You met me at a very weird time in my life. (author purgatory—pre-publish marketing, waiting for edits, arc campaigning)

Wdym the sport in the sports romance is combat robotics? Like BattleBots?! Omg 👀

Obsessed with the side characters in Sparks Will Fly 🥹

Reminder that fat is not a dirty word. I know some people prefer terms like plus size, or curvy, but I personally identify as fat. It just a word, a descriptor, like tall or short. I'm not "curvy." I'm not buxom with big hips. I'm just round. I'm fat. And fat people can be HOT.

Authors, post the last line of dialogue before they smooch. #booksky "Who am I to fight gravity?" Sparks Will Fly coming June 25 🤖🥰

Plus size, chronically ill/disabled, and robot nerd babes! I have a book coming out next month I think you might love 🥰 it's a combat robotics (think BattleBots/NHRL) rivals to lovers romance with 16 years of yearning, scandals, caretaking/hurt&comfort, and an underdog story full of heart.

Hey there! I'm Laurel (she/they). Here's a little bit about me: 🤖 SPARKS WILL FLY COMING 6/25 ✍️🏻 Contemporary romance writer 🩷 Plus size & fat positive babe ♿️ Disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent 🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual demigirl 📚 Reader of all genres 🤓 10yrs in marketing Learn more at laurelholl.com/links

Wdym they wrote a rivals to lovers "BattleBots" meets Ali Hazelwood inspired romance with a disabled plus size FMC and the MMC has been in love with her since they were 16?! (I'm they btw)

Sometimes you have to get a t-shirt made of the fictional combat robotics tournament from your sports romance for nerds 😍🤓 Sparks Will Fly comes out June 25!

tell me why I wrote a book where the FMC has hEDS like me but made her problem spot her knee because that's not mine and then started subluxing my knee on a regular basis 🙃

Sparks Will Fly is a sports romance for nerds. This rivals to lovers slow burn features a disabled plus-size heroine, a missed-connections romance, robot fights, and an underdog story full of heart. Perfect for people who wish BattleBots had kissing 😍 ARC apps & preorders at laurelholl.com/links

May is #EDSAwarenessMonth! Sparks Will Fly features an FMC, Mari, with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. As someone with hEDS myself, it was important to me that what's portrayed on page was more than just a "bendy body." It comes out June 25 on KU and paperback. Pre-order now! 🥰

Falling for your rival requires some soul searching AND some search engines 😮‍💨 Check out Sparks Will Fly on 6/25. ARC apps and pre-orders open 🩷🥰

ARC apps & preorders open! Sparks Will Fly is a sports romance for nerds. This rivals to lovers slow burn features a disabled plus-size heroine, a missed-connections romance, robot fights, and an underdog story full of heart. Perfect for people who wish BattleBots had kissing & fans of Ali Hazelwood

Do you ever watch BattleBots and wish the rivals would kiss? 👀 If so, you might want to follow me for something special soon 👀 P.S. newsletter subs get everything first 🤭

Crying on a Monday morning because I found out Winks & Windows is now in TWO libraries! That's so cool!

The MC in A Knight of Seven Kingdoms is giving the MMC Stephen from the first Saints of Steel book. (Which if you haven't read, I HIGHLY rec)

the novel writing process

In my personal life I am trying to divest from amazon in the ways that I can/make sense. I want to offer the same opportunity to readers. KU is a necessary evil for indie romance but I will be offering all my future books for sale on my website before their KU release.

Anyways, if you're looking for a romance novel about building and fighting robots in a competition (because of course you are), I've got something coming this spring 👀

"Everyone else's terms are the same, so deleting TT is pointless" is defeatist behavior btw. TT can be where you draw the line. TT is insidious for other reasons. This can be it for you. It's giving,"well ai is everywhere so you might as well embrace it." Like yeah, but you don't have to use it 🤷‍♀️

I've been a little busy opening my new author shop + creating a special edition cover of Winks & Windows, getting ready do launch my book, and getting W&W available for libraries and bookstores! 😅

Working with subject matter experts is literally so fun and fascinating. For Sparks Will Fly, I am working with someone who builds robots in an adjacent way. Besides learning a lot, it's really nice to know what you're putting in your books is not totally made up, and it's so fun to hear them talk!

My next book needs to have some brackets and tables. Does anyone have advice on adding that kind of stuff in the back of a book? I use atticus for formatting. Btw if you want a sports romance for nerds, I have one coming out this spring 😌😍🤖 follow for more deets soon 👀

This is an incredible niche request so stick with me for a sec. Are there any combat robotics builders who would like to beta read/review the robot building and fighting parts of my upcoming romance novel, soonish?

Any writers doing SEO blogging? I'd love to swap guest blogs or listacle spots :) Particularly romance writers! Looking to build backlinks to my site and almost no one blogs anymore 😅 No AI users.

Free bonus content? 😍 Winks & Windows now has TWO free bonus stories! A spicy bonus epilogue, and Walks & Wags: The Adventures of Pork Belly! Check them out (or Winks & Windows!) at laurelholl.com/links

I'm literally so close to finishing the first draft of this dang book I am like chewing on my desk but I keep having Appointments and Tasks that are taking all of my spoons.

To celebrate 6 months of Winks & Windows I got some new character art and I am OBSESSED! 🏠 Neighbors to Lovers 🩷 Plus size FMC 🥰 Golden retriever MMC 🧠 Mental health rep ❤️‍🩹 Love after loss 🔥 Slow burn 🥵 Open door 🐶 Nothing bad happens to the dog! Check it out on KU Now 🩷 #booksky

If you like sad girls, sweet guys, silly dogs, and small towns, I've got the book for you 🥰 Winks & Windows is on KU now 😍 🏠 Neighbors to Lovers 🩷 Plus-size FMC 🥰 Golden retriever MMC ❤️‍🩹 Love after loss 🧠 Mental health rep 🔥 Slow burn 🥵 Open door 🐶 Nothing bad happens to the dog!

"We've got to stop meeting like this." In a small town you're bound to run into your neighbors... but Brinn can't stop ending up in Isaac's arms (and he doesn't mind). 📖 Winks & Windows by Laurel Holl #booksky

Stuck in your story? Put those blorbos in a new location! A new city, a different room, a different planet, a coffee shop, a street corner, a field. Doesn't matter! Just put them somewhere else and then write about how they got there, what they're doing, why they're there!

Winks & Windows is a love after loss romance about finding your spark for life again, chasing seagulls, mysterious packages, and hot neighbors. 🏠 Neighbors to Lovers 🩷 Plus-size FMC 🥰 Golden retriever MMC 🧠 Mental health rep 🔥 Slow burn 🥵 Open door 🐶 Nothing bad happens to the dog! Read on ku 🥰

Apparently today is National Grief Awareness day! I wrote a whole book about what it's like to be drowned by grief, the people who will find you and love you despite it, and what it's like eventually learn to live alongside it.

It's been a busy summer 😮‍💨 Take a break, put your feet up, and read Winks & Windows

Winks & Windows is a love after loss romance about finding your spark for life again, chasing seagulls, mysterious packages, and hot neighbors. 🏠 Neighbors to Lovers 🩷 Plus-size FMC 🥰 Golden retriever MMC 🧠 Mental health rep ❤️‍🩹 Love after loss 🥵 Open door 🐶 Nothing bad happens to the dog #booksky

*ring ring* quick the hot neighbor is calling 👀

Romance authors with more complex/heavier themes, where is your marketing finding the best success with readers? Tiktok gets me reads but the things that do well on TT I don't think capture the heavier themes, so I tend go get lower ratings. Threads and IG get me less reads but higher ratings.

If you're looking for a quick weekend read, Winks & Windows is weekend and tbr friendly at just under 200 pages 🥰 🏠 Neighbors to Lovers 🩷 Plus-size FMC 🥰 Golden retriever MMC ❤️‍🩹 Love after loss 🧠 Mental health rep 🔥 Slow burn 🥵 Open door 🐶 Nothing bad happens to the dog! KU 🔗 in 📍 #booksky

Neighbors to lovers, you say? 👀 Winks & Windows is a love after loss romance about finding your spark for life again, chasing seagulls, mysterious packages, and hot neighbors. Check it out on KU at the 🔗 in my 📍 #booksky besties 🥰

The 5 min break on a pomodoro timer is for a selfie break, right?

If I get 1.5 full reads a day for the next 9 days, I'll reach 20k pages read in the first 3mos my debut has been out! That would be so amazing 😭💖 Winks & Windows is a love after loss romance about finding your spark for life again, chasing seagulls, mysterious packages, and hot neighbors #booksky

Okay, sitting down to review what I have in my current WIP and write some if possible! Let's see what I can get done today on the battlebabes 🤖

does anyone else's productivity go way down in the summer? It's not even because I'm out doing anything fun either :( It's too hot and the wildfire smoke makes me sick. How are we coping #writersky?

If you liked Evvie Drake Starts Over, you'll like Winks & Windows! (And vice versa!) Similarities: Love after loss Neighbors to lovers Third act breakup Age 30+ main characters Slow burn Small town Self discovery Navigating grief Burned out MMC I love reading comparative titles 🥰 #booksky

Sat down and revamped my ideal publishing timeline through 2027 and author career goals through 2030 😌

It's the LAST DAY to get Winks & Windows (and four other great books!) on sale for less than a dollar! W&W is a love after loss, neighbors to lovers, small town romance with plenty of heart and a super cute dog! Get it on sale or on KU always here: laurelholl.com/links Hope you love it #booksky

My partner and I like to do a DIY BookIt! when we read the same book. We get personal pizzas and watch a similar vibes movie or adaption. We read @tkingfisher.com 's Clocktaur Wars duology recently so we're watching the D&D: Honor Among Thieves movie and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army 😍

Hey besties 🩷 Winks & Windows is on sale Aug 1 to 4th on Amazon! It's on KU always 🥰

US Based indie authors!! International forever stamps aren't that much more expensive than regular stamps. You can easily send international readers stickers and bookmarks! I put mine in a card so they don't get ruined, but really it's the cost of a stamp and an envelope.