You've found me! I'm Lauren, and I write speculative novels for teens and adults, along with the occasional freelance pop culture article (my bylines include TheWrap, Parade, and Vulture, among other major entertainment industry publications). Here you will find book and event updates, exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes trivia (and even the occasional giveaway!), writing advice, pop culture recommendations, and general musings about whatever is currently occupying my brain. Welcome!
Mea culpa
It has come to my attention that attempting to embed Instagram links is breaking my newsletters, so that best-case scenario, the pictures don't load, and worst-case, the entire thing is gibberish. Lesson learned! From now on, Instagram is dead to me. Long live downloading-and-uploading.
Anyway, if my last couple newsletters looked wonky (or just flat-out didn't work), here they are again.
A smattering of wee updates
What all goes into publishing a book, anyway?
My apologies for the inconvenience! Here is a cute (albeit blurry) picture of Fezzik to serve as penance.
Lauren Thoman
You've found me! I'm Lauren, and I write speculative novels for teens and adults, along with the occasional freelance pop culture article (my bylines include TheWrap, Parade, and Vulture, among other major entertainment industry publications). Here you will find book and event updates, exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes trivia (and even the occasional giveaway!), writing advice, pop culture recommendations, and general musings about whatever is currently occupying my brain. Welcome!
You may have noticed I haven't sent out a newsletter in a year. Or maybe you didn't; I know I certainly don't tend to keep track of which authors are not sending me me newsletters. Each one is always a bit of a surprise when it shows up in my inbox, no matter how reliable their scheduling. But maybe that's just me. There's not One Big Reason why it's been a year, unless you count general overwhelm and and existential dread as a Big Reason. You may have noticed there's a lot going on in the...
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