai-in-classic-carousel-form/launch_party
##pintopia ##enamelpins ##pins ##yokai
January 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's coming! Check out our gorgeous yōkai carousel enamel pins, plus stickers, prints, books and comics, and more.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/laura-vanarendonk-baugh/yokai-rousel-pins-japanese-yokai-in-classic-carousel-form/launch_party
##pintopia ##enamelpins ##pins ##yokai
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/laura-vanarendonk-baugh/yokai-rousel-pins-japanese-yokai-in-classic-carousel-form/launch_party
##pintopia ##enamelpins ##pins ##yokai
The Doberman wants to know why I'd leave a perfectly decent warm bed to go out in 4 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's a reasonable question.
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It's a reasonable question.
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January 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Doberman wants to know why I'd leave a perfectly decent warm bed to go out in 4 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's a reasonable question.
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It's a reasonable question.
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New anthology this month!
Wild storms, the sound of skates cutting across empty ice, blankets of soft, white, beautiful death. You huddle in the dark, struggling to keep warm...and maybe to ignore the message scrawled on a frosty window.
www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/ha...
amzn.to/402Lsnp
Wild storms, the sound of skates cutting across empty ice, blankets of soft, white, beautiful death. You huddle in the dark, struggling to keep warm...and maybe to ignore the message scrawled on a frosty window.
www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/ha...
amzn.to/402Lsnp
January 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New anthology this month!
Wild storms, the sound of skates cutting across empty ice, blankets of soft, white, beautiful death. You huddle in the dark, struggling to keep warm...and maybe to ignore the message scrawled on a frosty window.
www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/ha...
amzn.to/402Lsnp
Wild storms, the sound of skates cutting across empty ice, blankets of soft, white, beautiful death. You huddle in the dark, struggling to keep warm...and maybe to ignore the message scrawled on a frosty window.
www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/ha...
amzn.to/402Lsnp
December 16, 2024 at 2:51 PM
It's been busy at Christmas in Wanamaker! Getting a brief lull for the parade.
December 7, 2024 at 6:11 PM
It's been busy at Christmas in Wanamaker! Getting a brief lull for the parade.
Want a free online event for the weekend, covering a range of geeky and nerdy topics, from creative work to voice acting to mental health in video games?
I'll be presenting at Casacon and I'd love to see you there! https://Casacon.org
##writing ##writingcommunity ##voiceacting
I'll be presenting at Casacon and I'd love to see you there! https://Casacon.org
##writing ##writingcommunity ##voiceacting
December 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Want a free online event for the weekend, covering a range of geeky and nerdy topics, from creative work to voice acting to mental health in video games?
I'll be presenting at Casacon and I'd love to see you there! https://Casacon.org
##writing ##writingcommunity ##voiceacting
I'll be presenting at Casacon and I'd love to see you there! https://Casacon.org
##writing ##writingcommunity ##voiceacting
A group of authors is raising money for Doctors Without Borders, and you can help! Please check out our various writing and creative goals, and pledge to help us help others. Every small pledge helps!
www.canadahelps.org/en/page... or lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/g... or link in bio.
www.canadahelps.org/en/page... or lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/g... or link in bio.
December 5, 2024 at 4:13 PM
A group of authors is raising money for Doctors Without Borders, and you can help! Please check out our various writing and creative goals, and pledge to help us help others. Every small pledge helps!
www.canadahelps.org/en/page... or lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/g... or link in bio.
www.canadahelps.org/en/page... or lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/g... or link in bio.
Almost ready to open the Lew Wallace Author Fair! We have SO MANY authors this year -- please come enjoy Crawfordsville Downtown Party Night and pick up some books with your small business shopping!
Fusion54, Crawfordsville, IN
#books #smallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #crawfordsville
Fusion54, Crawfordsville, IN
#books #smallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #crawfordsville
November 30, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Almost ready to open the Lew Wallace Author Fair! We have SO MANY authors this year -- please come enjoy Crawfordsville Downtown Party Night and pick up some books with your small business shopping!
Fusion54, Crawfordsville, IN
#books #smallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #crawfordsville
Fusion54, Crawfordsville, IN
#books #smallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #crawfordsville
My flight arrived an hour early, giving me even more solid dark hours to wait for my Saturday meeting, but I knew exactly where I was going to hole up and nap where I wouldn't be found or disturbed.
It seems I picked a pretty good spot.
#travel
It seems I picked a pretty good spot.
#travel
November 16, 2024 at 12:14 PM
My flight arrived an hour early, giving me even more solid dark hours to wait for my Saturday meeting, but I knew exactly where I was going to hole up and nap where I wouldn't be found or disturbed.
It seems I picked a pretty good spot.
#travel
It seems I picked a pretty good spot.
#travel
Just got out of #AWAKENING in Vegas. Story and dialogue were definitely first draft, but puppetry, effects, and production design more than made up. All vibes.
#travel #lasvegas #livetheater
#travel #lasvegas #livetheater
November 12, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Just got out of #AWAKENING in Vegas. Story and dialogue were definitely first draft, but puppetry, effects, and production design more than made up. All vibes.
#travel #lasvegas #livetheater
#travel #lasvegas #livetheater
Impulse decision this morning based on a chance reference in a bulk email. Total leap-and-let-Japan-catch-me decision, as I didn't have lodging, I didn't pack sleepwear or other items commonly supplied at Japanese lodging, I didn't plan anything. Pics soon!
#travel #Japan #writerlife #yokai #yōkai
#travel #Japan #writerlife #yokai #yōkai
October 26, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Impulse decision this morning based on a chance reference in a bulk email. Total leap-and-let-Japan-catch-me decision, as I didn't have lodging, I didn't pack sleepwear or other items commonly supplied at Japanese lodging, I didn't plan anything. Pics soon!
#travel #Japan #writerlife #yokai #yōkai
#travel #Japan #writerlife #yokai #yōkai
I adore Darumado's four cheese, honey, and cornflakes pizza. (Don't question until you've tried it! It is a taste and texture triumph.)
#travel #Japan #writerslife #authorlife #autumn
#travel #Japan #writerslife #authorlife #autumn
October 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM
I adore Darumado's four cheese, honey, and cornflakes pizza. (Don't question until you've tried it! It is a taste and texture triumph.)
#travel #Japan #writerslife #authorlife #autumn
#travel #Japan #writerslife #authorlife #autumn
I visited Mister Donut purely for the seasonal treats, and I was not disappointed.
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #autumn #halloween
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #autumn #halloween
October 25, 2024 at 6:46 AM
I visited Mister Donut purely for the seasonal treats, and I was not disappointed.
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #autumn #halloween
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #autumn #halloween
At least three Tōkyō train lines are down due to an "unusual noise." I can think of no other explanation than a kaiju awakening. You saw it here first.
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #impendingdoom
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #impendingdoom
October 24, 2024 at 5:35 AM
At least three Tōkyō train lines are down due to an "unusual noise." I can think of no other explanation than a kaiju awakening. You saw it here first.
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #impendingdoom
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #impendingdoom
Took this photo last night of the shrine across the street.
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife
October 23, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Took this photo last night of the shrine across the street.
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife
#travel #Japan #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorlife