Book 52 for 2026: "the Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea" by Axie Oh. #PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookWorm #ATY2026 www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

From now until July 5th, the "Romancing the Vote" online auction is on! Bid on books, crafts, jewelry, quilts, editing and other services, zoom calls with your favorite author, and...NSFW dice? And yes, copies of "The Cosmic Turkey" and "The Star-Crossed Pelican!" www.32auctions.com/organization...

✨ quote post! introduce yourself! ✨ name: Laura pronouns: she/her fav fantasy creature: dragon fav book last year: The Marlowe Papers fav book so far this year: The Bandit Queens current fav movie: can't decide current fav show: anything & everything Star Trek season: summer ... and a gif/meme!

Up now at @romancingthevote.com — I am offering a 1-hour live copyedit and AMA about the editing process. The bidding starts at about half my usual hourly rate ... and all donations build voting rights and community power. www.32auctions.com/organization...

There’s so much to love about Romancelandia. This week, it’s how the community is raising money to help protect voting rights in the US!

okay I saw the process of these being created and the final product is so amazing. I hope all of these (there's a rainbow, a bisexual, and a CUSTOM one too!) go for big $$$ www.32auctions.com/organization...

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@romancingthevote.com has books from all genres, crafts, jewelry & more! For SF comedy fans, there are autographed copies of The Cosmic Turkey and The Star-Crossed Pelican. Online auction runs from July 1-5, and it's raising money for voting rights organizations! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Janet's ex already calls her "Jam-it" because of her weird effect on technology. Frink is technically a nickname, which translates as something like "klepto" in his own language. If Lola had a nickname, it would be complimentary, if the nicknamer knew what was good for them. #AwesomeCharacters

Book 51 for 2026: "The Clock House Murders" by Yukito Ayatsuji. #The52BookClub #BLQ26 #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm #ATY2026 www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

Books, crafts, artwork, one-on-one Zoom calls with authors..... ....and autographed copies of "The Cosmic Turkey" and "The Star-Crossed Pelican!" Proceeds go to organizations protecting our voting rights.

Richena is the most ambitious of my #AwesomeCharacters. She wants to be captain of the best ship, get control of the organization they work for, marry Beau, and generally rub Janet's face in all of it. Considering they work for a peace organization, she's pretty ruthless about it.

You can donate items to the auction at: form.romancingthevote.com You can donate money to help it run at: secure.actblue.com/donate/spons... You can find out who the heck we are at: www.romancingthevote.com We are slowly making listings live at: auction.romancingthevote.com

It was slightly confusing when the place was overrun with vegetarian zombies. " #Grain! Graaaaiiiiiiins! " #vss365

My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party

Book 50 for 2026: "The Sirens" by Emilia Hart. #BLQ26 #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm #ATY2026 www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's just been assigned to a planet that banned....chocolate?! Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey. www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

Book 49 for 2026: "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich. #BLQ26 #ATYChallenge www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

So I wrote a pilot for my first novel, The Survivalists (black lawyer falls in with a group of black brooklynite doomsday preppers) and it’s being performed live on 7/19 at dynasty typewriter in LA. Tickets are at the link.

Book 48 for 2026: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. #PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BLQ26 #ATYChallenge www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

“Time to take you to your super villain lessons,” Mom said. Bobby sighed. “But the Frowning #Fiend stinks! He’s never done a crime worse than jaywalking! Can’t I get an eviler teacher?” “Yesterday, he ran a leaf blower for four hours.” “But it’s not even autumn… Wow, maybe he is evil!” #vss365

When the straight laced devil met the manic pixie demon girl, he was hoping for love. But she was only looking for a #fiend with benefits. #vss365

#gohigh ##restisresistance #shoplocal

In case y'all missed it, I've got a wee itch io sale going on through 6/20. Three online-exclusive short works for $1, including: 🔴The Bone Clock, my weirdest book baby 🟠Betcha Never, a nazi-punching Red Darkling story 🟡The Frog's Kiss, a feminist rant fairy tale itch.io/s/187859/tas...

Experience The Next Big Thing, the flagship of an intergalactic insurance company. Finally, space opera fans get what they really want: office emails. You’re welcome. dnschmidt.com/humor/the-st...

"You have a choice of one year in jail, military, or GUPPEAS.” “Guppies?” “The Galactic Universal Peacemongering Paradigm Emergent Action Spacefleet. A new project in interplanetary cooperation.” I’d never heard of it, but “peacemongering” sounded good. Jail sounded bad. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

Book 47 for 2026: "Crazy Rich Asians" by Kevin Kwan. #PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BLQ26 #ATYChallenge www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

It sounds like my printer is printing out a long document in the dining room. Unfortunately my printer is dead, so I guess I need to see what the cats got into.

“How are you allowed to have weapons?” Frink kept his distance. “We’re a peace organization.” “They’re not weapons. They’re decorative.” Lola waved the knife in front of Frink. “And if you touch them again, I’ll decorate you.” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

Book 46 for 2026: "Night Watch," from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. #PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BLQ26 www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

Romancing the Vote is BACK! Y'all helped us raise over $1,000,000 for voting rights orgs since 2020. But the work is never done, and we want YOU! Send us your art, your books, your crafting skills and nerdy knowledge and editing experience! form.romancingthevot...

All of the #AwesomeCharacters brought something chocolate. They're feeling a bit deprived after being on Pluto, where it's illegal.

"This garden was a good idea. I love that it brings the fauna here so we can look at them." "So many shapes and colors, and the noises they make, fascinating." "Don’t forget the smells." Randy found his voice first. “Are the plants talking about us?” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

His cologne had that new spaceship smell, hot metal and glue, but his smile was more like a used-spaceship salesman. “Janet Delane? Welcome to GUPPEAS. I’m Vertin Bogler, the Undersecretary to the Oversecretary to the Director of Recruitment and Retention.” -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

I married the same person twice.

Pilar was leading a guided meditation. “Picture someplace pleasant, like a cold, barren spot on Pluto, with nothing growing but mold… Breathe…” “How about we picture a dark nasty dungeon, filled with Cygnoids that we can smack until their feathers fall off?” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

"The Space-Faring Moron’s Guide to Common Science Fiction Plot Devices" looked well-thumbed. I pulled it down and scanned the introduction. "You’re space-faring. You’re a moron. You should have stayed home." Not a promising beginning. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's just been assigned to a planet that banned....chocolate?! Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey. www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...

Book 45 for 2026: "The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde." #PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...

"I switched all the labels on my wife's Spice Rack." "I'm not in trouble yet, but the thyme is cumin."

We hit a micro dust storm. The bus lurched back and forth, in perfect time with the windshield wipers. “What the—?” The driver squealed in confusion. “How did the steering get crossed with the wipers? Everyone better have their seat belts on.” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

The Cygnoid leader went by the modest title of Counselor. After recent encounters with Exalted Leader (Pluto), Her Supreme Superiority (Venus), and Dude Who Signs the Paychecks (Gemini XII), this suggested we were dealing with someone more down-to-Earth. -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

Like all the #AwesomeCharacters in her crew, Janet wears a hideous uniform in 8 clashing colors, designed by a committee. The dress uniform is worse.

Just sent our heads up to 32Auctions that we're coming back. We will be setting up a livestream of our bidfeed this year again for the final few hours in hopes that we will NOT end up crashing their servers again... But I have heard there is another skull quilt in the works, so no promises.

The garden was gorgeous, filled with colorful flowers & trees in shapes I’d never seen before. There were line-dancing hedges, inside-out trees, & Neptunian flowers with a scent so strong that it was illegal to pilot a spaceship for six hours after smelling them. -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips