Laura
@lauraipsumwrites.bsky.social
Finnish heavy metal runs through my veins. English professor. Seeking a publisher for my debut horror novel. Animal lover. Slava Ukraini.
Woo hasn't been sitting with me like normal, then I realized that I had a different blanket. I brought the bat blanket back, and he's happily sitting again. Luckily bats are year-round decor!
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Woo hasn't been sitting with me like normal, then I realized that I had a different blanket. I brought the bat blanket back, and he's happily sitting again. Luckily bats are year-round decor!
The sun was shining through the trees just right and encompassed fall so perfectly
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The sun was shining through the trees just right and encompassed fall so perfectly
I was lucky enough to spot a cardinal and blue jay hopping around a bush together on my midday, I've been staring at a computer screen for hours and need a break, walk at work.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I was lucky enough to spot a cardinal and blue jay hopping around a bush together on my midday, I've been staring at a computer screen for hours and need a break, walk at work.
My mom gifted Woo pads that collect and reflect body heat, and he's a very happy boy on this oddly freezing early November day!
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My mom gifted Woo pads that collect and reflect body heat, and he's a very happy boy on this oddly freezing early November day!
Good morning from the Appalachian Mountains! My morning commute is so much nicer when I can actually see
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good morning from the Appalachian Mountains! My morning commute is so much nicer when I can actually see
I wish I was this comfy
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I wish I was this comfy
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!
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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!
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.
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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.
Thanks for the super professional response option to my novel rejection, Gmail! "Bummer!" with no additions is totally the right move here.
#amquerying #writesky
#amquerying #writesky
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thanks for the super professional response option to my novel rejection, Gmail! "Bummer!" with no additions is totally the right move here.
#amquerying #writesky
#amquerying #writesky
Gloomy days are so pretty in the mountains, especially during autumn
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Gloomy days are so pretty in the mountains, especially during autumn
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.
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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.
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.
October 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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.
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
If anyone's looking to publish a horror novel about a black metal band, I'm your girl! #amquerying #writesky
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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
If anyone's looking to publish a horror novel about a black metal band, I'm your girl! #amquerying #writesky
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!
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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!
I literally stopped in my tracks to get a picture of this pretty praying mantis on these little lavender flowers!
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I literally stopped in my tracks to get a picture of this pretty praying mantis on these little lavender flowers!
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!
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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!
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.
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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.
That's a 10/10 loaf if I ever did see one
October 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
That's a 10/10 loaf if I ever did see one
Doctors' offices in the south are like yeah, why wouldn't we have a bible on every side table in the waiting room?
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Doctors' offices in the south are like yeah, why wouldn't we have a bible on every side table in the waiting room?
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!
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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!
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.
October 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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.
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!
October 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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!
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!
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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!
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?
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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?
Woo wasn't a fan of The Vourdalak, but I enjoyed it! It's a different take on a historical vampire movie.
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Woo wasn't a fan of The Vourdalak, but I enjoyed it! It's a different take on a historical vampire movie.