Lauren Brazeal Garza

goth princess peach and her pet mario

listening to depeche mode

Gillian Flynn calls Fox by Joyce Carol Oates “Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written . . . Further proof Oates is one of the greatest writers among us today.” [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/fox-...

Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT F...

A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it.

Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.”

He has already made at least one run on the stove.

A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.

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After a small-town cop makes a split-second decision to help conceal the murder of a stranger's husband, the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts, guilt, and suspicion.

Heading into the query trenches after being self-represented for five traditionally published books...

Anyone have an agent who's wild about LGBTQ+ literary thrillers?? 😅

#amquerying

#AWP25 is officially less than two weeks away so get excited about this virtual panel i participated in w/ @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @pauladashe.bsky.social @raewilde.bsky.social @lbrazealgarza.bsky.social

OMG It’s Out! Love & Craft in Queer Horror - VIRTUAL EVENT

State of the Union today: 3/5, go bring some 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈joy into the world. Out of spite, ofc.

Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.

I've been hiding since June revising one novel for publication, finishing another novel, and sketching out my latest novel. I miss my writer friends!

So I'm THRILLED to be reading with @caitlincowan.bsky.social as she tours with her new book 😍

Come say hi on 2/15 at @patchoulijoes.bsky.social

Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥

"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...

...and this ain't it!"

I'm thrilled to be leading a 12-month poetry manuscript incubator with the indie MFA program at Writing Workshops starting in March!

Please share with friends, family, & students who're interested in a nurturing community of writers!

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Raising money for the Pasadena Humane society- they've taken in over 300 pets so far during the Eaton Fire, & many now being brought in w/ critical burn injuries. Sharing this poem, from 2021, w/ this fundraiser for obvious & devastating reasons. Donate link here:
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Being compared to a "cool older sister" as a professor is the highest praise I've ever received as an educator.

One more day in the semester!

I've had so much fun with my poetry students at UT Dallas this fall! And I can't wait to do it all again in the spring ❤️

#UTDallas
#collegeprofessors
#poetrycommunity

Hello December!! ✨️

"Submissions are open but there is a cap."

What a frigging poem!

Thanks to everyone who reached out!

I've found enough beta readers for this round 🥰

Feeling ok about AI all of a sudden...

I'm looking for two to three beta readers for my recently completed novel.

The book is an upmarket thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a serial stalker's murder, as the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts of their past.

DM me 🙂

#writingcommunuty
#amquerying

Priorities.
Make sure there is enough whipped cream for all of us D people.

#SorcerersKitchen

Robert Hayden at the Brockport Writers Forum YouTube video by Brockport Writers Forum

Reading & interview with the great Robert Hayden is up at the Brockport Writers Forum YT page. This exchange feels very much locked in its time--would love the chance to hear how his views might have changed or perhaps intensified in the ensuing decades, chissà. ❄️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...

Staying entertained over fall break...

Kenyatta Rogers bringing the electricity⚡️ poets.org/poem/ars-poe...

Truth.

Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.” When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...

So f***ing gross 🤮

Dear Editor,

Revisions are going great! Just perfect! No worries at all!