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
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I'm giving away a box of books and swag!
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm giving away a box of books and swag!
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
I'm giving away a box of books and swag!
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
lauravanarendonkbaugh.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm giving away a box of books and swag!
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.
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This should be a major story and it Isn’t even a blip. newrepublic.com/post/199027/...
August 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This should be a major story and it Isn’t even a blip. newrepublic.com/post/199027/...
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If you're not following @mikalatos.com here or on Substack, you really should be. For months now, he's been sharing the stories of immigrants unconstitutionally arrested by I.C.E. Today's is yet another horror story. #protest #ICEisgestapo thesestories.substack.com/p/no-crimina...
No criminal history, no deportation orders, no mercy from ICE
Sara has legal status in the US, but that didn't stop ICE from putting her and her mother in a private prison and seeking to deport them
thesestories.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you're not following @mikalatos.com here or on Substack, you really should be. For months now, he's been sharing the stories of immigrants unconstitutionally arrested by I.C.E. Today's is yet another horror story. #protest #ICEisgestapo thesestories.substack.com/p/no-crimina...
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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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
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #writersky
#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
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#RealmMakers #RealmMakers2025 #GrandRapidsMI #FantasyWriters #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity
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The midterm elections are in 580 days.
Democracy doesn’t run on vibes. Do something that matters.
☎️ Call your reps. 5calls.org
📱 Text your reps. resist.bot
✅ Get election ready. turbovote.org
Democracy doesn’t run on vibes. Do something that matters.
☎️ Call your reps. 5calls.org
📱 Text your reps. resist.bot
✅ Get election ready. turbovote.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The midterm elections are in 580 days.
Democracy doesn’t run on vibes. Do something that matters.
☎️ Call your reps. 5calls.org
📱 Text your reps. resist.bot
✅ Get election ready. turbovote.org
Democracy doesn’t run on vibes. Do something that matters.
☎️ Call your reps. 5calls.org
📱 Text your reps. resist.bot
✅ Get election ready. turbovote.org
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/9qkDNYDX
Join me on April 5th
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March 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/9qkDNYDX
Reposted by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
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.
We're so close!! Please take a look to help us get 100%
(and also, please check out my yōkai-rousel pins at www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... if you have not already :D )
(and also, please check out my yōkai-rousel pins at www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... if you have not already :D )
February 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We're so close!! Please take a look to help us get 100%
(and also, please check out my yōkai-rousel pins at www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... if you have not already :D )
(and also, please check out my yōkai-rousel pins at www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... if you have not already :D )
Colorado Springs is far from the tiniest airport I've used, but it's kinda cute that it lists the ubiquitous Hudson as "dining." 😂
February 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Colorado Springs is far from the tiniest airport I've used, but it's kinda cute that it lists the ubiquitous Hudson as "dining." 😂
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February 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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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!
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#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel
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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
"I have my form completed, everything ready to go. I just need a title for this short story, and then I can be done. But I don't have a title yet, so I came down to get some peanut butter M&Ms for it."
"Does that work?"
"Not always. But if I don't get a title, at least I have peanut butter M&Ms."
"Does that work?"
"Not always. But if I don't get a title, at least I have peanut butter M&Ms."
January 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"I have my form completed, everything ready to go. I just need a title for this short story, and then I can be done. But I don't have a title yet, so I came down to get some peanut butter M&Ms for it."
"Does that work?"
"Not always. But if I don't get a title, at least I have peanut butter M&Ms."
"Does that work?"
"Not always. But if I don't get a title, at least I have peanut butter M&Ms."
Reposted by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
⚠️ PSA to anyone posting to YouTube ⚠️
Definitely go in and turn this off!! I don’t think it even needs explaining at this point!!
Please let everyone know
Definitely go in and turn this off!! I don’t think it even needs explaining at this point!!
Please let everyone know
December 16, 2024 at 1:42 PM
⚠️ PSA to anyone posting to YouTube ⚠️
Definitely go in and turn this off!! I don’t think it even needs explaining at this point!!
Please let everyone know
Definitely go in and turn this off!! I don’t think it even needs explaining at this point!!
Please let everyone know
Ooooh ooooh ooooh! I was sad to leave Twitter back then because I knew I'd miss 2 accounts in particular - but today I found @moviessilently.bsky.social here!
(look, I'm slow and I'm relatively new here, sorry)
(look, I'm slow and I'm relatively new here, sorry)
January 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ooooh ooooh ooooh! I was sad to leave Twitter back then because I knew I'd miss 2 accounts in particular - but today I found @moviessilently.bsky.social here!
(look, I'm slow and I'm relatively new here, sorry)
(look, I'm slow and I'm relatively new here, sorry)
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me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
Reposted by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Got asked to try / promote a company using genAI to "automate the cumbersome parts of playing TTRPGs" and first of all, fuck you, second of all fuck this idea that any part of *playing a game* needs to be outsourced to a plagiarism machine that sets the world on fire
I was not kind in my response.
I was not kind in my response.
January 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Got asked to try / promote a company using genAI to "automate the cumbersome parts of playing TTRPGs" and first of all, fuck you, second of all fuck this idea that any part of *playing a game* needs to be outsourced to a plagiarism machine that sets the world on fire
I was not kind in my response.
I was not kind in my response.