Laura SL
@lauraslwrites.bsky.social
YA Fantasy Writer ✨ English teacher 👩🏻🏫 Mom 💗 Reader 📚Tea Enthusiast ☕️ Geek 🤓
Rep’d by Anjanette Barr at Dunham Literary
https://www.laurasorreselefkow.com/
Rep’d by Anjanette Barr at Dunham Literary
https://www.laurasorreselefkow.com/
Tomorrow is the day my daughters’ favorite book series, The Sisters Grimm, becomes a TV show. They’ve been re-reading for months in anticipation. The whole house is abuzz with excitement. Thank you @whatsupbuckley.bsky.social for this wonderful story. We can’t wait!
(Photo credit: my daughters) 💙📚
(Photo credit: my daughters) 💙📚
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tomorrow is the day my daughters’ favorite book series, The Sisters Grimm, becomes a TV show. They’ve been re-reading for months in anticipation. The whole house is abuzz with excitement. Thank you @whatsupbuckley.bsky.social for this wonderful story. We can’t wait!
(Photo credit: my daughters) 💙📚
(Photo credit: my daughters) 💙📚
Hekate by Nikita Gill
Hekate is finally having her moment!
I just got this beauty, and I can’t wait to dive in.
I’ve loved Hekate since I read Macbeth back in HS. I’ve been greatly influenced by her in my own writing.
My Greek myth-loving, witchy little heart might burst. 🖤
#hekate #nikitagill
Hekate is finally having her moment!
I just got this beauty, and I can’t wait to dive in.
I’ve loved Hekate since I read Macbeth back in HS. I’ve been greatly influenced by her in my own writing.
My Greek myth-loving, witchy little heart might burst. 🖤
#hekate #nikitagill
September 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Hekate by Nikita Gill
Hekate is finally having her moment!
I just got this beauty, and I can’t wait to dive in.
I’ve loved Hekate since I read Macbeth back in HS. I’ve been greatly influenced by her in my own writing.
My Greek myth-loving, witchy little heart might burst. 🖤
#hekate #nikitagill
Hekate is finally having her moment!
I just got this beauty, and I can’t wait to dive in.
I’ve loved Hekate since I read Macbeth back in HS. I’ve been greatly influenced by her in my own writing.
My Greek myth-loving, witchy little heart might burst. 🖤
#hekate #nikitagill
I can’t remember the last time I devoured a book series this fast. I loved everything about this original duology: the lush gothic atmosphere, angst-ridden characters, and fascinating magic system. And what a satisfying ending.
What’s the last book you couldn’t put down?
#booksky #amreading
What’s the last book you couldn’t put down?
#booksky #amreading
August 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I can’t remember the last time I devoured a book series this fast. I loved everything about this original duology: the lush gothic atmosphere, angst-ridden characters, and fascinating magic system. And what a satisfying ending.
What’s the last book you couldn’t put down?
#booksky #amreading
What’s the last book you couldn’t put down?
#booksky #amreading
Family trip to Salem, MA. Summer is a much less hectic time to visit. We got to see all the literary, historical and WITCHY places. And I got a lot of inspiration for a new project I’m planning. 🧙♀️🐈⬛🔮
#salem #thecrucible #nathanielhawthorne #witchy #amwriting #booksky #englishteacher
#salem #thecrucible #nathanielhawthorne #witchy #amwriting #booksky #englishteacher
July 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Family trip to Salem, MA. Summer is a much less hectic time to visit. We got to see all the literary, historical and WITCHY places. And I got a lot of inspiration for a new project I’m planning. 🧙♀️🐈⬛🔮
#salem #thecrucible #nathanielhawthorne #witchy #amwriting #booksky #englishteacher
#salem #thecrucible #nathanielhawthorne #witchy #amwriting #booksky #englishteacher
Homeschooled Calli is the next Fate.
Her sworn protector is a griffin.
Her best friend feels neglected.
The boy next door doesn’t trust her.
A fierce goddess is on her trail.
Her own existence is about to be erased.
And Calli thought public school was going to be hard.
#YA #F #OS #BluePit📖
Her sworn protector is a griffin.
Her best friend feels neglected.
The boy next door doesn’t trust her.
A fierce goddess is on her trail.
Her own existence is about to be erased.
And Calli thought public school was going to be hard.
#YA #F #OS #BluePit📖
July 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What a beautiful, bittersweet read. A young woman makes a Faustian bargain with a dark god for immortality, but she is forgotten by anyone she meets & cannot leave a mark in the world. Part adventure, part cautionary tale, part love story. It’s also a love letter to art, books, and music. 📚💙
June 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
What a beautiful, bittersweet read. A young woman makes a Faustian bargain with a dark god for immortality, but she is forgotten by anyone she meets & cannot leave a mark in the world. Part adventure, part cautionary tale, part love story. It’s also a love letter to art, books, and music. 📚💙
Is there a better opening to a Shakespeare play?
I’m teaching Macbeth & the 3 Witches are my Roman Empire. I’m talking about them, reading about them, writing about them…
My book on submission imagines a fictional origin story for Macbeth’s witches. Help me manifest a little magic for myself. 📚💙🤞🏻✨
I’m teaching Macbeth & the 3 Witches are my Roman Empire. I’m talking about them, reading about them, writing about them…
My book on submission imagines a fictional origin story for Macbeth’s witches. Help me manifest a little magic for myself. 📚💙🤞🏻✨
May 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Is there a better opening to a Shakespeare play?
I’m teaching Macbeth & the 3 Witches are my Roman Empire. I’m talking about them, reading about them, writing about them…
My book on submission imagines a fictional origin story for Macbeth’s witches. Help me manifest a little magic for myself. 📚💙🤞🏻✨
I’m teaching Macbeth & the 3 Witches are my Roman Empire. I’m talking about them, reading about them, writing about them…
My book on submission imagines a fictional origin story for Macbeth’s witches. Help me manifest a little magic for myself. 📚💙🤞🏻✨
I’m teaching Macbeth. The kids are reading aloud. The props are in full swing. And they are enjoying it!
Macbeth plays a key role in my book that’s on submission.
When my teacher and writer worlds collide, it feels like magic (or maybe witchcraft). ✨
#englishteacher #macbeth #writer #onsub
Macbeth plays a key role in my book that’s on submission.
When my teacher and writer worlds collide, it feels like magic (or maybe witchcraft). ✨
#englishteacher #macbeth #writer #onsub
May 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m teaching Macbeth. The kids are reading aloud. The props are in full swing. And they are enjoying it!
Macbeth plays a key role in my book that’s on submission.
When my teacher and writer worlds collide, it feels like magic (or maybe witchcraft). ✨
#englishteacher #macbeth #writer #onsub
Macbeth plays a key role in my book that’s on submission.
When my teacher and writer worlds collide, it feels like magic (or maybe witchcraft). ✨
#englishteacher #macbeth #writer #onsub
I walked into the living room and found this lovely sight resting on the arm of our sofa.
My youngest has always been a reader, but she recently discovered the joy of annotating!
My English teacher-writer-mama heart is filled to the brim. 💗📚✍️
#englishteacher #writer #mom #booksky #percyjackson
My youngest has always been a reader, but she recently discovered the joy of annotating!
My English teacher-writer-mama heart is filled to the brim. 💗📚✍️
#englishteacher #writer #mom #booksky #percyjackson
May 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I walked into the living room and found this lovely sight resting on the arm of our sofa.
My youngest has always been a reader, but she recently discovered the joy of annotating!
My English teacher-writer-mama heart is filled to the brim. 💗📚✍️
#englishteacher #writer #mom #booksky #percyjackson
My youngest has always been a reader, but she recently discovered the joy of annotating!
My English teacher-writer-mama heart is filled to the brim. 💗📚✍️
#englishteacher #writer #mom #booksky #percyjackson
💔 This book broke my heart. I knew going in that Haymitch had a dark past, but it still managed to make me cry.
Despite that, I really enjoyed it. I loved the character cameos from the original trilogy, the clever Easter Eggs, and the use of Poe’s “The Raven.” English-teacher approved! 💙📚
Despite that, I really enjoyed it. I loved the character cameos from the original trilogy, the clever Easter Eggs, and the use of Poe’s “The Raven.” English-teacher approved! 💙📚
April 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
💔 This book broke my heart. I knew going in that Haymitch had a dark past, but it still managed to make me cry.
Despite that, I really enjoyed it. I loved the character cameos from the original trilogy, the clever Easter Eggs, and the use of Poe’s “The Raven.” English-teacher approved! 💙📚
Despite that, I really enjoyed it. I loved the character cameos from the original trilogy, the clever Easter Eggs, and the use of Poe’s “The Raven.” English-teacher approved! 💙📚
Don’t mind me…
I’m just hanging out in the YA Fantasy section by the “S” shelf exactly where my book “will” sit one day… MANIFESTING ✨
(Much to the chagrin of my teen daughter. 😂)
#WriterSky #WritingCommunity #yafantasywriter #onsubmission #manifesting
I’m just hanging out in the YA Fantasy section by the “S” shelf exactly where my book “will” sit one day… MANIFESTING ✨
(Much to the chagrin of my teen daughter. 😂)
#WriterSky #WritingCommunity #yafantasywriter #onsubmission #manifesting
April 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Don’t mind me…
I’m just hanging out in the YA Fantasy section by the “S” shelf exactly where my book “will” sit one day… MANIFESTING ✨
(Much to the chagrin of my teen daughter. 😂)
#WriterSky #WritingCommunity #yafantasywriter #onsubmission #manifesting
I’m just hanging out in the YA Fantasy section by the “S” shelf exactly where my book “will” sit one day… MANIFESTING ✨
(Much to the chagrin of my teen daughter. 😂)
#WriterSky #WritingCommunity #yafantasywriter #onsubmission #manifesting
Cheers to 100 years of The Great Gatsby! 🥂
I re-read this beautiful book every year with my classes & I always find something new to love. Fitzgerald gave the world a gift with his magnificent words.
Happy Birthday, Gatsby! “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” 💚 📚💙
I re-read this beautiful book every year with my classes & I always find something new to love. Fitzgerald gave the world a gift with his magnificent words.
Happy Birthday, Gatsby! “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” 💚 📚💙
April 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Cheers to 100 years of The Great Gatsby! 🥂
I re-read this beautiful book every year with my classes & I always find something new to love. Fitzgerald gave the world a gift with his magnificent words.
Happy Birthday, Gatsby! “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” 💚 📚💙
I re-read this beautiful book every year with my classes & I always find something new to love. Fitzgerald gave the world a gift with his magnificent words.
Happy Birthday, Gatsby! “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” 💚 📚💙
I love being an English teacher & a writer. I’m grateful to pursue my passions & get paid for it. (Well, at least one of them- so far🤞🏻.)
But sometimes the days are HARD.
It helps to remember the good days. Here are some highlights (taken from over many years). 🧵
#englishteachers #writers
But sometimes the days are HARD.
It helps to remember the good days. Here are some highlights (taken from over many years). 🧵
#englishteachers #writers
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I love being an English teacher & a writer. I’m grateful to pursue my passions & get paid for it. (Well, at least one of them- so far🤞🏻.)
But sometimes the days are HARD.
It helps to remember the good days. Here are some highlights (taken from over many years). 🧵
#englishteachers #writers
But sometimes the days are HARD.
It helps to remember the good days. Here are some highlights (taken from over many years). 🧵
#englishteachers #writers
I fell in love with Alice as a child through picture books and the Disney movie. When I got older, I taught it to my students & read it to my children. This book has been in every stage of my life.
❓Is there a beloved childhood book that you read to your own kids or taught to your students?
❓Is there a beloved childhood book that you read to your own kids or taught to your students?
April 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I fell in love with Alice as a child through picture books and the Disney movie. When I got older, I taught it to my students & read it to my children. This book has been in every stage of my life.
❓Is there a beloved childhood book that you read to your own kids or taught to your students?
❓Is there a beloved childhood book that you read to your own kids or taught to your students?
Maybe it’s my fascination with the past or my love of boat & water metaphors. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for alliteration & this line reads like a soothing lullaby, almost like waves themselves beating against the shore.
Whatever the reason, this line gets me. Every. Single. Time.
💙📚
Whatever the reason, this line gets me. Every. Single. Time.
💙📚
March 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Maybe it’s my fascination with the past or my love of boat & water metaphors. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for alliteration & this line reads like a soothing lullaby, almost like waves themselves beating against the shore.
Whatever the reason, this line gets me. Every. Single. Time.
💙📚
Whatever the reason, this line gets me. Every. Single. Time.
💙📚
I just read this little gem of a book & it did not disappoint!
Supposedly, Howl inspired Rhysand from ACOTAR. It was fun to find those connections.
What I loved MOST about this book was the John Donne poem used as the riddle. English-teacher-approved!
❓Have you read Howl? 💙📚
Supposedly, Howl inspired Rhysand from ACOTAR. It was fun to find those connections.
What I loved MOST about this book was the John Donne poem used as the riddle. English-teacher-approved!
❓Have you read Howl? 💙📚
March 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I just read this little gem of a book & it did not disappoint!
Supposedly, Howl inspired Rhysand from ACOTAR. It was fun to find those connections.
What I loved MOST about this book was the John Donne poem used as the riddle. English-teacher-approved!
❓Have you read Howl? 💙📚
Supposedly, Howl inspired Rhysand from ACOTAR. It was fun to find those connections.
What I loved MOST about this book was the John Donne poem used as the riddle. English-teacher-approved!
❓Have you read Howl? 💙📚
Reading Jane Eyre for the first time as a teenager was a “Canon Event” in my life. The plain heroine who knew her worth. The gothic estate with a hidden secret. The morally gray love interest.
❓Is there a book that set your course as a reader? 📚💙
#janeeyre #charlottebronte
❓Is there a book that set your course as a reader? 📚💙
#janeeyre #charlottebronte
March 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Reading Jane Eyre for the first time as a teenager was a “Canon Event” in my life. The plain heroine who knew her worth. The gothic estate with a hidden secret. The morally gray love interest.
❓Is there a book that set your course as a reader? 📚💙
#janeeyre #charlottebronte
❓Is there a book that set your course as a reader? 📚💙
#janeeyre #charlottebronte
My kind of “March” Madness 📚❤️
My daughters have recently discovered Little Women, and it warms my heart to be able to share it with them.
❓Have you read or watched Little Women? Do you have a favorite March sister?
#littlewomen #marchmadness #jomarch #joandlaurieforever #booksky
My daughters have recently discovered Little Women, and it warms my heart to be able to share it with them.
❓Have you read or watched Little Women? Do you have a favorite March sister?
#littlewomen #marchmadness #jomarch #joandlaurieforever #booksky
March 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My kind of “March” Madness 📚❤️
My daughters have recently discovered Little Women, and it warms my heart to be able to share it with them.
❓Have you read or watched Little Women? Do you have a favorite March sister?
#littlewomen #marchmadness #jomarch #joandlaurieforever #booksky
My daughters have recently discovered Little Women, and it warms my heart to be able to share it with them.
❓Have you read or watched Little Women? Do you have a favorite March sister?
#littlewomen #marchmadness #jomarch #joandlaurieforever #booksky
👸🏻Happy International Women’s Day!
This day feels more important than ever now. 💪🏻
I am grateful to all the strong women who came before me and blazed the trail. Thank you. I am doing my best to pay it forward. ❤️👑
#internationalwomensday #women #girlpower #weveallgotcrowns
This day feels more important than ever now. 💪🏻
I am grateful to all the strong women who came before me and blazed the trail. Thank you. I am doing my best to pay it forward. ❤️👑
#internationalwomensday #women #girlpower #weveallgotcrowns
March 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
👸🏻Happy International Women’s Day!
This day feels more important than ever now. 💪🏻
I am grateful to all the strong women who came before me and blazed the trail. Thank you. I am doing my best to pay it forward. ❤️👑
#internationalwomensday #women #girlpower #weveallgotcrowns
This day feels more important than ever now. 💪🏻
I am grateful to all the strong women who came before me and blazed the trail. Thank you. I am doing my best to pay it forward. ❤️👑
#internationalwomensday #women #girlpower #weveallgotcrowns
Wrinkle in Time x Percy J
Lonely, bookish Calli aches for the mother she never knew. Then she discovers clues her mother left behind before she died. Now Calli must unravel how the 3 Fates & Macbeth connect to her mom’s death & her own future before she is erased from existence. #WSPitS #YA #F
Lonely, bookish Calli aches for the mother she never knew. Then she discovers clues her mother left behind before she died. Now Calli must unravel how the 3 Fates & Macbeth connect to her mom’s death & her own future before she is erased from existence. #WSPitS #YA #F
February 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The suspect is me. 🤦🏻♀️
Anybody else feel this way sometimes?
#writer #writingcommunity #writerssupportingwriters #ishouldbewriting #writerlife #fantasywriter #booksky #writersky #authorsky
Anybody else feel this way sometimes?
#writer #writingcommunity #writerssupportingwriters #ishouldbewriting #writerlife #fantasywriter #booksky #writersky #authorsky
February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The suspect is me. 🤦🏻♀️
Anybody else feel this way sometimes?
#writer #writingcommunity #writerssupportingwriters #ishouldbewriting #writerlife #fantasywriter #booksky #writersky #authorsky
Anybody else feel this way sometimes?
#writer #writingcommunity #writerssupportingwriters #ishouldbewriting #writerlife #fantasywriter #booksky #writersky #authorsky
Mood board for my YA fantasy MS. Featuring:
✨The Three Fates
📚Bookish girl
❤️Found Family
👭Female friendships
🛡️Shape-shifting protector
⏳Time travel
🏛️ Greek mythology
🎭 Shakespeare
🔥 The Underworld
🧙♀️Witchy rituals
😊 Cozy vibes
💖Slow burn romance
🪡Sewing
🫖Tea
✨The Three Fates
📚Bookish girl
❤️Found Family
👭Female friendships
🛡️Shape-shifting protector
⏳Time travel
🏛️ Greek mythology
🎭 Shakespeare
🔥 The Underworld
🧙♀️Witchy rituals
😊 Cozy vibes
💖Slow burn romance
🪡Sewing
🫖Tea
February 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Mood board for my YA fantasy MS. Featuring:
✨The Three Fates
📚Bookish girl
❤️Found Family
👭Female friendships
🛡️Shape-shifting protector
⏳Time travel
🏛️ Greek mythology
🎭 Shakespeare
🔥 The Underworld
🧙♀️Witchy rituals
😊 Cozy vibes
💖Slow burn romance
🪡Sewing
🫖Tea
✨The Three Fates
📚Bookish girl
❤️Found Family
👭Female friendships
🛡️Shape-shifting protector
⏳Time travel
🏛️ Greek mythology
🎭 Shakespeare
🔥 The Underworld
🧙♀️Witchy rituals
😊 Cozy vibes
💖Slow burn romance
🪡Sewing
🫖Tea