I've recently introduced a friend of mine to the first book of the Powerless series by Lauren Roberts 📖 And so, here are just some of the reactions she's sent me over the past week:

Stand Up time? Nah. Lurk on a Discord call time.

how your email finds me:

Finally coming out of the ✨ writing trenches ✨ to say that I’ve completed the second draft of my book! (Genre: Low Fantasy/Secondary World, Romance, YA) What a journey so far.

My (very first) NZGDC 2025 talk, 'Five Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Game Producer', is now available on YouTube! 🎉 youtu.be/rGldua8C2SY?...

That's a wrap on #NZGDC 2025! 🥳 We had such a wonderful time reconnecting with our industry community and soaking up as much wisdom as we could from the talks we attended. Lastly, we want to extend a huge thank you to the @nzgda.bsky.social and volunteer team for making this event happen! 👏

Career milestone! 🎉 Today I presented my first talk at NZGDC & I couldn’t be happier! It takes a village to raise a Games Producer, especially when I entered the industry with zero experience - so a huge thank you to all the wonderful people who have helped me along my journey/to this point! 🩷

We're hiring a part-time Community Manager! We'd love a local to join our studio, but remote work (from a compatible time zone) is fine for the right person. www.balancingmonkeygames.com/articles/wer...

Speaker Announcement !! ✨Sarah Latta✨     This talk will share the five lessons learned throughout Sarah's last four years of being a Game Producer, after entering the industry with zero games industry experience.  Tickets at https://www.nzgdc.com/

Hey, it's me! 🥰

Remember how you watched Star Wars and sided with the resistance? Or cheered for the districts as they rose up against the capital in The Hunger Games? Or seeing the ants stand up to the grasshoppers in A Bugs Life? Dont forget these stories. Don’t forget the lessons.

Our govt want to make changes to the Equal Pay Act that will make it harder to raise a claim of unfair pay based on gender discrimination. So a blatant reversal of progress. 'Disgusted' isn't an accurate enough word to describe how I feel. More info & petition www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_...

To my Kiwi brethren, please vote for this petition for NZ parliament to corral and limit Winston Peters' attempt to pull populist transphobic bullshit. Signatures are coming in fast, but we need 25k for it to enter parliamentary debate. petitions.parliament.nz/cc70b2c2-cfd...

Last week we had the opportunity to all get together as a team, and we certainly used our time together wisely 😉 So did we fill our time in meetings, documentation and code? Not this time! We built the Lego Millennium Falcon! ⭐

Over the past year I’ve been writing my first book as an aspiring author…and yesterday I officially finished my first draft! 🎉 I’ve poured so much of my heart and so many long hours into this story, so to sum up how my brain is feeling today:👇🏻

there are only 3 kinds of game producers. i will not explain

Have I recently had my first experience with playing an online free-to-play FPS? Yes. Did I choose to be a Certified Silly Goose and use the username of 'GirlyPop' in a suspected male-dominated game? Also yes. ...and while mostly being a narrative/casual/cosy gamer, I also had a lot of fun 🤭

Writing is an act of rebellion. Writing is an act of creation. Writing is an act of salvation. Writing is an act of exploration. Writing is an act of emotion. Writing is an act of confession. Writing is an act of speculation. Writing is an act of reflection. Keep writing.

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

We stand firmly against the assault on Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Find out more, and offer your financial support here: 👉 toitutetiriti.co.nz 👉 togetherfortetiriti.nz

#ToitūTeTiriti #KilltheBill

I feel sick & angry when seeing that a convicted felon, homophobic, racist, rapist was elected in the US. Now is the time to wrap around the people that are scared & fight for them. Scream for them. Show that human rights are, and always will be, more important than money.

Time for an intro? Hey I'm Sarah! 👋 I work as the Producer & Social Media Manager at @balancingmonkey.bsky.social for our upcoming game: Beyond These Stars 👉 bit.ly/spacewhales Outside of work, I'm an aspiring author and connoisseur of (possibly too many) cat pics of my cat, Luna 🐈‍⬛

Me (a social media manager): waking up to the changes made on the blue bird app

good morning friends 👋🏻