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Author of more than 20 books including Oscar's Ghost, novels Angel and Identity Theft, A Child's Introduction to Ballet & more. I mostly write about language, the stories we tell and the subjects of the books I've written. https://lauraleeauthor.wordpres
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"Saturn's Favorite Music is the perfect note of a time capsule novel: nostalgic without being sentimental, funny without losing emotional weight, and refreshingly grounded." www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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June 3 will be the last day to get Saturn’s Favorite Music on NetGalley.

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A song from 1996 that feels very current. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m5y...

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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social #WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit

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I don’t need consolation from my rejection letters. lauraleeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/t...

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An analysis of President Trump’s FY26 funding proposal for the National Park Service indicates more than 300 parks would close for lack of funding. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/05/npca...

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On Oscar Wilde, Saturn's Favorite Music and the illusion of truth in art. lauraleeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/t...

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Have you been reading about "Saturn's Favorite Music"? If you'd like a signed copy there is one left in stock. If you'd like to be the one to snap it up, follow this link and click "Buy Now." www.lauraleeauthor.com/saturn

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"Saturn's Favorite Music" will be available for reviewers on #Netgalley until June 6. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Six Things Saturn’s Favorite Music is Not It is not a genre of music. As interesting as it might be to imagine what Saturn's favorite music might sound like, Saturn's Favorite Music is a novel, as Google explains: It is not science fiction. The titular "Saturn" is a fictional small town in…

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Happy World Goth Day

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Can't say I'm upset by the AI summary of my book on the Bing search.

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"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

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WFRA Mix 99.3 FM Franklin, PA It is sometimes easy to forget that the world wide web has not always been with us and that much of life passed by almost entirely undocumented in the early 1990s. I noticed this when trying to remember details about some of the radio stations where I worked back…

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Nobody loves you when you’re promoting a book.

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I Wrote a Pantoum. The Rules of Engagement Don’t scroll awayHave you seen my post yet?I performed myself flawlesslyAlive with potential affirmation Have you seen my post yet?Was I funny enough?Alive with potential affirmationJust a moment of your attention Was I funny enough?Although I am sadJust…

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The newsroom is “horrified by this slop syndication,” a member of the Sun-Times Guild said in a statement sent to Nieman Lab. www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/you-...

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Emerging Artist and Persisting Artist Do you have a song that you play on repeat for consolation when you are feeling down? This is my keep going song of the moment. Glen Hansard's "There's No Mountain" expresses the mature world weariness of someone who has been through highs and lows. When he…

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I love this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMz-...

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"Being an author means always having to go back and create a new sense of meaning for what you do. I feel like myself when I am writing, so that means I have to keep digging deep to renew my faith." winnpublications.com/meet-laura-l...

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So for writers thinking about platforms for getting exposure for a new book, my tally so far. Booksirens: Two downloads. 1 review. NetGalley: 60 downloads, 2 reviews. I'm hoping some of these downloads turn into reviews in the future. lauraleeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/h...

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Music Monday: Early 80s Costume Party I think the casts of Adam and the Ants' "Stand and Deliver" and Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" probably had a wild party together.

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One of the many fine works of the Irish poet, Paul Durcan, who passed away this weekend - few have ever written better on death

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"I know my voice as an author, and I can only write like Laura Lee, so my vision is to connect what I write to the people who dig that." winnpublications.com/meet-laura-l...

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When Massachusetts voters approved the Fair Share Amendment in 2022—a four percent surtax on income over $1 million—critics warned it would send high earners fleeing the state. But two years later, a new report tells a very different story. www.optimistdaily.com/2025/05/mass...

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Prove You Are Not a Robot In January 2025, Pope Francis addressed a global seminar on education. The subject of his talk was Artificial Intelligence. The pope argued that while the church views technological innovation as a positive reflection of human ingenuity, AI in particular runs a…

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"I knew that I wanted the radio station to be something of a character in its own right. I wanted it to be a place and a community that a reader would want to spend some time with, and might feel a sense of loss as it started to unravel." jbarrett5.blogspot.com/2025/05/inte...

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On Missing Parents, Hero’s Journeys, and Writing Women Back in 2011, I wrote a post called Don Quixote, Da Vinci and the Invisibility of Children in Literature. The post began: In Encounter Milan Kundera made the observation that “scarcely 1 percent of the world’s population are childless, but at…

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How to read my new novel for free: lauraleeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/h...

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Sometimes an old blog post suddenly gets a whole bunch of hits and you have no idea why. This one, about the poems Lord Alfred Douglas wrote for Oscar Wilde is getting new attention. Anyone know why this is suddenly popular? lauraleeauthor.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/b...

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Research and Development or Why We Should Fund the Arts With the onslaught of news the past week, it was easy to miss the fact that arts organizations across the country have had already issued grants from the National Endowment for the Arts rescinded and the administration toys with the idea of…

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A new interview in which I discuss Richard Scarry's "Best Word Book Ever" and talk about being the voice of Muzak. fictionhideaway.com/interview-wi...

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It is a sad state of affairs that our arts organizations are trying to figure out how to survive by studying how arts organizations in repressive regimes continue to promote free expression. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/30/t...

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Thought I’d share my Happy Hippie Party playlist. Enjoy. open.spotify.com/playlist/2Cn...

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In case there is confusion.

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Book Review: Saturn's Favorite Music by Laura Lee (published Apr 18, 2025, from Elsewhere Press). A nostalgic tale a smalltown radio DJ. mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2025/05/book... #SaturnsFavoriteMusic #NetGalley @lauraleeauthor.bsky.social

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Does anyone else end up feeling lingering existential despair about humanity after reading the comments section on articles?

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How to Read My New Novel for Free I am very excited to announce the release of my new novel Saturn's Favorite Music. It's been ten years since my last novel, and I hope you will find it worth the wait. The new book is set in a radio station in a small rural town in northern Michigan in the early…

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From the archives of the tabloid The Weekly World News Sept 2004. "Space Alien Lives on Donald Trump's Head."

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This list of arts organizations that have had their funding unceremoniously revoked is stunning and upsetting: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Reviewers: Saturn's Favorite Music, a novel about life in a small town radio station in 1992, is now available via #NetGalley. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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