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Each year, Susanna Leonard Hill hosts a "Halloweensie" writing contest on her blog. The rules are that it must be 100 words or less, it must be a story about Halloween night, and each year, there are three words that must be included somewhere in the story. This year, the words were: wings, spell, and fog (in any grammatical variation). You KNOW I love a word-count challenge and a contest opportunity! They're a great way to find inspiration, write something out of my comfor

Each year, Susanna Leonard Hill hosts a "Valentiny" writing contest on her blog. The rules are that it must be 214 words or less (2/14...

It's been a few weeks since I returned from the SCBWI Carolinas conference in Mooresville, NC. I've wanted to write a blog post ever...

When I first began writing Jasper and Wazza , I thought I would illustrate it as well. I got a stylus and tried working in Procreate, but...

It's official! I've got a new Instagram account created for Professional Laura.

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