We are officially ONE WEEK OUT from the first of 6 special CROWDFUND BREAKER streams to get me to Combo Breaker ‘26! $5 donations for: - custom guides - live coaching - group games (Hear Me Out cake) - unhinged tier lists - any other shenanigans you can think of 1-4:30PM, 1/17!

Finally finished building LEGO Toothless, and by the end, I was fully talking to him, like, “Now I’m just gonna put your wings on, buddy… GOOD JOB!” 🥹 He joins what I have deemed the Storyteller™️ shelf. #HTTYD #LEGO #Toothless

Obviously this admin has been harming marginalized people for a long time, and I’ve been angry since 2016. But not gonna lie, guys, I am having a really hard time this week with Renee Good. That could’ve been me and my girl in the car. I would never be okay. Ever again. I hurt.

How I thought I would communicate with my future agent and editor: DEAR SIR, Thank you so much for your diligent work on this! Fingers crossed this endeavor is successful. Have a wonderful weekend. Best, Laura How I actually communicate with my editor:

Worldbuilding is fun for me. But visual descriptions? Challenging. 🤔 As a dyspraxic author, I struggle to conceptualize visuals because I can barely *see* anything in my imagination. I can’t picture my own face if I’m not looking in a mirror. I forget names and faces often. 😞

How many fake command grabs does it take to get to the center of an Ed player's mental stack? 👀 We asked an owl to find out. 🦉🍭 📹 BOTH MODERN MARISA: LIGHTNING DOME STREAM SETS BELOW 👇🏻

Lightning Dome was fun. 😇 youtu.be/4buCFoq-Pug

WE HAVE AN ALEX TRAILER AND A RELEASE WINDOW OF EARLY SPRING THIS IS NOT A DRILL youtu.be/uaGvmRTUUvU?...

Thank you to everyone who encouraged me to go with an office chair. I ordered a TRALT Ergonomic Desk Chair for a little over $100 and used the rest towards a smoothie blender I really wanted ha ha. Appreciate all of you!

My heart is too heavy today to post anything light or promotional about my book. So I’m posting this instead. Art is part of resistance. There is still value in you creating it. There is still significance in you consuming it and being inspired, motivated, and restored by it.

7th out of 18 with a 2-2 in Lightning Dome. Bad set against Elena because I got annoyed, and worse set against Blanka because I got annoyed. Reverse 3-0'ed Akuma after a lucky combo drop from him, which was sick, and got a clutch first win over Ironknit's Ed. Good games.

Part 2 of BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW… as MEMES! 🩷💜💙 You might like my sapphic YA sci-fi debut if you like: ✨Hades/Persephone in outer space 🌓a tidally locked planet split between night and day 👀mutant powers 💭a black market for memories 🤫plot twists 🌈sapphic yearning

My full charge into top 8 at TCNJ's Queen 2025 SF6 tournament is finally live on the channel! 📺 BONUS: Commentating the other pool, for a change, before I got to play. 🎙️ 💪🏻 Battle: youtu.be/El8q2Hbeo3Q 📢 Yapping: youtu.be/fwLqxRS-ELo

I haven't really been practicing SF6, but I'm breaking out of my mini retirement for another shot at The Lightning Dome tomorrow night, 7:30 EST! PULL UP!

FGC FRIENDS!! I work remote, and my office chair has died. I want to finally upgrade to a GAMING CHAIR that I can also wheel out of that corner for FUN THINGS. The catches: - we have 3 cats (does claw-proof chair exist?) - baseline budget of $120 in Amazon gift cards ADVICE???

Due to conflict with a local, the Jan. 31st stream in the CROWDFUND BREAKER series is moving to Jan. 25th instead! I will update the Twitch stream schedule (and add events inside the Discord server) accordingly. ✨

Inspired by my friend Ashley Sheesley, I present… the first (of 2) batches of BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW ✨ MEMES ✨ If sapphic YA Hades/Persephone on a tidally locked planet (feat. a goofy robot sidekick) sounds like your vibe, I may have the debut novel for you! 🩷💜💙

I promise I'm still going to post the YouTube compilation of my excellent tournament run at Queen, and I have a few other ideas besides streaming, but I've been tired from my new job and also completely utterly violently seized every moment by the knowledge that my book is almost here.

Nothing beats approaching your girlfriend with a plate of food, a cold ginger ale, and a smoothie… announcing in a bad Russian accent, “You like tuna melt?”… and her immediately responding, “What the F$&% IS HAPPENING?!” 😂 #heatedrivalry

Can you tell one of my favorite fanfic genres as a teenager was ANGST? 🤭 #betweensunandshadow #sapphic #booksky

I want to experience my first Combo Breaker. 👀 Paragon covers my entry fees, but I'm still short $1,200. 😢 So announcing... CROWDFUND BREAKER! 💪🏻 Special streams from 1-4:30PM EST on 1/17, 1/31, 2/1, 2/8, and 2/22. 📺 What makes them special? SEE BELOW! 👇🏻

It’s officially ✨ book year ✨ so I’m celebrating with one more announcement! 🎉 Alongside the incredible bookmark and stickers by @quasimodox.bsky.social, the first 200 pre-orders to submit receipts at lauragenn.com/pre-order will receive… 🥁🥁🥁 SIGNED AND PERSONALIZED BOOKPLATES!

This year, I’m gonna be a published author. No, that’s not manifesting, that’s not dreaming, that’s not a distant light at the end of the tunnel. That’s a fact now. May 5, 2026. I did it. FOUR MORE MONTHS!!!

Gained no MR, did not play well, did not have fun, stayed up too late. Great use of my time.

I don’t think I’ve fought a single person tonight win or lose that was fun

why the fuck did I log on to SF6 tonight

An independent musician I really love, Semler, just put out a single about late WWE wrestler Chyna. I know a lot of the FGC follows wrestling—I’m only tangentially familiar—but Semler also put out a moving video essay to accompany the song. You should watch. #InductChyna youtu.be/KYHIS3VGw9g?...

I PROBABLY HAVE A HOTEL SPOT FOR CB with the same friend who got me for Frosty and CEO this year. Just gotta gear up to plan good ass streams and crowdfund my way there in the new year. Stay tuned… I really really want to go to my first CB.

so is burning out against Sagat basically burning out against Aki

oh my fucking god in 48 hours it’s the year I get published

OMG IT’S ANOTHER PRE-ORDER SALE I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT AND ALMOST DIDN’T POST ABOUT!!! 📣 You can get 25% off BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW with code PREORDER25 at B&N right now (maybe support my local bookworms at B&N Cherry Hill?). 📖

Having been manipulated by all the online hype and short clips, I have convinced the girlfriend that we should binge Heated Rivalry on NYE 👀

What are everyone else’s plans for 2026? 👀

Skittles has released 🌶️ SPICY 🌶️ gummies and I am horrified to report, they’re actually pretty good???

Gave the girlfriend her big Christmas present today, which was taking us on a date to a wildly cool indoor mini golf place that also doubled as an bar with really cool Asian-inspired food options, and my heart (and stomach) are full. Also, just 2 drinks obliterated me again. 😂

Slowly building LEGO Toothless and all of a sudden it’s 2010 and I’m full of hope

My brother-in-law’s family surprised me with the most incredible Christmas gift: a custom, engraved wooden ornament of my book cover! 🥺 Fully almost burst into tears at the confused toddler who had asked me to open it. 🩷💜💙 #Christmas #ornament #writer

Finished my first run of Dispatch! I did horrible at the actual dispatching (didn’t start to understand it till towards the end,) but I got an extremely positive ending AND won my target character’s heart, so I’m calling this a win.

Tell me how my girlfriend stayed up ALL NIGHT to remove our old sideboard, assemble a completely new surprise cubby shelves unit, and a multi-tiered, clear drawers ACTUAL DISPLAY CASE for my LEGOs. I had no clue. I’m in love with a real Christmas elf. The way I SCREAMED. 🤯

The only way to spend Christmas Eve 💚

If I don’t win work’s ugly sweater contest today, I just want to know who does.

DUDE I LOVE TEACHING SF6!!!!! Teenager that I sent to losers this weekend actually reached out to me for the VOD and advice. Just spent 90 min in Discord chat analyzing a 3-min tripod clip and breaking down larger concepts in a way that got him excited to lab again.

I made a personal choice not to attend EVO again while it’s owned by the Saudi government. But I also knew my personal impact by doing that was probably negligible. Someone as major as Sajam standing on business makes me feel less like there’s no point. Thanks, burrito guy. ❤️🌯

Work from home vibes. Almost Christmas! 🎄 #workfromhome #cat #tortie

Bought Dispatch with some gift cards last night. Episode and a half in. Really enjoying it so far and may play it a second time to let my girlfriend make all the decisions, but she was too tired and told me to go ahead for starting it. I will make this woman mine by end of game.

Happy holidays to me, specifically… You can now pre-order BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW in digital format, not just hardcover! 🥳 If you prefer ebooks to physical books, or you live outside the United States, this might be the perfect way for you to read it. 📖

Some memories are sticky. Once you let someone in, there’s no turning back. #sapphic #queerya #bookstagram #2026debuts #yascifi

Non-binary friend is dating their first non-binary partner and this conversation was the result 😂

I’m starting to develop some really interesting back and forth rapport with specific players across multiple sets that I play at locals often. Thinking about making some opponent-specific videos about adaptations we made to each other over time, but it would be a lot of work.

Listening to Spotify Wrapped as an autistic is an experience because there’s always one song you don’t remember listening to at ALL. That song was The Incident™️. You listened to it for one day, on loop, for three hours. My 2025 Incident™️ was Boss Bitch by Doja Cat. Oops.