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Louis Lafair
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writer | board game inventor | product manager | dog dad | www.louislafair.com
Thanks so much!

I started with ~10/batch. In early batches, I tried to include enough agents with high response rates & quick response times (based on QueryTracker data).

After my first few full requests, I increased batch size. As of now, I’ve sent 61 total queries for this MG book.
May 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last Friday, Trump signed an executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The IMLS funds libraries across the country, along with programs like the National Student Poets Program. In 2013-14, I served as a National Student Poet… (1/4)
March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
THE ART & SCIENCE OF ADELINE
by the numbers

50% steampunk
50% fantasy
100% mystery

12 y/o girl is split between
2 parents in
2 cities divided by an
80 ft wall.

To find
🔎 4 missing people & counting

she needs
📊 39 graphs
✏️ 26 poems
🛠 1 inventor
🎨 1 painter
💔 both 1/2s of herself.

#MG #Q #P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thanks for doing this raffle - great idea!
January 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
12yo Adeline is split between:
⏰ Mom in CLOCKWORK CITY
📚 Dad in STORYVILLE

When Dad disappears, she must combine
📊 data
+ ✏️ stories
to find him before more people vanish.

🔢 THE SHERLOCK SOCIETY
+ 📗 THE SWIFTS
= THE ART & SCIENCE OF ADELINE

#MG #Q #BluePit 📖
January 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
👋 Hi! I’m Louis, a (published) board game designer & (querying) kidlit writer. 2 truths & a lie:

✏️ Michelle Obama has read my poetry
🎲 Arnold Schwarzenegger has played my board game
🐶 Muffin (world’s cutest corgi) always listens

🦋 Excited to meet y’all #writingcommunity #boardgamers #corgicrew
January 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Mapmaker has now been played 36,000 times on Board Game Arena: boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga...

I'm grateful that Mapmaker continues to reach players 5 years after publication, but bummed that #gerrymandering remains as relevant as ever

#GerrymanderingIsNotAGame (except when it is)
December 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Christmas or Hanukkah? Art or science? Storyville or Clockwork City? Maybe they go #bettertogether

A 12-year-old poet/mathematician must combine words + numbers to find her missing dad before more people vanish.

#cheerpit #Q #MG #mystery #SFF
December 9, 2024 at 11:47 PM