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Laura is an Australian who keeps forgetting she's meant to stay in the same place. She loves adventures-which is good, because she's constantly winding up in the middle of them. When she's not accidentally finding herself in the middle of a riot, being tear-gassed or jumping into frozen rivers, she enjoys sailing, snowboarding, and making an obnoxious number of puns.

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Laura May If you want to write, write--but don't expect to make a career out of it. Except for the JK Rowlings and EL Jameses out there, it's hard to make a liv…moreIf you want to write, write--but don't expect to make a career out of it. Except for the JK Rowlings and EL Jameses out there, it's hard to make a living as an author. To my mind, if you're writing just for the money, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. Do it for the love of it, or for your friends, or for your fans, or for simple catharsis; do it for yourself, not for a pay-check or some kind of validation from people who look for sales over stories. But definitely *do* it.(less)
Laura May I'm currently working on putting together an anthology with author Sorin Suciu. It's in memory of Sir Terry Pratchett, with all funds going to Alzheim…moreI'm currently working on putting together an anthology with author Sorin Suciu. It's in memory of Sir Terry Pratchett, with all funds going to Alzheimer's Research UK. It's a great cause, and a lot of fun! We've got a brilliant batch of authors from all over the world participating. It will be out in October :D(less)
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Scapegoating and other fallacious fun

This article was originally published on the Kluwer Mediation Blog on March 4 2022. Mediators are well acquainted with parties blaming one another for problems.  Scapegoating in particular can get in the way of coming to terms, instead leading to an escalation of bad feelings and an increasingly toxic relationship.  However, what is less well-known […]
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I honestly fell asleep for broad swathes of this on my second read (listen), but I don't think that's why I feel this is the weakest book in the series for a WHILE. Lots of Deus ex machina, lore dumping, and what really appears to be wrangling out of ...more
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It's been a hot minute since I read absurdist fiction, and this was certainly that. I found it on some list of feminist books, and I am not quite sure why it was there.

Interesting enough, great writing, not my jam. 3.5⭐

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“It was a relationship based on cunning, connivingness, and capitalism.”
― Laura May, In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
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“Lettie sighed—wisdom seems to be highly correlated with sighing.”
― Laura May, In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett

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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
― Lao Tzu

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”
― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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