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Pumpkin Spice Laura
@slowlaurus.bsky.social
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🩷💙💜 criminologist ✨ romance and SFF writer (words in Band of Bards DSoP) ✨ freelance copy-editor ✨ hobby baker ✨ #RomComMarch host 2025 ✨ she/her 🇩🇪
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ONE LAST STOP x DANI BROWN

🩷#upmarket genre-blend
💜 #own bi pride
💙 naughty puns

When Iris wakes up in her past, her decisions alter her present. To keep her perfect man, she must relive her breakups, but this time, make the right choices.

#DVPit #A #R #CR #LGBT #ND
A pink neon sign: All we have is now
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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QRTs are fine, RTs are for editors
How to boost other author's pitches You can boost other authors by replying or quote-posting. Please do NOT like or repost, as those actions are reserved for agents and editors and we do not want to confuse participating authors.
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Opening line from LIVER:

Airplanes remind Emily of the silk nests of tent caterpillars that decorate the piedmont forests of North Carolina: beautiful, social creatures that can defoliate a crabapple tree in less than a season.

#DVParty #A #LF #spec
A cliche moodboard for an app: filled with young people being happy and corporate jargon. Across the moodboard is a circle with a slash through it and the words Eat the Rich.
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Alright, #writingcommunity, if you could have whatever ridiculous collab you wanted, what would your book smell like?
An announcement that Jennifer Armentrout’s new book will smell like garlic thanks to partnering with Hellmann’s.
October 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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It's #DVParty but really I want an excuse to post my #unhingedpit moodboard again!
A “happy autumn” poster adjusted to read “happy autism” with all the autumn symbols replaced by autism memes.
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Looking spry for fifteen! #cats
A grey, white, and red Persian cat on a pale green quilt
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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SEVERANCE x MINISTRY OF TIME

A high-masking autistic lesbian is too tired to do anything about the capitalistic hellscape until it smacks her in the face. Also she meets someone pretty but rich.

#unhingedpit
A “happy autumn” poster adjusted to read “happy autism” with all the autumn symbols replaced by autism memes.
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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All right, I admit it: I am a sucker for a book with a pretty cover. Just look at those edges!
The Barnes and Noble exclusive edition of Remarkably Bright Creatures. The edges are blue with a pattern of fish, flowers, and coral.
August 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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ONE LAST STOP x ALL OUR WRONG TODAYS

When Iris wakes up in her past, her decisions alter her present. She'll fix her life: make her mom accept her 🏳️🌈 & meet better friends. But when she meet-cutes the perfect man, changing her past means risking a future w/o him

#QueerPit #A
A heart with the words "Married a guy still bi." The background is a bi pride flag.
August 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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E. OLIPHANT x MINISTRY OF TIME

A high-masking lesbian learns to navigate how her autism affects her life and relationships.

✨lightly #spec future
👬NEVER LET ME GO meets the gig economy
🫰anti-capitalist
🌈queer pride
🔪prison reform advocacy
🇺🇸American Dream critical

#QueerPit #A #LF #OWN
"Liver: Why live for yourself when you can suffer for the rich" Black words on a background of blue water fading into grey sky. Black text: "Featuring Every fact my autistic brain remembers about North Carolina and a few I had to look up Lesbians in Subarus Failing to eat the rich Prison inmates being used as an unpaid labor force A hot woman with migraines Light spec a la The Ministry of Time or The Strange Case of Jane O. Every weird or inappropriate thing a medical doctor has said to me about autism in the past year or so Liver is to North Carolina what Stick Season is for Vermont" on a background of Carolina Blue paint swatches
August 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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In case I don’t manage #questpit today— I get my stitches out (yay!) — please enjoy this little cuddle bug in lieu
A grey and white splotched British Longhair cat lying with his eyes closed on a beige quilt.
August 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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One down! And it’s only 3:30pm 😅

This was so good! And my beta was right; it’s an excellent comp for my (almost) query-ready novel!
The novel, “The Strange Case of Jane O.” by Karen Thompson Walker
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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My reading stack (in no particular order) for this year’s vacation! No theme this year; just grabbed my TBR from my nightstand. #amreading

Have you read any of these? Did you love it? Throw it across the room?
Six books in a stack with a background of the Italian Alps. The Secret Society of Irregular Witches; My Sister, the Serial Killer; The Ministry of Time; Ein Bonnie kommt selten allein; Early Riser; A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian; The Strange Case of Jane O.
June 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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SEVERANCE feat. E.OLIPHANT x NEVER LET ME GO

Autistic lesbian Emily lives clients’ bad days for them. But when she falls for a girl who condemns the time economy, she must decide: live her own life or make enough to buy a better one.

#questpit #A #LF #spec #lgbt #ND #agentsguide
“An Agent’s Guide to Liver Adult Speculative Fiction 70000 words” in white across a geometric background in that shifts between pink, blue, purple, and turquoise. On the left on a colorful geometric background in white text: “Comps: Told in a manner reminiscent of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, LIVER will appeal to fans of lightly speculative literary fiction like Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and shares the dystopian late-stage capitalist setting of Claire North’s 84K as well as the exploration of the nature of power of Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time.” The cover of each book is on the right on solid purple background. On the left on a solid purple background in white text: “The Pitch: Never Let Me Go x the gig economy Burnt-out autistic millennial Emily scrapes working for Live App, a new mobile app that lets her live the boring or undesirable parts of clients’ lives for them. When she falls for Cait, a beautiful idealist who accepts her autistic tendencies, but condemns the time economy, she finally finds happiness. Until Live App offers her the job of a lifetime: trade five years of her life to Live App for a stipend that guarantees her a middle class lifestyle — forever. Premium clients will control her diet, lifestyle, and her body, as clients can benefit from surgical procedures — even those Emily doesn’t need, such as appendectomies or elective procedures — while never having to risk their own bodies. Now, she must decide: live her own life with Cait or finally make enough to buy a better one for both of them.” On the right on a geometric background are two moodboards: eat the rich and bored? On the solid blue-purple right in white text: “Features: lightly speculative anti-capitalist eat the rich #own autistic narrator #own queer pride #own migraine rep prison reform advocacy American Dream critical On the colorful geometric left: “Please note the content warnings for abortion, cancer, chronic illness, death of a sibling, depression, homophobia, incarceration and off-page sex work.”
May 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
slowlaurus.bsky.social
I’ve never purchased any eggs to hang outdoors and yet we have so many! Where did they come from? Are they multiplying in secret?
A ziploc bag of many colorful plastic Easter eggs with strings to hang from.
April 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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✨lightly #spec
🫰anti-capitalist
🍽️eat the rich
🙍‍♀️autistic narrator like E. OLIPHANT
🌈queer pride
🔪prison reform advocacy
🇺🇸American Dream critical
👬NEVER LET ME GO meets the gig economy

#posterpitq #posterpit #A
Poster design on a hot pink background that fades to black at the bottom. Text: From the Rogue Mentor Mentee Text made to look like awards with fronds on either side: own autistic voice, own migraines voice, own queer voice, best Durham accent, best found family Text: Liver A Novel by @slowlaurus.bsky.social Picture: Stylized outline of a liver Text made to look like the cast: Emily the autistic lesbian, her girlfriend Cait, her inmate brother Raymond Text as a tagline: Emily scrapes by living the boring bits of clients’ days for them. The only way out of poverty: lose five years working for the ultra-rich. But when she falls for a girl who condemns the time economy, she’ll have to decide: live her own life or finally make enough to buy a better one. Text: Coming soon to your inbox
April 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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E.OLIPHANT x NEVER LET ME GO

Autistic lesbian Emily lives clients’ bad days for them. But when she falls for a girl who condemns the time economy, she must decide: live her own life or make enough to buy a better one.

#luckypit #popuppit #A #LF #spec #lgbt #ND
“An Agent’s Guide to Liver Adult Speculative Fiction 70000 words” in white across a geometric background in that shifts between pink, blue, purple, and turquoise. On the left on a colorful geometric background in white text: “Comps: Told in a manner reminiscent of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, LIVER will appeal to fans of lightly speculative literary fiction like Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and shares the dystopian late-stage capitalist setting of Claire North’s 84K as well as the exploration of the nature of power of Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time.” The cover of each book is on the right on solid purple background. On the left on a solid purple background in white text: “The Pitch: Never Let Me Go x the gig economy Burnt-out autistic millennial Emily scrapes working for Live App, a new mobile app that lets her live the boring or undesirable parts of clients’ lives for them. When she falls for Cait, a beautiful idealist who accepts her autistic tendencies, but condemns the time economy, she finally finds happiness. Until Live App offers her the job of a lifetime: trade five years of her life to Live App for a stipend that guarantees her a middle class lifestyle — forever. Premium clients will control her diet, lifestyle, and her body, as clients can benefit from surgical procedures — even those Emily doesn’t need, such as appendectomies or elective procedures — while never having to risk their own bodies. Now, she must decide: live her own life with Cait or finally make enough to buy a better one for both of them.” On the right on a geometric background are two moodboards: eat the rich and bored? On the solid blue-purple right in white text: “Features: lightly speculative anti-capitalist eat the rich #own autistic narrator #own queer pride #own migraine rep prison reform advocacy American Dream critical On the colorful geometric left: “Please note the content warnings for abortion, cancer, chronic illness, death of a sibling, depression, homophobia, incarceration and off-page sex work.”
March 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
slowlaurus.bsky.social
Just starting out with my playlist, but feeling the pop vibes!
A playlist consisting of New Rules by Dua Lipa and Lost Without You by Freya Ridings
March 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
slowlaurus.bsky.social
One precious toebean sighted!
A grey and white British longhair cat lounges on an emerald green armchair. One pink toe bean is visible on his outstretched back foot. His golden eyes stare vacantly into the distance. His fur is unkempt but he is content.
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Hi, it's me, the same project as last year
#RomComMarch
A moodboard, colored squares, from top left. First row: pastel orange, pink, & purple watercolor peonies in a green-grey square; bi-pride stars in a pastel pink square; a cupcake with white frosting and sprinkles in a maroon square; a stylized drawing of snowy small town storefronts in a sky blue square; geometric blue snowflakes in a tan square. Second row: a sketched to-go cup labeled "Coffee" in a dusty pink square; a sketch of two couples on a bench in winter surrounded by love hearts in a purple square; a watercolor of a pale pink peony in a sandy square; a stylized sketch of two girls in winter gear hugging in a purple square; a pink paper airplane with a heart-shaped trail in a rusty square. Third row: two watercolor-style intertwined locks with hearts on them in a beige square; blue geometric snowflakes on strings in a hot pink square; a sketch of a cup of coffee with heart latte art in a brown square; a pink cake with heart decorations in a yellow square; a sketch of a brown hand picking a pink candy out of a vase labeled "lovers" filled with blue and pink candy, next to a purple sign with the words "Still bi" on a pale pink background
February 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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First cat pic of 2025! (Yes, it’s February already 😅)
February 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I hope at least some of you are here for the cat content because writing is going sloooooow at the moment
A grey tabby Persian cat curled up on pink sheets with rainbows and stars on them. She looks grumpy but that’s just because she has resting bitch face.
November 19, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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Those of you part of the Twitter exodus, here’s confirmation I’m me: a cat pic of my favorite idiot.
A grey and white longhaired cat lying on a green duvet. He’s on his side and his little paws are curled in. (He’s a British Longhair so his face is a bit smooshed.)
November 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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My Nano project is once again no plot, just three vibes in a trenchcoat
A moodboard: a white toy plane on a pastel teal background; the words “GIG ECONOMY” spelled out on one of those lined boards you slip letters into; a woman holding a disco ball surrounded by pastel pink balloons; a tiny pastel model of a house; a pink phone with a striped popsocket on a white shag rug, a cream-colored clock with only the hands, no numbers, on a pale cream wall. Under the board, the words: LIVER saves lives
November 8, 2023 at 10:23 PM
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Time to grow my #writingcommunity presence on here, and what better way to do so than to show off my writing buddy 🐱
A grey and white British longhair cat lays draped across the top of the backrest of a grey armchair. His back foot rests on my shoulder.
October 12, 2023 at 10:50 AM