Laura Garden
@lauragarden.bsky.social
Farmer who writes, she/her, sapphic stories, Writer's Digest Award Winner.
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
Happy birthday to this newsletter!
Celebrating small victories
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November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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hey!! my book is out today :)
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the everlasting is here!
brags, tour dates, and meeting at the crossroads
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October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
hey!! my book is out today :)
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An essay I wrote about Australian wildlife is featured in a podcast this week!
Story Share - Cranes, Canines, and Connection — Jacqui Lents - Storyteller
In this episode of the Jacqui Just Chatter podcast, host Jacqui shares three heartwarming and inspiring stories submitted by talented women writers. The first story by Kristie Hayes chronicles her jou...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
An essay I wrote about Australian wildlife is featured in a podcast this week!
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Impossible Australian wildflowers, on various things: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5371...
Also on fabric and wallpaper: www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/10...
Also on fabric and wallpaper: www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/10...
Impossible Flowers by tanaudel | Redbubble
A tangled, impossible wandering of Australian wildflowers.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Impossible Australian wildflowers, on various things: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5371...
Also on fabric and wallpaper: www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/10...
Also on fabric and wallpaper: www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/10...
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This one goes out in honor of Jane Goodall for her work in conservation and moving science forward in the understanding of other species on this planet
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October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This one goes out in honor of Jane Goodall for her work in conservation and moving science forward in the understanding of other species on this planet
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September being my birthday month, book club took a break from anti-fascism to read a “gothic nightmare full of buried secrets and shambling horrors”!
I loved this book.
I loved this book.
September Book Club
Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings
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October 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
September being my birthday month, book club took a break from anti-fascism to read a “gothic nightmare full of buried secrets and shambling horrors”!
I loved this book.
I loved this book.
On the farm, the flower gardens are peaking. Dahlias put out new pink, purple and orange blooms after the rain, and cosmos are starting to go by and turn brown.
September Book Club
Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings
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October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On the farm, the flower gardens are peaking. Dahlias put out new pink, purple and orange blooms after the rain, and cosmos are starting to go by and turn brown.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
We all need to be civil liberties advocates and defenders of our Constitutional rights.
September 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We all need to be civil liberties advocates and defenders of our Constitutional rights.
Whether or not we retain the right to free speech depends on everyday people being willing to speak freely about the things we care about.
You have a voice. Use it.
You have a voice. Use it.
September 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Whether or not we retain the right to free speech depends on everyday people being willing to speak freely about the things we care about.
You have a voice. Use it.
You have a voice. Use it.
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That’s how censorship operates in the USA (and many places) government pressure is used to force people & groups to self-censor.
It’s a constant pattern:
The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal
It’s a constant pattern:
The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal
Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.
Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...
Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...
September 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
That’s how censorship operates in the USA (and many places) government pressure is used to force people & groups to self-censor.
It’s a constant pattern:
The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal
It’s a constant pattern:
The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
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Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
You have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work
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September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
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What's the literary equivalent of an EGOT?
Fiction, nonfiction and fantasy?
Or Poetry, nonfiction, and fiction?
Fiction, nonfiction and fantasy?
Or Poetry, nonfiction, and fiction?
September 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What's the literary equivalent of an EGOT?
Fiction, nonfiction and fantasy?
Or Poetry, nonfiction, and fiction?
Fiction, nonfiction and fantasy?
Or Poetry, nonfiction, and fiction?
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Yesterday feels like a dream, yet all the more special knowing it was real. If you weren’t able to join last night, I’ll be in conversation tonight with @casskhaw.bsky.social at 8pm EST, hosted by @loyaltybooks.bsky.social!
Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace!
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Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace!
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Martin Cahill and Cassandra Khaw for Audition for the Fox
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September 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yesterday feels like a dream, yet all the more special knowing it was real. If you weren’t able to join last night, I’ll be in conversation tonight with @casskhaw.bsky.social at 8pm EST, hosted by @loyaltybooks.bsky.social!
Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace!
loyaltybookstores.com/thefox
Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace!
loyaltybookstores.com/thefox
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
I’ve always believed that writers need to immerse themselves in the world, occupations, people, and places, in order to write about the world as it is, to create stories that enrich readers’ lives.
September 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’ve always believed that writers need to immerse themselves in the world, occupations, people, and places, in order to write about the world as it is, to create stories that enrich readers’ lives.
As George R. R. Martin says, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
September 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As George R. R. Martin says, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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This captures well how being a successful self-pub author involves a 2nd skill set being your own publicist. As a trad-pub author myself, when aspiring writers ask me for advice on whether 2 self pub, I stress this: Not every writer also has the personality/skills to enjoy being a publicist; do you?
This is a tale of two authors: one who sold a lot of books at an author event, and one who sold almost none. What was the difference? Read on….
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#booksky #authors #selfpublishing #writing
A Tale Of Two Authors Selling Their Books
This is a tale of two authors: one who sold a lot of books at an author event, and one who sold almost none. What was the difference? Read…
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September 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This captures well how being a successful self-pub author involves a 2nd skill set being your own publicist. As a trad-pub author myself, when aspiring writers ask me for advice on whether 2 self pub, I stress this: Not every writer also has the personality/skills to enjoy being a publicist; do you?
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Top 5 steps to tackle as a new author of sapphic fiction
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#Jae #gclswa #gclsinstructor #sapphic
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Where to start as a new author of sapphic fiction
It's hard to know where to start as a new author. All the tasks can seem daunting. Here are the top 5 steps to take as a new author of sapphic fiction.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Top 5 steps to tackle as a new author of sapphic fiction
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#Jae #gclswa #gclsinstructor #sapphic
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